Pocatello Trail Mapping

The City of Pocatello, US Forest Service and BLM are working to develop a community-driven vision for a sustainable regional trail system and use that vision to assess local trails for vision compatibility, develop a regional trail map, and create a prioritized list of improvement projects for public land managers to consider implementing.

Steps We've Taken

• Focus groups of trail users
• Survey of trail users (PDF)
• Working group meetings with trail user representatives
• Goals development (PDF)
• Mapping existing authorized and user-created trails into a single trail map

Steps Underway

• Identify system needs on our trails
  
  WE NEED YOUR HELP!  Where is there erosion?  Where is there a new trail we haven’t mapped?  Where does a bridge or other structure need to be replaced?  Where should a new trail go?  Use the following links:
  
  
  • Trail Mapping App (Survey123)
    You can use the App or the Web to map trail issues.  If you use the App, you don’t need an internet connection.  You can do it all without creating an account. If you are in the field, the App will automatically geolocate you on the map.  You only need to use the map if you add or modify a point from home or the parking lot.
  • Trail Mapping App Tutorial (how to use Survey123)
  • Trail System Map (PDF)
  • Trail System Map (GIS)
  • Trail System Mapping Results (GIS)

Next Steps

• The City will use the information gathered about EVERY ONE of our trails to prioritize projects.  We will work with trail users to develop this priority project list.  The USFS and BLM will go through similar steps.