2025 TRAILS FORUM | Bayfield Area Trails

Celebrate World Trails Day!

Join us on Saturday, June 7th for the 2025 Bayfield Area Trails Forum! It will be a day packed with fun, learning, and community! Scroll down the see the agenda.

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Agenda

7:00 - Nature Hike at the Siskiwit River Preserve: Neil Howk & Ted May. Co-sponsored with the Chequamegon Audubon Society.

9:00 - Forum begins

9:00 - 9:30 - Milling among information tables, socializing, enjoying refreshments

9:30 - 9:40 - Presentations: Welcome, Thank You, and Agenda Review: Kate Kitchell, Chair​​
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9:40 - 10:15 - Keynote speaker, followed by Q&A: Mike Passo, Executive Director of American Trails

10:15 - 10:35 - Red Cliff Trails Study, including the Red Cliff to Bayfield connection: Ashley Huinker & SEH Consultants 
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10:35 - 10:45 - Upcoming activities & projects: Kate Kitchell
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10:45 - 11:00 - Volunteering on trail activities (trail work, Adopt-a-Trail, Trail User Surveys): Trails Subcommittee

11:00 - 11:10 - Volunteering on communications (blog, social media, interpretation, education, stewardship): Communications Subcommittee

11:10 - 11:15 - Wrap Up

​11:15 – Noon - Interactive Sessions (20 min. each): Select two, then rotate.

• Bayfield Peninsula Trails Plan: National Park Service - Rivers, Trails, & Conservation Assistance Program
• Trail User Survey Demonstration – Hilary Jewell & Kathleen Russell
• Basics of Trail Maintenance & Building
• Round table with Mike Passo from American Trails​

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Forum Location

Town of Bell Community Center
22615 County Hwy. C
Cornucopia, WI 54827

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Sponsored by:

The Bayfield Area Trails Committee

@ Kate Kitchell

Town of Bayfield​ 

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@ Erika Lang

Landmark Conservancy 

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@ Ashley Huinker

Treaty Natural Resources Division - Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

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@ Fred Clark

City of Bayfield Parks & Recreation Committee

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@ Lindley Mattson

Bayfield County Department of Forestry

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@ Steve Ballou

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

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@ Chuck Finn

Ashwabay Outdoor Education Foundation

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@ Peter Rothe

Town of Bell

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@ Mike Bunch

Town of Bayview

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Subcommittees

Trails

We assist the Bayfield Area Trails committee in maintaining and enhancing its existing trails and developing new trails.

Charter

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Communication

We share the Bayfield Area Trails' story using various print and online communication channels.

Charter

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Additional Partners

@ Will Krift

Trails Anonymous
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@ TJoseph Media

Website - TJoseph Media
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