Arizona State Committee on Trails: ASCOT

Seeking New Committee Members for ASCOT

Arizona State Parks and Trails Board appoints the 15 member, volunteer Arizona State Committee on Trails (ASCOT).

ASCOT advises the State Parks Board and staff on the planning, development, funding, maintenance, and promotion of non-motorized recreation in Arizona.
Advises on grants made with Federal Recreational Trails Program.
ASCOT created and oversees the Arizona Premier Trails System. Members work with land managers and help select the top 100 premier trails in Arizona.
ASCOT members represent a variety of non-motorized recreation interests and geographical regions within Arizona. Each individual is appointed to a three-year term.
ASCOT members are expected to be active participants and commit time between quarterly meetings to help accomplish goals.

Arizona State Parks and Trails is looking for candidates to join the team. Contact Mickey Rogers at 602-542-6942 to discuss how you can become involved with ASCOT. We are currently accepting applications for new ASCOT members.

Application for consideration is located here.

State Recreational Trails Advisory Committee (SRTAC) Presentation.

Mission

ASCOT graphic ASCOT serves in an advisory capacity to the Arizona State Parks Board. The overall mission of the State Trails Program is to promote, develop, and preserve non-motorized trail opportunities throughout the state for mountain bikers, hikers, equestrians, and water trail users. State Parks staff works with ASCOT to:

advance and promote non-motorized trail use,
provide technical trails assistance,
promote trail management and development,
provide trails-related information and educational opportunities.

Previous Agendas & Minutes

Download statement of locations where all notices of meetings will be posted.

ASCOT Agendas & Minutes
Meeting Dates	Agenda	Minutes
May 28, 2020	ASCOT Agenda 05/28/20 and Packet	Draft Minutes 05/28/2020
May 7, 2020	ASCOT Agenda 05/07/2020 and Packet	Minutes 5/7/20
April 24, 2020	Notice of possible quorum
March 27, 2020	SRTAC Agenda 03/27/20	Draft Minutes 3/27/20
December 13, 2019	ASCOT Agenda 12/13/19	Draft Minutes 12/13/19
December 4, 2019	ASCOT Agenda 12/04/19	Draft Minutes 12/04/19
September 13, 2019	ASCOT Agenda 09/13/19	Minutes 09/13/19
April 27, 2019	ASCOT Agenda 04/27/19 SRTAC Agenda 04/27/19	Minutes 4/27/19 Minutes 4/27/19
February 8, 2019	Agenda 02/08/19	Minutes 2/8/19
April 21, 2018	Agenda 04/21/18 and tentative schedule	Minutes 4/21/18
April 21, 2018	SRTAC Agenda 04/21/18	Minutes 4/21/18
April 11, 2018	SEE Sub-committee Agenda 04/11/18
April 11, 2018	AZ Premier Trails Sub-committee Agenda 04/11/18	Minutes 4/11/18
January 10, 2018	Agenda 01/10/18	Minutes 1/10/18

* = Amended Agenda
† = Joint Meeting with and OHVAG. See quorum notice.

Archive of previous years' agendas and minutes

ASCOT Members

Claire Miller (Chair), City of Phoenix
Jan Hancock, Maricopa Trail and Park Foundation
Matthew Nelson, Arizona Trail Association
Adriana Garcia Maximiliano, Representative-at-Large
Evan Pilling, Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists
Adam Milnor, National Park Service
Bernadine McCollum, Wickenburg Conservation Foundation
Angela Villa, Representative-at-Large
Marshall Masayesva, Ancestral Lands Hopi Conservation Corps
Mary Van Rooy, Representative-at-Large
Loren Worthington, Ability 360
Robert Stinson, Town of Marana
Kevin Adams, Red Rock Trail Fund
Mare Czinar, Representative-at-Large
Justin Azevedo, Representative-at-Large

Advisory Committee Coordinator: Mickey Rogers (602) 542-6942

Conferences and Workshops

ASCOT sponsors statewide trail workshops to bring together the trails community and share relevant trail information. Some of our past workshops include:

1st State Trails Conference in 1990
“Partnerships-On the Trail Together”

2nd Conference in 1992
“Arizona Trails…Our Heritage…Our Future”

3rd Conference in 1995
“Locking in the Legacy”

In 1998 Arizona hosted the National Trails Symposium in Tucson.

4th Conference in 2001
“Trail Funding”

5th Conference in 2003
“Managing Trails in Lean Times”

6th Conference in 2004
“Trails for All People: ADA and Trails”

7th Conference in 2005
“Volunteers: Helping Hands on the Land”

Conference in 2007
“State Trails Conference”

Conference in 2018
"National Equestrian Trails Conference"

ASCOT produced The Public Trail Access Manual: A Guide to the Protection of Arizona's Trails. Arizona was the first state to prepare a manual on saving public trail access and many other states have modeled their manuals after ours.

The Arizona State Trails Guide

The first State Trails System Guide included 102 trails and was called Diamond Jubilee. The 2nd edition, developed in 1989, was renamed Arizona State Trails Guide with the number of trails increasing to 263 trails. In 1995, the 3rd edition Trail Guide (our most popular) included 452 trails. The fourth edition was published in 2004 and can be purchased from the Arizona State Parks gift shop. This guide is in high demand and is the most comprehensive trail guide for Arizona and includes all non-motorized trail user groups!

Arizona State Committee on Trails: ASCOT

Seeking New Committee Members for ASCOT

Mission

Previous Agendas & Minutes

ASCOT Agendas & Minutes

ASCOT Members

Conferences and Workshops

The Arizona State Trails Guide

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