003 OSI Webinar: What Should We Know About Building Trails?
Release Date: 09/17/2020
024 OSI Community Podcast - A River's Role in Redeveloping a Community
OSI Community Podcast
When you think about infrastructure that supports outdoor recreation you might think of ski slopes, bike parks, and trails, but in Skowhegan, Maine these days the talk is all about a river park. This kind of infrastructure investment can be a decades long journey fraught with permitting issues, fundraising challenges, and the difficult work of building a shared vision amongst stakeholders. It’s impressive that any small community would take on such a vision, but what’s even more impressive in Skowhegan is that this vision is actually coming to life. Just this week Kristina Cannon,...
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023 OSI Community Podcast - Emotional Intelligence and Serendipity in Outdoor Leadership
OSI Community Podcast
Chad Thatcher is a professor in Southern Oregon University’s Outdoor Adventure Leadership program. He has worked, taught, and led expeditions around the globe for decades. Yet for someone with an amazing breadth and depth of technical experience, Chad’s focus these days is on developing the emotional intelligence of tomorrow’s outdoor leaders. His goal is to develop people who can take their leadership skills into any environment, not just the outdoors. If you find a conversation about these topics interesting, you’ll really want to listen as we dive into his research on serendipity...
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022 OSI Community Podcast - Workforce Development Through Outdoor Leadership Training
OSI Community Podcast
This month as we continue to explore outdoor leadership development, we sat down with Seth Walton, the Outdoor Leadership Instructor at the Mid-Coast School of Technology. Seth walks us through his experience combining outdoor leadership training and workforce development for high school students in one of Maine's Career and Technical Education (CTE) Centers. He shared his approach to building a highly sought-after experience, and the ways being a small program can have BIG advantages for students. To learn more about Seth and his Outdoor Leadership program at the Mid-Coast School of...
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021 OSI Community Podcast - Developing Outdoor Leaders & The Role of Community
OSI Community Podcast
We're back after a "deep winter" hiatus, and invite you to join us for this first episode of 2022! This time around we found ourselves wandering into a deeper conversation about what's needed in developing outdoor leaders for today's world. We discuss the moments in our leadership journeys that helped us progress, and opened our eyes to the value of community. Speaking of which, we are now accepting applications for the OSI Summer Internship. If you are over the age of 20 and have an interest in developing your skills while working at the intersection of community and the outdoors, apply...
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020 OSI Community Podcast - Building Support for Outdoor Initiatives
OSI Community Podcast
On this episode of the OSI Community Podcast we are taking some time to sit down with Matt DeLaney, a founding member of the Katahdin Gear Library. Matt brings his insights into how he was able to leverage regional community energy to make outdoor equipment more accessible to the Katahdin Region through the Katahdin Gear Library. Matt reveals his deliberate process for building community engagement through bringing people together around a common vision.
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019 OSI Community Podcast- Peak Experiences with Silas Rossi
OSI Community Podcast
On this episode we speak with Silas Rossi, an internationally licensed IFMGA mountain guide and owner of Alpine Logic Guide Service about the importance of consistency. Silas also discusses how to leverage peak experiences to expand your perceptions of what you are able to accomplish when you return home. We also dive into mindset and Silas shares some thoughts on managing stress both on and off the cliff.
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018 OSI Community Podcast- Outdoor Leadership Begins in the Community
OSI Community Podcast
It's October and the fall is full affect here in Maine. It's always a great time of year to look back on what we've done over the past 10 months. It is also a great time to look ahead to see where we want to go in the months ahead. In this episode, Mike and I sit down and look at what the future holds for the OSI Community Podcast. We explore how we got here, and what themes we want to explore further in the months ahead. Thank-you for coming along with us on this adventure over the past year and a half!
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017 OSI Community Podcast- Learning Skills and Developing Leadership through Peer Review with Jacob Verhaegh
OSI Community Podcast
Jacob shares his stories of growing up in a family of paddlers.
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016 OSI Community Podcast- Why Outdoor Clubs Develop the Whole Student
OSI Community Podcast
Why is this the perfect time to start an outdoor club at your school? Teens to Trails executive director Alicia Heyburn shares why the school administrators are seeing the value of getting students back outside, how to apply for outdoor adventure grants to help get the club going and why more than ever students need to find a new place in the world.
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015 OSI Community Podcast- The Impact of Adaptive Activities
OSI Community Podcast
In this episode we begin to unpack the challenges facing members of our community living with aphasia, and other cognitive and physical challenges. We begin to understand the size and scope of the need for services, as well as what Bruce and Annemarie and the Adaptive Outdoor Education Center are doing to create unique opportunities in our communities. We'll hear about why they founded the AOEC, and what keeps them, their staff, and their volunteers motivated to create and deliver an array of programming.
info_outlineWhat difference do great trails make in getting us outside?
This month in place of our normal roundtable discussion we hosted a free webinar where we sat down with Steve Kasacek, a professional trail planner, designer, and builder with IMBA Trail Solutions. Join us as we discuss questions such as…
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What does it take to bring great trails to life?
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What impact can trails have on community?
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What does it mean to build “sustainable” trails?
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What do different trail users want out of their experience?
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How do design and construction needs change based on type of trail?
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What are some of the common pitfalls that get in the way of having quality trails?
Links and Resources:
Learn more about planning and building trails by signing up for the OSI Online Trail Building School with IMBA
I.M.B.A. International Mountain Bicycling Association
IMBA Trail Accelerator Grants Match grants to help with planning and development
IMBA Resource Guide to Building Sweet Single Track
IMBA Guidelines to Quality Trail Experience
Professional Trail Builders Association
Vermont Community Forestry Environmental Planning Resources
Vermont Community Forestry Town Forest Recreation Planning Webinar
"Clino"- A tool for determining how steep a trail is or will be.
OSI Online Trail Building Course
The Outdoor Sport Institute & The OSI Community
Our mission is to help people in rural places make human-powered outdoor sports an integral part of their lives and communities. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization.
The OSI Community is a peer-driven network of people who are -
- Pursuing outdoor sports personally
- Teaching and mentoring others outdoors
- Building capacity for outdoor sports in their community
Through the OSI Community members can access online and in-person instruction, a growing online resource library, and a network of peers to connect with and share ideas.