Dear Class,
Great work with your volunteer projects, products, and presentations. I’m really impressed with what you produce when you put your minds to it! This bodes well for your final projects! As for those final projects, I wanted to reiterate my expectations (and of course feel free to ask me questions):
You’re assigned to these groups:
(If you absolutely must change groups, you have to swap with a person from the group you want to join)
South Campus + Montgomery Place: Xaver, Jasper, Ella, Duncan
Ice Skating: Evelyn, Isaiah, Hannah, Rock
Bard Trails: Nick, Miguel, Avery, Olivia
Tivoli Bays Trails: Wendi, Clara, Kennedy, Vita
Trail Planning Process: “20 Questions”
(Answer all of these in some way–some projects will focus on some numbers more than others; Split duties as you see fit)
1) Review relevant state, regional, and local planning efforts
2) ID the needs, wants, and concerns of the land manager, property owner, and adjacent neighbors (and get permissions)
3) Engage the public : Identify the needs, wants, and desires of the trail users (surveys? Tabling?)
4) Assemble and analyze maps to ID opportunities and constraints for developing your trail
5) ASSESS: Analyze the property on foot to ID opps/constraints (take photos! GPS points?)
6) SUGGEST: Determine the type of trail system (linear, looped, stacked loops, maze, etc.) and the level of difficulty (“layout & design”)
7) SUGGEST: Determine the location of potential trails and trailheads (map and/or draw)
8) Determine the regulatory requirements
9) Identify environmental and cultural resources
10) Identify social and economic impacts
11) Plan for accessibility/safety
12) Define construction needs
13) Define wayfinding needs
14) Define interpretation needs
15) Evaluate potential management structures for management, maintenance, and operations of your trail
16) What can we get done? What do we need experts for? What do we need money for?
17) Research funding opportunities for trail planning, design, construction, & maintenance
18) Put together a ~10 chapter final report and/or grant application!
19) Have a ~20 resource bibliography!
20) Intro/Conclusion: Inspire us!
Produce a document with 10 Chapters covering each of the following:
(The First Draft is due by class time on 11/24; The various sections are due as they are discussed; Work on them in/out of class; Incorporate the “20 Questions” above)
1) Layout/design
2) Construction
3) Maintenance
4) Wayfinding
5) Interpretation
6) Economic impact
7) Environmental impact
8) Societal impact
9) Photos/drawings (before/after, specifications, aerial, etc.)
10) Map(s)—GIS? Google Earth? Other?
PLUS Bibliography
Incorporate teacher, peer, and guest critiques (of chapter drafts and full document drafts) into final document.
We’ll have formal/informal teacher/peer/guest evaluations
Make a Final Presentation, 15 minutes long, with 10-30 slides, including 2-3 sentence captions on each slide
Give presentation of final project to the class/special guests
Captions have to explain each photo in 2-3 sentences
CITE YOUR SOURCES! (In the captions–source of photos, images, maps, words, and ideas)
Due Dates:
Layout/design section draft due: 11/5
Construction section draft due: 11/10
Maintenance section draft due: 11/10
Wayfinding section draft due: 11/12
Interpretation section draft due: 11/12
Photos/drawings (before/after, specifications, aerial, etc.) section draft due: 11/17
Map(s)—GIS? Google Earth? Other? section draft due: 11/17
Economic impact section draft due: 11/19
Environmental impact section draft due: 11/19
Societal impact section draft due: 11/19
Bibliography draft due: 11/19
Intro/Conclusion due: 11/19
FIRST DRAFT DUE (all sections assembled as one): 11/24
Practice Presentations (and classmate critiques): 12/1 and 12/3
FINAL DRAFTS DUE: 12/8
FINAL PRESENTATIONS: 12/10
Party/Evaluations: 12/15
Readings + “10 Concept” HW
Only one list is due per FINAL PROJECT group.
You can decide how to split the duties (one person per day? 3 concepts per person each day?).
If splitting the duties is too much of a challenge you all could do every homework.
I really just want the concepts we read about incorporated into your final projects.
That’s a lot! Once again, please ask me any questions you have!
Tom
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