Category Archives: Golden Necklace

Delta is National Heritage Area

Posted on June 15, 2019 by David H Lukenbill

This is wonderful news from 7 x 7 , but the American River Watershed, which birthed the California Gold Rush, is a much more valuable historic area, also deserves this designation as we proposed in our 2007 Report online at … Continue reading →

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American Discovery Trail

Posted on October 4, 2018 by David H Lukenbill

Now this is a trail, as Wikipedia notes: An excerpt. The American Discovery Trail is a system of recreational trails and roads which collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. Horses can … Continue reading →

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Build the Epic Trail

Posted on October 3, 2018 by David H Lukenbill

We have long called for some major trail building connected to the American River Trail , see our post at https://riverparkwayblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/the-golden-necklace-trail/ and see Golden Necklace category. This article from Comstock’s Magazine looks great. An excerpt. There was a time about … Continue reading →

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Tahoe to Pyramid Bike Trail

Posted on November 21, 2013 by David H Lukenbill

This work which we profiled in our 2007 research report (p. 27) as part of a vision allowing biking from Sacramento over the Sierras to Tahoe (the Folsom Lake to Tahoe segment is being worked on by the American River … Continue reading →

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A Golden Park Idea

Posted on October 3, 2013 by David H Lukenbill

Gold Rush Park—they have a page on Facebook—is a great concept and one we have been supportive of since its beginning advocacy by Joe Genshlea and Jack  Diepenbrock many years ago and this article in the Sacramento Bee is welcome. … Continue reading →

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Levee Fencing II

Posted on November 2, 2012 by David H Lukenbill

As we noted in yesterday’s post, this is an issue that should be resolved through voluntary sale of private property rather than coerced selling through eminent domain to further recreational goals benefitting the few. Our organization does support the concept … Continue reading →

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Houston Bike Path

Posted on September 18, 2012 by David H Lukenbill

They are planning–if voters approve–a major path circling the city, ( much as our envisioned bike path would Sacramento County, see Golden Necklace Trail post on our News Page) as this article from City Parks Blog reports. An excerpt. “Imagine … Continue reading →

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Biking Sacramento

Posted on August 27, 2012 by David H Lukenbill

This article from the Sacramento Bee notes how good an area Sacramento is for biking, with further improvements—as long as valuable car lanes are not lost—still in development. One of the improvements we advocate is a bike trail from the … Continue reading →

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Biking Heaven & Heritage

Posted on May 7, 2012 by David H Lukenbill

Sacramento is already a biking heaven in many ways, but some major improvements could really take us into the stratosphere and this Sacramento Bee article notes many of them. Our contribution, building on our heritage, is the Golden Necklace Trail concept, tied to the creation … Continue reading →

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The Golden Necklace Trail

Posted on October 24, 2011 by David H Lukenbill

Information about it and a map have been posted to our website. An excerpt, with links at the jump. “The Golden Necklace Trail, (as written about in our 2007 research report, on report page) is envisioned as beginning in Coloma, … Continue reading →

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