Less Successful Example of an Abstract/Project Description:
The project will provide the foundation for creating an all-seasons recreational destination for travelers on and visitors to the Byway. The Byway corridor management organization will partner with the Department of Conservation and Recreation to develop a recreational plan and design for the Forest. The objective of the plan is to turn a network of existing old roads and paths in the state forest into a multi-use trail system for winter back-country skiing and snow shoeing, for three-season hiking and horseback riding on the old roads.
This project benefits the byway traveler by planning for a place for travelers to come during the winter months for back-country skiing and snow shoeing in a forest. It will benefit travelers by planning for a four-season, multi-use, hiking trail system over several hundred acres of forest land. It will benefit visitors by adding a new recreational opportunity - horseback riding - using the state forest's existing roads and new connectors. It will also benefit travelers along the Byway who stay at the campground, by planning and designing a connecting trail to the recreational resources of the Forest.
This example is less successful because it:
- Does not clearly establish the relationship of the project to the byway or the byway’s intrinsic qualities.
- Appears to propose the creation of a recreational attraction (i.e., the conversion of a network of existing old roads and paths into a multi-use trail system). Please note in preparing your application that construction or creation of a recreational attraction is not eligible for NSBP funds
- Does not effectively establish the benefit of the project to the byway traveler versus the existing customer/user base of the Forest
