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project to moveforward,and include a comparison of existing and proposed <br />conditions. <br />The Towns to TeanawayCorridor project focuses on the acquisition of 243 acres <br />of privately owned land that separatesthe northern and northeastern boundary of <br />section 17 and the City of Roslyn's Urban Forest (RUF)from thousandsof miles <br />of trails on surrounding public lands.Connecting trails through RUF to the <br />TeanawayCommunity Forest,Wenatchee National Forest,and the Alpine Lakes <br />Wilderness will allow the City of Roslyn to become a partner in the trail network <br />that extendsall the way to Leavenworthon public lands.We are all aware of the <br />significant social and economic benefits of trails;this proposed acquisition <br />supportsconnecting multiple regional trails,increasing public access to public <br />lands,and gives the City of Roslyn an opportunity to engage a broader <br />communityin experiencing Central Washington in a way that has not before been <br />available.It is these privately held parcels that are the critical missing link that <br />will make the upper County Communitiesof Cle Elum,Roslyn,South Cle Elum, <br />and unincorporated Ronald a trail head for the TeanawayCommunity Forest. <br />Recreational and environmentaltourism is the fastest growing market in these <br />communitiesand this project will help provide the foundation for growth, <br />sustainability,and economic stability through tourism.Specific parcels have <br />been identified for acquisition to connect the City of Roslyn's Urban Forest to the <br />Cle Elum ridge and TeanawayCommunity Forest and identified in this proposal <br />(see map below).The Towns to TeanawayCorridor builds upon the vision to <br />create recreational connectivity between existingcommunitiesfor the benefit of <br />local residents and visitors to experience upper Kittitas County's vast ecosystem <br />and open spaces.Other routes for trail corridors and public access are also <br />being developedfor Cle Elum and Ronald through trail corridor masterplanning <br />efforts underway with the City of Roslyn and stakeholdergroups.The master <br />plan will provide a stacked looped trail system to link Cle Elum,Roslyn,and <br />unincorporated Ronald with multipletrail heads and public access to the Cle <br />Elum Ridge and TeanawayCommunity Forest Trail System.The recreation <br />corridors will include the Roslyn Urban Forest (Section 17),private parcel(s),the <br />Coal Mines Trail,the Central Cascades Forest (CCF LLC managed by The <br />Nature Conservancy (TNC))land,including the prominent rock outcrop on the <br />top of the ridge.The plan and design will build upon and enhance the stacked <br />loop trail system conceptualizedin the Roslyn Urban Forest Design Charrette <br />and identify key regional recreational connectivity corridors.This plan will not be <br />realized until key corridors are protected link critical pathways from municipally <br />owned open space lands to other large protected lands of TNC and Teanaway <br />Community Forest.