Steve Flannery

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  www.sacbike.org/newsarticles/newsarticle.php?mode=displ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/28/2008    Last Visited: 8/28/2008  

  We called in Sacramento County chief ranger Steve Flannery - our bike trail referee - for a quick tutorial on trail rules and etiquette.
  
  Flannery: Conflict definitely is on the rise.I get calls from all sides complaining about others' behavior.But the conflicts have never gone past shouting that we know of.
  
  Bee: Who's not allowed on the trail?
  
  Flannery: No motorized bikes or motorized scooters.No skateboards.But roller skates are allowed now.
  
  Bee: Is it OK for walkers and runners to be on the asphalt?
  
  Flannery: We want those people to use the decomposed granite shoulder whenever they can.They can use the trail, however, but stay to the side and not block cyclists.
  
  Bee: There's always confusion about which way runners and walkers should face.
  
  Flannery: Walk or run on the left shoulder so you face oncoming bikes.
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  Flannery: Bikes are quiet.If a bike comes up behind you, you could be startled and step in the way.
  
  Bee: It seems most dangerous on weekends when families with little kids on bikes join the mix.
  
  Flannery: People need to communicate.
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  Flannery: We write tickets, but it is very rare.
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  Flannery: They are not prohibited.The problem is when they pass people en masse.Each cyclist is responsible for passing safely.
  
  Bee: Lots of people are listening to iPods out there.
  
  Flannery: We recommend you don't use them while riding.
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  Flannery: Probably less than 30 crashes a year.
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  Flannery: The horse trail is open to pedestrians and runners.There is no sense blazing another trail through wildlife habitat.We want to offer users what they need, but not more than what they need.
  
  Bee: OK, sum it up for us.
  
  Flannery: Be courteous, share and communicate.

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  www.sacbee.com/arden/story/953625.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/22/2008    Last Visited: 5/22/2008  

  "Our rangers have noticed quite a few," said Steve Flannery, the county's chief park ranger.
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  "It is not a problem yet, but if it's going to be a problem, it will be there," Flannery said of the two locations.
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  Along the American River, there hasn't been an attack on a human in the past 30 years, Flannery said.
  
  In late February, an unleashed dog was chased by a coyote in the William Pond area, he said.
  
  And two years ago, a coyote was trapped and killed after it chased a dog and its owner, who had snatched her pet up and fled.
  
  This time of the year, Flannery said, coyotes give birth and need more food for themselves and their pups.Coyotes are highly protective of their breeding area and don't like their domestic counterparts sniffing near their dens, he said.
  
  The American River signs also remind dog owners of the county requirement to keep their pets on a leash.
  
  Flannery says he believes that local coyotes are more territorial than they are aggressive.
  
  "We don't want to alarm people, but we want to keep people on the alert," he said.

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  www.sacbee.com/arden/story/200967.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/31/2007    Last Visited: 6/1/2007  

  Steve Flannery, supervising ranger for Sacramento County's Regional Parks Department, sees that as a real advantage.County rangers already navigate pretty well because they are on or around the river all the time, Flannery said, but others aren't familiar with the parkway.
  
  "Anything people can use for better location information is a good," Flannery said.

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  www.sacbee.com/orangevale/story/847242.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/11/2008    Last Visited: 4/11/2008  

  "Without a report, we wouldn't have been able to pin it as stolen," said Steve Flannery, the county's chief park ranger.
  
  "It only takes a little effort," he said of picking up the phone and calling the Sacramento County Sheriff's Communications Center at (916) 874-5115.
  
  Flannery said the stolen property recovered wasn't just from car burglaries, but also from residential burglaries.

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  www.sacbee.com/city/story/809210.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/25/2008    Last Visited: 3/25/2008  

  "We don't get a lot of calls from the boxes," said Chief Park Ranger Steve Flannery.

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  www.buffalochips.net/bboard_safety_alerts.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/25/2005    Last Visited: 6/17/2008  

  Steve Flannery, Ranger Supervisor

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  Antelope-North Sacramento - Around the region -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/2/2006    Last Visited: 11/2/2006  

  Emphasis will be on watching bird life along a two- or three-mile stretch of the parkway, said Steve Flannery, park ranger supervisor for the Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks.

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  Antelope-North Sacramento - Parkway pointers -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/1/2006    Last Visited: 10/1/2006  

  "The idea is to educate people as they use the bike trail -- to make it fun to stop in certain locations and learn along the way," Steve Flannery, park ranger supervisor for the Sacramento County Department of Regional Parks, said last week.
  
  Sign design and text were developed by staff members of the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, in Ancil Hoffman Park.
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  Flannery, the wife of park ranger supervisor Steve Flannery, said interpretive signs can be thought- provoking.
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  Another nine signs will be posted by mid-November, Steve Flannery said.

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  Buffalo Chips - Safety Notices - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/31/2005    Last Visited: 8/4/2005  

  Steve Flannery, Ranger Supervisor
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  Steve watched the suspects take property from a vehicle that had been broken into and radioed the suspect and vehicle information to another Ranger and Sheriff's units.
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  This is an early alert message dated April 18, 2003 from Steve Flannery of Sacramento County Parks and received by me April 21, 2003.

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  Orangevale - Fair Oaks News - Bob Walter: Flag mystery... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/16/2007    Last Visited: 2/16/2007  

  "I would find that very hard to believe," said Steve Flannery, a park ranger supervisor for Sacramento County.

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