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from Plum Creek Timber Company in 2014 to protect their conservation, recreation and economic <br />value. TNC is stewarding and restoring CCF lands while working to secure long term public and <br />community ownership. <br />The Roslyn Urban Forest (RUF) is 300 acres of City -owned public land, open to the public for hiking, <br />mountain -biking, jogging, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. A Land Stewardship Plan guides use <br />and management of the forest. <br />Northeast of the project area is the Teanaway Community Forest (TCF), owned by the Department of <br />Natural Resources (DNR). The TCF abuts the TNC property. Concurrently with this planning effort, the <br />DNR and the community were working on developing a trail master plan for the Teanaway, which this <br />project could coordinate with and potentially connect to in the future. <br />The Suncadia community and its trails lies directly adjacent to the project area and their organization is <br />also interested in improved connections to trails on Cle Elum Ridge. <br />Chris Martin, Roslyn resident and owner of "Baxter State Park LLC" property northwest of Roslyn, has <br />provided a signed letter agreeing to the use of his property for trails crossing between the RUF and TNC <br />lands. <br />A property attorney was available at one of the public meetings to answer questions concerning <br />personal liability. State law protects local landowners through "the recreational use immunity statute, <br />RCW 4.24.210." With this statute, "landowners may open their lands for recreational use and be <br />immunized from liability for unintentional injuries that occur on their land" (Source: "Liability Protection <br />to Land Owners," by Kyle Silk-Eglit, MBPA real estate attorneys). The recreational use must be allowed <br />without charging a fee of any kind. <br />The master plan is based upon the principle that the Towns to Teanaway project will seek partnerships <br />with private landowners to allow public trail crossings on their properties in order to strengthen the trail <br />connections between Ronald, Roslyn and Cle Elum, Cle Elum Ridge and beyond. <br />Topography <br />The 7,717 -acre site is moderately sloped with occasional rock outcrops. The slopes between Ronald and <br />Roslyn are more moderate than across the rest of the project area. Slopes are relatively gentle within the <br />town centers of Ronald and Roslyn and fairly flat in Cle Elum. State Route 903 and Coal Mines Trail <br />connecting the communities is at a consistently gentle gradient. The team used a slope analysis map to <br />provide a useful overview of the steep slopes, mostly associated with stream corridors in canyons <br />flowing down off of Cle Elum Ridge. The majority of the ridge is south facing, thereby providing a longer <br />recreation season due to less snow and increased sunlight. <br />Sons <br />Highly erodible soils are located only in small pockets across the site. In general, soil erosion control is <br />possible through the use of good trail design. In particular, trail design that manages stormwater and <br />prevents gullying. Canyons and stream riparian corridor crossings should be minimized to the greatest <br />extent possible, but when required, they must be located in places that minimize erosion. <br />"In general, we've been trying to reduce or relocate trails and roads away from stream -adjacent areas. <br />Any new trails that get put in should try to build them out of the riparian area and cross at, or near to, a <br />90 -degree angle with an appropriate water crossing structure." (Scott Downes, WA Dept. of Fish and <br />Wildlife) <br />Vegetation <br />Towns to Teanaway Corridor Master Plan p 14 of 26 <br />Prepared for: Economic Development Group of Kittitas Co. & Kittitas Co. Parks and Recreation District No. 1 <br />Prepared by: J.A. Brennan Associates, Landscape Architects & Planners <br />