Deal in the works to link trails

A group of Tekoa and Plummer, Idaho, area farmers have signed an expression of interest to work out a deal to turn a six-mile stretch of former railroad bed into a link between the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes.

The initial agreement calls for Ted Blaszak, president of the Tekoa Trestle and Trail Association, to seek funding of an estimated $30,000 from the Doppelt Foundation in Chicago – or other sources – to help alleviate access issues, liability insurance and provide signs.

The paper signed April 17 states that the seven farmers have “expressed an interest to...