The Donner Summit Open Space Area (DSOSA) is the designation used on this site to refer to the open space area that will result from the combination of Royal Gorge properties, now owned by the Truckee-Donner Land Trust (TDLT), and the land owned by the US Forest Service. The information included here deals with issues and events concerning this area.

 

• Blog Posts
  • Royal Gorge Forest Restoration
  • Open Space on the Summit
    • Trail use
    • Mountain Biking
    • Horseback riding
    • Trails 101
  • Royal Gorge lands – What’s next? Part I, Part II, Part III
  • History of wildfires on Donner Summit – link
• Forestry information
  • Preliminary Forest Management Plan – TDLT – 12/4/12 – link
  • Forestry Walk – Information on forestry project 9/14 – link
• Maps
  • DSOSA trail system map 4/14 – link
  • TDLT Royal Gorge Trail Map 9/14 – link
  • Preliminary DSOSA map – link
  • DSOSA – Component property map – link
  • Royal Gorge Ski Trail Google Map – link
• General information
  • Royal Gorge area trail use survey 9/14 – link
  • TDLT outreach survey results – link
  • TDLT final outreach report 12/13 – link
  • Royal Gorge Biological Resource Assessment – Prepared by North Fork Association 12/06 – link
  • Donner Summit Conservation Priorities – Prepared by Sierra Watch – 7/09 – link
  • Conservation Blueprint for Royal Gorge – Prepared by Conservation Biology Institute for Sierra Watch  – link
  • Northern Sierra Partnership Royal Gorge Conservation brochure – Fall 2012 – link