Hāʻawi ka Carolina Public Press i kahi hōʻike noiʻi hohonu e pili ana i nā pilikia e pili ana i ke komohana o North Carolina ma kahi pōʻaiapili waiwai ʻole a me ka ʻaoʻao pāʻina ʻole.
I kēia hoʻoilo, e hoʻohui ka papahana hoʻihoʻi ala e hoʻomau nei ma kahi kokoke iā Boone i nā mile o nā ala paikikala mauna a me nā mile i nā wahi kaulana no nā pākeke ma ka Pisgah National Forest ma ka hapa nui o ke komohana o North Carolina. Nā ala hele wāwae.
ʻO ka papahana ʻo Mortimer Trails kekahi o nā papahana e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻĀpana ʻo Grandfather Ranger. Kākoʻo ʻia ka papahana e kahi hui pilikino e hoʻokō i ka piʻi ʻana o ke koi no ka leʻaleʻa mai nā ʻāpana ʻāina lehulehu ma nā Blue Ridge Mountains o North Carolina.
ʻO ke kaʻa paikikala mauna kekahi o nā hana kaulana loa ma ka National Forest, i kau ʻia ma kekahi mau wahi ma ka Pisgah a me Nantahala National Forest, e like me ka Bent Creek Experimental Forest ma Bancombe County, Transylva Pisgah Rangers a me Dupont State Forest ma Niah County a me Tsali Swain County Recreation Area.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paul Starschmidt, he lālā o ka Northwest North Carolina Mountain Bike League a he lālā o ka Southern Dirt Bike Branch, ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke ala i ke ala e ʻae ai i nā mea holo lio e hoʻopuehu ʻia i loko o ka 1 miliona ʻeka o ka ululāʻau aupuni o ka WNC. A e hōʻemi i ke kaomi ma luna o ka ʻōnaehana ala i kaumaha nui ʻia. Association, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo SORBA.
Aia ka Mortimer Trail Complex—i kapa ʻia ma hope o kahi kaiāulu ʻoki lāʻau i ka wā ma mua—ma ka Wilson Creek Divide, e pili ana iā Wilson Creek a me State Highway 181, ma nā kalana ʻo Avery a me Caldwell. Ua kapa ka US Forest Service i ka wahi i hoʻonui ʻia o ke ala ʻo ia ka "path complex."
Aia ke kumu o uka o ke kīʻaha ma lalo o ka Mauna ʻo Grandfather, ma ke kahakai pali o nā pali hikina o nā Mauna ʻo Blue Ridge.
Makemake nā poʻe holo lio mauna e hele wāwae hou aku ma ke awāwa ʻo Wilson Creek, no ka mea, he kakaikahi nā wahi mamao o nā manawa holo lio ma ka hikina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoiai ke kaʻawale o ka ʻāina, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka emi wikiwiki ʻana o ke kūlana o nā ala hoʻokahi ala ma ka ʻāina o ka papahana.
I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kūpaʻa kēia mau ala ma muli o ko lākou paʻakikī a me ka hūnā ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stahlschmidt e hoʻoponopono hou kēia mau ala iā lākou iho i ka wā e ho'ōla ai nā lau a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe ma ke ala a pale iā lākou mai ka ʻino ʻana.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā ala o ka Mertimer complex a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka wai kahe, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka pōʻino o ke kaiapuni. No ka laʻana, i ka wā ua nui, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lepo i loko o nā kahawai.
"ʻO ka hapa nui o ia mea ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā paikikala mauna," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole nui ka ʻōpala lau a ʻoi aku ka paʻa ʻana ma nā alahele - ʻo ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hōʻailona o ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā alahele."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lisa Jennings, Luna Hoʻokele Polokalamu Hoʻonanea a me ke Ala, ʻĀpana ʻo Grandfather, US Forest Service, ma waho aʻe o ke kaiāulu paikikala nui o Boone, ua kokoke loa ke Ala ʻo Mortimer i nā kikowaena heluna kanaka o Charlotte, Raleigh a me ke Alanui Interstate 40.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “I ko lākou hele ʻana i ke komohana i nā mauna, ʻo ka ʻāina kupuna kāne kahi mua a lākou i hoʻopā ai.”
