 existing ravines trails at GVSU (map from GVSU) |
from a news article by Rapid Growth Media
For years, Grand Valley State University campus at Allendale, MI, has known that their many ravines leading down to the Grand River have been heavily used as informal trails. Now the university is looking into how to better use and manage those trails.
This shift in focus will be better for the environment, and also for trail users. Connections to the Grand River Greenway are highly possible.
The ravines are sandy, easily subject to erosion, and have never been studied as to what natural features might be of interest, or need preserving.
By inventorying the ecosystems and then designing trail placement, erosion could be minimized, and recreation enhanced.
Plans are proceeding slowly, on purpose. Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, led by Exucutive Direcotor Stacy Bare, and GVSU are seeking to communicate with the community. Bare says, "You don’t start with a map,” he says. “You start with understanding.”
See Friends of Grand Rapids Parks
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