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Hi. My name is Don Stapp and I'm the volunteer trail captain for the City of Carlsbad for
what is called the Ridgeline Trail. The Trailhead is at El Fuerte street and wraps all the way
to the other end near Melrose. The nice thing about the Ridgeline trail is that it's a preserve
and it reflects a balance of nature, wildlife as well as all different tupes of plant species
that are off the trail. This is the Ridgeline trail and this is a
great trail - it's a rugged trail. It's about a mile long if you want to go hike over to
the other side. Today we are going to do a little sprucing up here.
So our organization, the center, owns the property and we do all the tasks to protect
the preserve, but we have a nice partnership with the city in that they manage the trail.
That's been really helpful to us. They bring a lot of positive attention to the preserve
and positive users. I like these trails because you can see lots
of animals. My favorite part of this particular trail
is that this is probably a lot more of a rugged trail and a natural trail than some of the
trails in Carlsbad. Well, the vegetation community we're standing
in right now is called Coastal sage scrub - it's the home of the coastal California
Gnatcatcher. So you have sagebrush and black sage and if you go and break off a leaf and
smell it, it smells just like sage. Nice walk along this trail you will see lots of wildlife
- good chance you will see quail - mule deer - some coyotes; very, very common. But I'd
say the best part is definitely the views. The reason to come to this particular trail
is if you really enjoy nature and you really enjoy taking a walk and seeing a lot of the
natural habitat that is part of Carlsbad To find out more about city trails and download
free trail maps, visit the city's website and search trails.