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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, October 1-4, 2005 The Park Record B-14 rving trails, saving a lifestyle in Washington to put acres for trails in the public's hands. It's the last part of that equation they worry about most. The locals remember a time of nearly complete freedom to roam the hills surrounding Cle Elum and Roslyn. TVails built by their own hands wound through the area and lead to U.S. Forest Service land. Ihc (crrai Tii^- ''low the ioeals remember The land they used was owned it. primarily by Plum Creek Timber Co. Hundreds of thousands of acres O u : i inne, as the population 1 j'rev. 'v. :-.• homes were buill and were open for camping, hiking and othtir recreational activities. IJHKI V\.,- -•old, access to areas once nprn :=> :he public declined, and Up until the late 1990s, when big inisils consider extremely changes came to the area, Plum SODK-iiir import.1.1 • to their quality of life Creek and its predecessor companies managed the land for more than v (rails we were using all a century. Local people were accustomed to nothing other than nearly . o u r Ir-'C- sight along the ridge here ideal recreational opportunities, iirv di-r... •peering. Who wants lo I- drive -ii' •>;• 60 mites (o go mountain They could literally hike into nature hiking v ;, n we o n do it in our own from their own back yards. Because of those freedoms, Cle b ; u ; k \ , i i J V asked Mike KMder, •wncr of Cle Elurn's Bike Elum, Roslyn and other areas became filled with generations of imp of local people decid- avid outdoors people. One is hardcd ;k-'.v lor reeicmioii w;is cssen- pressed to even find a person from these towns who can't tell a story f i l i a l . W:i. '•: was not an option. So i; put their heads together, about a childhood filled with out' imlrcds of signatures ami door explorations, a perfect camping :i;iiivv on the November trip or memories of hunting with got an IxilI'M •• .in 1 Jpjvr Kittitas County Dad It^ not just a weekend of outpails ,u :ccrcadonciislricl. If voted door fun for the locals. It's a way of * in, Dicv . ill immecliaielY begin the lire. obtaining land, building "I was raised here. I remember what it was like/ said Gary Kurtz, a a n d m > Mining several trails. All •i'ia! district needs are parks district commissioner candi•io and landowners willing date. When Kurtz was a young Boy (I I LUM, Wiish. (AP) Years • a g o , h ri . i he days of houses on the hill, loc took ihuir bikes, horses, •>. skis and hiking shoes to ihou 'inds of forested acres surihis town. I here were no j ' e n c c s . •*;• •as telling them to stay out or invisit •v boundaries that cut up Scout, he and other scouts would hike the Cle Elum Ridge with their scoutmaster, Syke Bresko. It was on that land where Kurtz learned about nature and earned his Eagle Scout. "(Bresko) he'd point out the flora and fauna, animals and birds. And he could even talk like some of them. I had great learning experiences up in Cle Elum Ridge," Kurtz recalled. But like the rest of the American West, Kittitas County was going to change. Kittitas County has always been used by out-of-towners for weekend recreation. But the area managed to stay otherwise rural and filled with forest. Changes became slowly apparent in 1997 when Plum Creek sold about 7,000 acres of land to Jeld-Wen of Klamath Falls, Ore., for development of a master planned resort. A few years later 10,000 acres were sold to Cle Elum^ Sapphire Skies, which sells land to developers. In the past several years, land sold by Sapphire Skies has been subdivided for development by private purchasers. The Jeld-Wen land, now Sun cadi a, is the site of golf courses and resort homes. The acres sold were lands used by generations of local people. But in reality that land was always private and that made it a temporary situation. Development didnt happen right away, but boundaries did. Eventually homes cropped up on ridges and in the forest. Fences were built. Signs were posted and lines were drawn. Locals began to wonder - would their outdoor freedoms disappear? Over time, as land was parceled, open spaces were closed. What was happening here was a classic story of what's happened across the face of America. But those who'd been here for years, mined in the nearby hills and watched their families grow weren't about to let their recreational opportunities fade away. The Upper County, now in a state of continual growth, has seen a recent increase in groups poised to make changes of their own. About a year ago a group known as the Upper County Regional Land-Use Advisory Committee spent a good deal of time discussing what was important to them in maintaining quality of life. They took notes, held meetings, asked questions and eventually came up with a vision plan that they submitted to the Kittitas County commissioners. In the vision plan, many issues were written in detail, including access to recreation. Members asked officials to identify corridors and trails, permit commercial recreation facilities through a conditional use Permit process and map public land for access points. County officials vowed to use the vision plan in the future. Another step, to form a parks and recreation district, actually began years before as casual conversations between residents. Those conversations eventually turned into informal promises. Developers told residents there was tittle hope of obtaining trails through private land unless there was a governing board that could maintain them. Louis Musso and Sean Northrop were two of those involved in the conversations. Musso, a Northern Kittitas County Outdoor Recreation Coalition member, and Northrop, owner of Cle Elum Sapphire Skies, began to talk about what land owners could do to maintain recreation. Northrop, raised in Port Angeles, said he's no stranger to development and knows what it's like to watch your giant playground disappear. "I grew up on five acres with the woods all around us. It happened in my own back yard when I was a kid. Here I am building (bicycle) tracks and all of a sudden people come in and build homes," he said. Land management companies and developers told Musso and others if they could organize an official body to maintain trails, they would help find the land for it. "On one property we kept an easement right through it to grant that for the future," Northrop said. "But it really does no good unless landowners on either side say yeah, we want to do that as well. When we sold the property, we kept a route and we will assign that property to the public." Those types of attitudes encouraged Musso and others to form a district. Residents pounded the pavement and got 900 signatures - about 300 more than they needed to get the district on the Nov. 8 ballot. Four people came forward and filed for district commissioner spots. One is still open and will be voted on after the district's passed. Kurtz, Jason Blake, Howard Carlin and Mary Ann Reason are running for the spots. The district hopes to create three to five trails that will start at different spots near Cle Elum, Roslyn and Ronald. The trails would be used for hiking, mountain biking, snow shoeing, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. Organizers hope to have about 15 to 20 miles of trails. They say many land owners have already expressed an eagerness to participate. The potential district's got a lot cut out for itself. Specific areas have yet to be mapped out and landowners have yet to say yes to trails. But the group understands the urgency. "What we're doing is very important. We need some close trails," said Howard Carlin, a district commissioner candidate. "We need to get these easements now. They will not be available in the future." AT YOUR SERVICE UPUNCTURE FITNESS/ HEALTH ACUPUNCTURE MWYORK • Safe, simple hydraulic resistance equipment • Protect muscles, straighten bones & bum fad • Enroll now, as a member of over 9,000 Curves worldwide! • The power to amaze yourself! You can do this! 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