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CDTC Strategic Visioning Survey 2023

CDTC's partners and trail community play a vital role in assisting with CDTC’s mission to complete, protect, and promote the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and enrich the surrounding landscape.
 
We are inviting you to participate in the CDTC Strategic Visioning Survey to help guide the next stage of work to fulfill our mission. This survey will take around 10 minutes to complete.
1.How strongly do you agree with the following statement: “The success of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition is critical to the future protection of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail.”(Required.)
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neither Agree or Disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
2.The mission of CDTC is to complete, promote, and protect the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail by building a strong and diverse trail community, providing up-to-date information to the public, and encouraging conservation and stewardship of the Trail, its corridor, and surrounding landscapes. In our efforts to fulfill this mission, CDTC currently focuses on the following programs/efforts:

  • Volunteer Stewardship (community stewardship events, volunteer projects, CDTC Trail Adopters)
  • Trail Protection & Completion (completing the CDT, preserving the trail corridor, etc.)
  • Education & Communication (promoting the CDT to a wider audience, providing info to those wishing to learn about the CDT, encouraging Leave No Trace principles)
  • Community Engagement & Outreach (connecting local citizens to the CDT, participating in efforts to increase diversity and equity in the outdoors, promoting outdoor recreation economies, etc.)
  • Trail Information (Global Information Systems, creating informational resources for trail users, trail updates, etc.) 
  • Advocacy & Policy (legislative advocacy, educating decisionmakers, Tribal government relations, etc.) 

What other programs, projects, or services should CDTC focus on to fulfill its mission? Is anything missing from the above list?(Required.)
3.The Continental Divide Trail was created for the purpose of preservation and access of the natural, scenic, cultural, and historical resources of the Continental Divide. Please tell us how important you think the following are for CDTC to prioritize for action and engagement with our CDT community in the future:(Required.)
Not Important 
Low Importance
Neutral
Important
Very Important
Climate Change Resilience 
Natural & Scenic Resource Protection (within the approximate mile-wide trail corridor)
Cultural & Historic Resource Protection (within the approximate mile-wide trail corridor)
Water/Watershed Protection
Community-led Conservation (grassroots stewardship)
Large Landscape Conservation of the Continental Divide (the trail corridor and surrounding landscape)
4.How important is it to you that the CDTC represents a wide range of recreational users?(Required.)
Not Important
Low Importance
Neutral 
Important
Very Important
5.CDTC defines the CDT Experience as, “A welcoming space for people of all races, abilities, ethnicities, backgrounds, and sexual and gender orientations to access the healing powers of nature and connection to something greater than oneself.”

What voices or experiences do you wish to see more represented in the stewardship and enjoyment of the CDT?(Required.)
6.What opportunities would make the CDT more accessible and welcoming for all experience levels, abilities, and backgrounds? (Check all that apply)(Required.)
7.How would you like to see CDTC play a larger role in your community? (Check all that apply)(Required.)
8.What do you hope the CDTC community will look like in 10 years?(Required.)
Current Progress,
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