Apr 17
The National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program brings communities together to build trail and greenway projects, restore rivers and wildlife habitat, preserve open space, and revitalize our public lands. Despite RTCA’s proven success rate and overwhelming demand for their services, its budget has remained relatively stagnant for a decade, and virtually …
Apr 16
Tom Oshima, Paul Nam and I spent the weekend camping, riding and doing a little trail work down in the Dowdy ranch area in preparation for the IMBA Epic we are planning on May 12-13th as part of mtbr’s may by the bay. We arrived late Friday night. It was cold, but it was great …
Apr 15
PARTY on May 5 & 6 at Harvey Bear park in Morgan Hill, to build a mile of hiking/biking only singletrack trail. This is a going to be a hand-built trail, so I need a whole bunch of volunteers to help out. Check the prosoed trails out! 1) Can you volunteer? If so, could you …
Apr 13
The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project is the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the west coast of the United States. This project is huge in scope and impacts recreation and commuting options along the Bay in Alviso, Moffet Field, and near the Dumbarton Bridge on the peninsula. The project is seeking comments until …
Mar 25
The National Parks Service has started a centennial initiative, and they want your help to form a vision of what the National Parks and Parks Service will be like in 2016. They want you to answer a few questions by April 2. Please read the document, and click on the “Comment On Document” link on …
Mar 18
For the last three years we have had a CA IMBA Summit at the Sea otter. This Years’ Summit is on Friday, April 13th. The Summit is from 4PM to 8PM and includes a free dinner. The First year, it was basically a discussion, providing IMBA goals advocates would like to see happen in California. …
Mar 18
Between March Madness and St Patrick’s day I believe I was the only person to show up for the 3rd Sunday Ride at ECDM. Granted I was ten minutes late so it is possible that some folks left before I got there.It was a brisk morning up on skyline with temperatures around 50 degrees, rapidly …
