Many, Many thanks, Peter, to you and to everyone else who offered a reply! I believe I have a starting point now for how to address our problem. Now that I sense it is solvable, I will read the resources you have provided and report back to our Committee. Once the snow melts, our Mountain Biking Community has promised to begin to mark and “disable” the unauthorized trails. And once they have done that, I can get back into OSM and tag the trails as all of you have suggested, using the Trail Steward Initiative and Working Group as additional guidance. That said, I will most likely run into speed bumps, and if I do, I hope it will be OK for me to ask for more help .
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