OUR GEM: Help keep Tubbs healthy
Most of this area used to be covered by wildflowers and grasses, and the rocks were buried below the soil, but people stepping outside of the original trail boundary have caused the plants to die and the soils to erode more quickly. Photo courtesy of Our Gem.
If I asked you how many people use Tubbs Hill each year, what would you guess? A few years ago, the city’s estimate was about 30,000.
The Tubbs Hill Foundation has noticed a marked increase in trail wear in recent years. We work closely with the city of Coeur d’Alene Parks Department, and in 2022 they purchased a trail counter. In the first six months, it recorded over 155,000 counts of people. After a full year, we had over 364,000. In 2024, the number was 387,000.
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