ʻAʻole wale ka hoʻohana nui ʻana e hoʻopilikia i ke kūpaʻa o ka ʻōnaehana alahele, akā ua paʻa loa hoʻi ke kahua, e like me ke komo ʻana i ka mālama ʻana a me nā hōʻailona a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā wahi hoʻokū kaʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jennings: "ʻIke mākou i nā ala hele wāwae ma ke komohana o North Carolina i kēlā me kēia hopena pule." "Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kēia mau ala a he ʻino ko lākou mau ʻano, ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa kahi ʻike maikaʻi. I kā mākou hana ma ke ʻano he mau luna hoʻokele ʻāina, he mea nui e hiki i ka lehulehu ke hauʻoli iā lākou."
Me kahi kālā palena ʻia, manaʻo ka Forest Service Bureau e hilinaʻi i nā hoa hana e mālama, hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻonui i ka wikiwiki o nā mile e hoʻololi i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa.
I ka makahiki 2012, ua mālama ka ʻOihana Ululāʻau i kahi hālāwai lehulehu e hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻokele i nā ala kaʻa ʻole ma nā Ululāʻau Lahui ʻo Pisgah a me Nantahala. Ua ʻōlelo ka hōʻike ma hope mai "Nantahala and Pisgah Trail Strategy 2013" ua ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā ala hele wāwae a me ke kaʻa paikikala o ka ʻōnaehana ma mua o kona hiki.
Wahi a ka hopena o ka hōʻike, ua kau pinepine ʻia nā ala ma ke ʻano hewa, nele i kahi hoʻolālā e hoʻokō ai i nā pono o nā mea hoʻohana a hiki ke pala.
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa kēia mau pilikia i nā pilikia nui no ka ʻoihana, a ua hoʻokau ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kālā pekelala i ka ʻoihana i ka pilikia, no laila he mea pono e hana pū me nā luna ʻāina ʻē aʻe a me nā hui manawaleʻa (e like me SORBA).
He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ka laulima ʻana me nā hui mea hoʻohana o ka palapala hoʻolālā o ka Pisgah lāua ʻo Nantahala National Forest Land Management Plan, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Pepeluali 2020 a manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia i ka hapa lua o 2021.
Ua komo ʻo Stahlschmidt i ke kaʻina hana lehulehu o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi palapala hoʻolālā hoʻokele a ua komo i nā hālāwai hoʻolālā cross-country o 2012 a me 2013. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kahi manawa kūpono e hana pū me ka Forest Service Bureau e hoʻonui i nā ala paikikala.
Ua kau inoa ka Northwest NC Mountain Bike Alliance i kahi ʻaelike manawaleʻa me ka Forest Service i ka makahiki 2014, a mai ia manawa ua alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana i nā papahana hoʻomaikaʻi ala liʻiliʻi ma ka paʻakikī ala ʻo Mortimer.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stahlschmidt ua hōʻike nā mea hoʻokele i ke kākoʻo ʻana me ka nele o nā alahele ma kekahi mau wahi honua (e like me Mortimer). Aia he 70 mile o nā alahele ma ka Wilson Creek Basin. Wahi a Jennings, he 30% wale nō o lākou e hiki ke holo i nā paikikala mauna.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka ʻōnaehana he mau ala kahiko i loko o ke kūlana maikaʻi ʻole. ʻO nā alahele a me nā ala hele i koe he mau koena o nā alanui hana lāʻau i hala a me nā laina ahi kahiko.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “ʻAʻohe ʻōnaehana alanui ʻē aʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia no ke kaʻa paikikala mauna.” “He manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻohui i nā ala i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hele wāwae a me ke kaʻa paikikala mauna hoʻomau.”
