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California Coastal Trail on Private Lands

Task Two: Investigate "Connectors" to Fill Gaps in the CCT in Mendocino County

The Land Trust has undertaken an effort to outreach to landowners who would benefit from donating a public access easement along their property to assist with completing the California Coastal Trail. The Land Trust has held outreach meetings in areas where completing the Coastal Trail is a high priority and meets with interested landowners to discuss the details of public access easements.

Currently, MLT is working on a strategic approach in areas where only a few intervening landowners exist between public lands or exisiting public access easements. This part of the process for planning and completing a contiguous CCT is both exacting and rewarding.

The California Coastal Act of 1976 designated the coastline as part of the public trust which entrusted the public with a significant resource. The State Legislature formerly recognized the CCT as an official state trail in 2000 and that same year, President Clinton declared the CCT a Millennium Heritage Trail.

The ultimate goal of a trail from Oregon to Mexico requires working with thousands of landowners to creatively and respectively develop public access along the coast.

Many incentives exist for landowners wishing to help create this lasting legacy:

There are tax incentives for donating a public access easement.
There are real estate incentives for having a public trail in close proximity to your home.
There are personal amenity values to living in a walkable community and having access to the coastline and beaches.
Having designated trails decreases the amount of trespassing by infoming the public where it is legal to access the coast.
Liability for injuries on private property is transferred to the managment agency of the trail and landowners are also protected by the Recreational Use Statute (Civil Code section 846).



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