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Written by Marvin Wanders
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Transition, growth, change and protection are all words that come to mind when we look at the end of year 2011 and start making progress towards a successful year 2012 and beyond.
After months of strategic planning and hard work, in November of 2011, the HPT Board of Directors made a decision to greatly expand and broaden the vision of HPT to benefit our silent sports and regional community. Within the focus are all of the silent sports we love; hiking, trail running, cross country skiing, singletrack mountain biking, road biking, snow shoeing, bird watching, dog walking, canoeing, kayaking and many more. Initially, this focus will be on developing silent sports infrastructure in the City of La Crosse and La Crosse County emphasizing Land Trails, Blue (water) Trails, and Road Trails. The development of this infrastructure will lead to expanded opportunities for accessibility to outdoor activities for more citizens of all abilities, better mapping and signage, more and new shared use land trails, and additional and improved canoe and kayak landings.
In order for this new vision to move forward,
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Written by Mike Charron
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Welcome to HPT 2012!
Mother Nature has really been in our favor so far this year! The following items should give all our trail building volunteers some a info about the start of the trail building season.
- A definite start date for our first trail building night has not yet been determined. My brain is still trying to catch up with the fact that the trails are open. I'm still thinking about skiing ....
- Trail work nights will be on
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Trail Conditions
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Written by Dan Luebke
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 The HPT built trails are now open. This is a NEW RECORD, the earliest the trails have ever opened in the past was March 29th!
A big thanks goes out to our volunteers who cleared the
trails with the leaf blower last fall and early this spring. This
undoubtedly helped to dry out the trails so everyone can get out and
enjoy the great outdoors!
We will be starting
trail-work soon! Be sure to check back for
information regarding when and where we will meet so you to can become
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The Journal
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Written by By BETSY BLOOM | bbloom@lacrossetribune.com |
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Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:00 am
 A 160-acre bluffland area fitted with a network of trails moved
closer Tuesday to being designated a La Crosse city park.
La Crosse’s Committee of the Whole voted unanimously to endorse
the park plan after scores of hiking and biking enthusiasts showed
up in support of protecting the Upper Hixon Forest land from future
development.
The group, more than 100 strong and filling the council
chambers, presented the committee with petitions they said had been
signed by 4,100 people, locally and online.
The University of Wisconsin System reportedly
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uman Powered Trails, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is: “To develop and maintain first class sustainable and environmentally correct, human-powered, shared use trails for the La Crosse, WI region."
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