ʻO ka nele o nā ala hele hiki ke alakaʻi i ka "ʻaihue lawaiʻa" a i ʻole "ʻaihue" i nā ala hele kū ʻole i ke kānāwai, e like me Lost Bay a me Harper River ma Avery County a me Caldwell County i loko o ka Wilson Creek Basin, nā wahi noiʻi wao nahele ʻelua a i ʻole nā ​​​​ala WSA.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he ʻāpana i hoʻolālā ʻia o ka National Wilderness System, he kū ʻole i ke kānāwai ke kaʻa paikikala mauna ma nā ala WSA.
Ua hauʻoli nā poʻe kākoʻo o ka wao nahele a me nā poʻe holo paikikala e pili ana i ka mamao o ka ʻāina. ʻOiai makemake kekahi poʻe holo paikikala mauna e ʻike i nā wahi i loko o ka wao nahele, pono kēia i nā hoʻololi i nā kānāwai pekelala.
Ua hoʻāla ka palapala ʻaelike i kau inoa ʻia i ka makahiki 2015 e 40 mau hui ʻāpana e pili ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi wahi leʻaleʻa aupuni ma ka ʻāpana ʻo Grandfather Ranger i ka paio ma waena o nā poʻe holo paikikala mauna a me nā mea kākoʻo i ka wao nahele.
Hopohopo kekahi poʻe kākoʻo wao nahele he mea kūkākūkā kēia memorandum no nā kūkākūkā ʻana. Hoʻolei ia i kona ʻano wao nahele mau loa i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he pānaʻi no ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka poʻe holo paikikala mauna no nā ʻano wao nahele ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ululāʻau aupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kevin Massey, ke alakaʻi o ka papahana ʻo North Carolina no ka hui kūʻai ʻāina lehulehu waiwai ʻole ʻo Wild South, ua hewa ka hakakā ma waena o ka poʻe paikikala mauna a me nā mea kākoʻo i ka wao nahele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ke kākoʻo nei kāna hui i ka nui o ka wao nahele, makemake nui nā mea kākoʻo i ka wao nahele a me nā poʻe holo paikikala mauna i nā ala hele wāwae hou aku a kākoʻo kekahi i kekahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stahlschmidt ʻo ka pahuhopu o ka Mortimer Trail Project ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokaʻawale i nā kānaka mai nā ala i hao ʻia.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “ʻAʻole mākou he mākaʻi.” “ʻO ka mea mua, ʻaʻole lawa nā ala e hoʻokō ai i nā pono a me nā ʻano ʻike holo lio e makemake ai ka poʻe. Ke hana ikaika nei mākou e loaʻa hou aku ke komo ʻana a me nā hōʻailona hou aku.”
I ka makahiki 2018, ua mālama ka Forest Service i kahi hālāwai me ke kaiāulu paikikala mauna ma kahi hale ʻaina ma Banner Elk e kūkākūkā i ka hana ma nā ala holo wikiwiki ma ia wahi.
"ʻO kaʻu mea punahele e hana ai, ʻo ia ke lawe ʻana i kahi palapala ʻāina hakahaka, e nānā i ke ʻano o nā wahi, a laila e noʻonoʻo i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana," wahi a Jennings o ka Forest Service.
ʻO ka hopena, he hoʻolālā alahele i loiloi ʻia e ka lehulehu e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mile he 23 o nā ala paikikala mauna i kēia manawa ma ka paʻakikī Mortimer, e hoʻomaha ana i kekahi mau mile, a e hoʻohui i 10 mile o nā mile alahele.
Ua ʻike pū ka hoʻolālā i nā ʻauwai alaloa i hāʻule. Hoʻonui nā ʻauwai hana ʻole i ka ʻino ʻana, hoʻopau i ka maikaʻi o ka wai, a lilo i mea keakea i nā ʻano e like me ka trout a me ka sal e neʻe ana i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papahana Mortimer, ua kākoʻo ʻo Trout Unlimited i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kahi ʻano hoaka lalo ʻole a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻauwai i hōʻino ʻia, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ala ākea no ka hele ʻana o nā meaola a me nā ʻōpala i ka wā ua nui.
