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Closure of SDF? Don�t Let This Happen!
The facts Soquel Demonstration Forest is threatened with staff and budget cuts, and as a result potential closure. This would mean the loss of one of the best places for mountain biking in the San Francisco Bay Area. Soquel Demonstration Forest was on target to become a self-sustaining forest unit through its 2004 timber harvest…
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Trailwork Update from F.O.R.E.S.T.
The trail use group F.O.R.E.S.T has hosted three volunteer workdays on the Table Mountain Trail in Stevens Creek County Park so far this season. We have been very successful in that we have been able to install dips and drains on the upper two miles of trail that will keep water running off the trail…
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Short Report on IMBA TCC visit
IMBA’s Trail Care Crews (TCCs) came to Santa Clara County this weekend. We held a Friday night informative program and trail building classes on Saturday and Sunday morning at Specialized, and did tral work on Coe’s Anza, Grizzly Gulch, and Spike Jones trails. Friday night’s guest speaker, Steve Karlin, a naturalist from Wildlife Associates (http://www.wildlifeassociates.org/index.html),…
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URGENT Point Reyes National Seashore Access Alert
Your comments are needed by February 20th! The planning process and concept alternatives presented in the document, http://www.nps.gov/pore/home_mngmntdocs_GMP2003concepts.htm, regarding the future of Point Reyes has excluded the bicycling user group completely. Currently this National Parks unit allows limited access for bicycles. At the same time, horses have abundant access, even though their activities in the…
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Save Lake Oroville’s Trails
California mountain bicyclists need to write the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) immediately to save mountain bike trail access at Lake Oroville. Public comment ends Feb. 29. A proper trail management decision at Oroville will protect trail access in other California state parks. This is an issue that affects everyone who rides in California. Please…
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IMBA Event Announcement
A major Bay Area trail event happens on February 13-15 in Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County. The IMBA Trail Care Crews are paying a visit to Henry Coe State Park. This is a free event of trail school and trail work. Class will be held Sat and Sun morning in Specialized Bicycle’s 200 seat theater…
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