CURRENT PROJECTS

MELTON MOUNTAINVIEW & RED HILL TRAIL LANDSCAPING
PGF has partnered with the City of Pocatello's Tree Commission to beautify the Melton Mountainview and Red Hill Trails with over 3 dozens trees. The City received $14,500 from the Idaho Department of Lands for this effort. Below, drawings by landscape designer Alissa Salmore depict some of these plans. We are also working with Dennis and Margo Proksa to design and install an arch at the entrance to the Melton Trail at the corner of 5th and Barton.

Plans for the Red Hill Trailhead at ISU.

The Melton Mountainview Trailhead at the intersection of 5th Ave and Barton Rd.

PACIFIC RECYCLING TRAIL & HOBO TRAILHEAD
Thanks to the generous support of Pacific Recycling, we are beginning work on the Pacific Recycling Trail, which runs along the Portneuf River at the base of Kraft Hill. Hobo Trailhead, the start of this trail is off of N. Main St., just north of Kraft Rd. Since the fall of 2007, students from New Horizons High School have put in hundreds of hours improving this trailhead by removing many of the invasive elms, painting over graffiti, and cleaning up trash. They are now partnering with all 3 of Pocatello's Rotary Clubs to continue this work and install a graveled parking lot (there is now only a dirt pull-off) and piece of art at the trailhead. Before work on the Pacific Recycling Trail can progress much further, we need to install a bridge over Pocatello Creek.

Creating the Hobo Trailhead at the Start of the Pacific Recycling Trail.

TAYSOM TRAIL
Thanks to the generosity of Wayne and Pam Taysom, we will soon be cutting a trail through IFFT Lilac Park off of S. 4th Avenue, connecting the Maag-Shadyside and AMI Trails together. Taysom Trail will start at the top of Avenue of the Chiefs (by the AMI trailhead and the zoo education building) and connect down to S. 4th Avenue and the Maag-Shadyside Trail.



ABRASZEWSKI TRAIL
The community has given generously to the Portneuf Greenway Foundation in memory of Paul Abraszewski. These donations are being used to fund the Abraszewski Trail, which will run along the river from the SandTrap on S. Bannock Highway to Tech Farm Road. This year we will host trail cleanups and begin fencing the trail to protect users from golf balls. The trail, along with a bridge over the river at the SandTrap will be paved by 2010.

The future Abraszewski Trail. 1st project: Removing Chinese elms from the trail.