Proposals - Mormon Handcart Trekkers

Proposals to Manage Boom in Mormon Handcart Trekkers
From the article: Handcart Trekkers
Some proposals in the plan include:

• Limiting to 470 the total number of trekkers allowed per season on the half-day trip, from the staging area next to the Hudson-Atlantic City Road to Rocky Ridge and back.
• Limiting to 4,105 the total number of trekkers allowed per season on the single day trip, from the staging area to Rock Creek Hollow.
• Limiting to 2,805 the total number of trekkers allowed per season on the two day, 22 mile trip, from the 6th Crossing near Sweetwater Station to Rock Creek Hollow.
• Capping the number of people per trek group at 400.
• Allowing trek groups to range in size from 10 to 400.
• Limiting the number of people per handcart to 10. Requiring intensive training for trek leaders.
• Limiting the number of motorized support vehicles.
• Placing portable toilets at several sites on BLM land, one site on private land and two sites on state land.

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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