Long Canyon Trail Improvement Project

Long Canyon Trail Improvement Project

The Conservancy proposes to fund improvements to an existing National Park Service Trail Corridor that runs in a north-south direction in the western portion of Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP), and establish a new trailhead and parking area at each end of the trail on private lands just outside of JTNP. The recreational trail would be 9.1 miles long, the majority of which is within JTNP. The Project is a joint venture among the Conservancy, the Friends of the Desert Mountains, JTNP, the Mojave Desert Land Trust, the Palm Springs-South Coast Office of the Bureau of Land Management, and the City of Desert Hot Springs. See Section 4 of the attached MND/IS for a detailed project description.

Desert Hot Springs, Yucca Valley

Riverside, San Bernardino

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation

Recreational (Trail, Trailhead Facilities)

Funding

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire