Alta Planning + Design worked with Clark County and Cannon Survey Center at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada to implement a telephone and mail survey of the residents living in the Rural Neighborhood Preservation areas. The results clearly showed demand for equestrian trails, from equestrians as well as non-equestrians. Alta also conducted a field survey to count every horse in the study area. After three days in the field and geocoding the findings, Alta was able to present Clark County with a GIS layer file showing the location of nearly every horse in the study area. The findings of the two surveys were enough to justify a new trail plan and investment in an equestrian network. Alta also completed a trail plan for the study area. Trails were planned based on the locations of the horses, and destinations were identified based on the responses to the residential survey. The plan included sample code language and a phasing plan.
