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Richmond MORE and city open Forest Hill Park trailsWe missed this great article on Forest Hill Park trails. Check out the link below. National Trails Day 6/5/10Join Richmond MORE and REI to be a part of National Trails Day at James River Park Richmond Offers Top Urban Mountain Biking Trail SystemThe current edition of the IMBA Trail News features an article on page 4 highlighting the JRP Trail System. Check it out through this link to the PDF copy of the newsletter on page 4. JROC 10th Anniversary Gear SwapBring your used (relatively clean) gear to the Gear Swap at the Earth Day festival April 25th. Management plan solicits public opinionAt 1.1 million acres in Virginia and West Virginia, the George Washington National Forest is big enough to accommodate a multitude of interests and users. In numerous trips west the past couple of years, I've biked, hiked and fished on it. Others hunt, watch birds, ride horses, camp and pilot their all-terrain vehicles. Then there are the commercial interests - most notably logging - that have a claim on the land. 2010 Race season is on !Check out our April calendar for two great local races. National Duathlon's offroad duathlon on Saturday April 24th and RunRideRace's Camp Hilbert mtb race (first in a series of 3) on Sunday April 11. Check out the Movie - "Klunkerz"Coming April 21st @ 7pm to movie night at the Capital Ale House is a movie about the history of mountain biking. Originally debuted at Trailicious, see how mountain biking started in the hills of California back in the day ! Bring a friend, the movie is free. Forest Hill Park gets a makeoverBig turnout by many volunteer groups gets the Forest Hill park project closer to completion. Chesterfield County Department of Parks and Recreation has proposed cutting – entirely and permanently – the Outdoors and most Adult ProgramsEverything from kayak classes, ropes course, paddling at Dutch Gap to nature programs and practically all active adult programming are on the block. What is NOT lost is old fashion politicking: the squeaky wheel getting the grease. They said they welcome emails, attendance at hearings, pleas, and well-organized efforts. SO PLEASE! Get out your computer, pen, telephone, whatever. Write a letter to each PRAC commissioner (the Parks Commission is the appointed body that makes recommendations for funding cuts and allocations). Write them daily. Write the Board of Supervisors. It doesn’t matter if you live in their district or not. This is a regional issue. Get Ready for TrailiciousTrailicious is almost here ! On line ticket sales have closed and we will have a limited number of tickets at the door. Please arrive on the earlier side to make sure you will be able to get in the door. Hand Built Bicycle Show Needs VolunteersWe'd love to welcome you as a volunteer at the Shimano NAHBS. If you Another interesting article about urban trailsCheck out this link for some interesting info on urban trails. Forest Hill Trail Care - Jan 30th - More good news!Nathan has decided to stage the reopening of the trails in Forest Hill Park. Gone is the plan to close the entire park until everything ..... Document Actions |
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