Wahi a Jennings, ʻo ke kumukūʻai no kēlā me kēia mile o nā alahele ma kahi o $30,000. No kēia keʻena pekelala pilikia, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i 10 mile he ʻanuʻu nui ia, a ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ka keʻena i nā makahiki i hala iho nei e waiho i nā kālā hoʻokipa ma kahi o Priority.
Ua kālā ʻia ka papahana Mortimer e ka hāʻawi kālā ʻo Santa Cruz Bicycles PayDirt i ka hui ʻo Stahlschmidt a me ka hāʻawi kālā ʻo NC Recreation and Trail Program i ka Grandfather Ranger District o ka Pisgah National Forest.
Eia nō naʻe, i ka nui ʻana o ka poʻe e kipa aku ana i ka ʻāina lehulehu, hiki i ke koi no ka leʻaleʻa waho ke pani i nā ʻoihana kuʻuna e like me ka ʻoki lāʻau a lilo i mīkini hoʻomohala waiwai ma nā wahi kuaʻāina ma ke komohana o North Carolina, ka poʻe e hakakā nei e loaʻa ke kūpaʻa. Hoʻokumu waiwai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Massey o Wild South ʻo kekahi pilikia, ʻo ia ka hiki i ka nui o nā hana mālama ala ke kumu e hana ai ka Forest Service i kahi hana hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "I waena o ka hoʻāʻo koʻikoʻi o ke kaomi hoʻokipa a me ka pōloli o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, ua maikaʻi loa ka National Forest of North Carolina i ka hana pū ʻana me nā hoa."
Hōʻike ka papahana Mortimer i ka hiki ke laulima holomua ma waena o nā hui hoihoi like ʻole. Ke komo nei ʻo Wild South i ka hoʻolālā a me ke kūkulu ʻana o ka ʻāpana papahana Mortimer. Ke komo pū nei ka hui i kahi papahana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke Ala ʻo Linville Canyon a he ʻāpana ia o kahi papahana alahele i hoʻonui ʻia kokoke i Old Fort.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jennings ua loaʻa i ka papahana Old Castle Trail i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaiāulu he $140,000 kālā e kākoʻo i kahi papahana e komo pū ana me 35 mile o nā alahele multi-purpose hou e hoʻopili ana i ka ʻāina lehulehu iā McDowell Old Fort Town ma ke kalana. E hōʻike ana ka Forest Service i ka ʻōnaehana ala i manaʻo ʻia i ka lehulehu i Ianuali a ke manaʻolana nei e wāwahi i ka honua i ka makahiki 2022.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Deirdre Perot, he ʻelele ʻāina lehulehu no nā poʻe holo lio ma nā wahi mamao o North Carolina, ua kaumaha ka hui ʻaʻole i kuhikuhi ka papahana Mortimer i kahi ala no nā poʻe holo lio.
Eia nō naʻe, he hoa ka hui ma ʻelua mau papahana ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻĀpana ʻo Grandfather Ranger, me ka pahuhopu e hoʻonui i nā manawa holo lio ma Boonfork lāua ʻo Old Fort. Ua loaʻa i kāna hui ke kālā pilikino e hoʻolālā i nā ala e hiki mai ana a hoʻomohala i nā wahi kaʻa e hoʻokipa ai i nā trailers.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jennings, ma muli o ke ʻano pali o ka ʻāina, ʻo ka papahana Mortimer ka mea nui loa no ke kaʻa paikikala mauna a me ka hele wāwae.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stahlschmidt ma loko o ka nahele, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā papahana, e like me Mertimer lāua ʻo Old Fort, e hoʻolaha i ke kaumaha o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā alahele i nā wahi paikikala ʻē aʻe ma nā mauna.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “Me ka ʻole o kekahi mau hoʻolālā, me ka ʻole o kekahi kamaʻilio kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole ia e hana.” “He laʻana liʻiliʻi kēia o ke ʻano o kēia i hana ʻia ma kahi ʻē.”
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