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Advocating for Mountain Biking in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
ROMP encourages mountain bikers to take part in trail maintenance and construction, participate in land manager meetings and master plans, ride with respect for the land and other trail users, and have fun! |
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ROMP Accomplishments
- Opened Pillar Point Park to Bikes. First San Mateo County Park in decades to
allow bikes on trails.
- Working with GGNRA to keep Rancho Corral de Tierra in Moss Beach-Montara open to bikes.
- Served on the trails committee for Sanborn Park in Saratoga, resulting in plans for nearly 20 miles of new bike trails.
- Served on the now defunct San Mateo County Parks Blue Ribbon Commission to plan regional multi-use trails.
- Advocated for and donated over $7000 to open the Skyline Trail in Castle Rock State Park to bikes in Saratoga.
- Redesigned and constructed the Jim Donnelley Trail in Henry Coe State Park.
- Working with MROSD to keep El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve (ECDM) open despite pressure from Fish and Wildlife Agency, including help with the reroutes of Giant Salamander and Blue Blossom trails
- Constructed the North Leaf Trail in ECDM, over 800 man hours
- Worked with MROSD to build and open the Meadow Trail in Coal Creek Open Space Preserve
- Aided in opening a section of the Bay Area Ridge Trail at the north end of Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve
- Worked to open the first 10 miles of SF Watershed trail to mountain bikers, equestrians and hikers
- Constructed and continue to maintain 10 miles of trails at Waterdog Lake Park in Belmont
- Participated in the Arastradero Trails Management Plan in Palo Alto resulting in all trails opened to bikes
- Opened the Braille Trail in Soquel Demonstration Forest
- ROMP Chapter of National Mountain Bike Patrol signed contract to patrol Soquel Demonstration Forest
- Helped open over 10 miles of Almaden Quicksilver Santa Clara County
Park trails to shared-use
- Contributed to opening the first bike-legal trail in Ed Levin County Park
- Assisted in opening Grant Ranch County Park to bikes
- Opened and later adopted Table Mountain and Grizzly Flat trails in Upper Stevens Canyon County Park
- Active participation in trail advisory committees for Castle Rock and Henry Coe State parks
- Ongoing participation in the Master Planning process for Skyline Sanborn County Park, Sierra Azul and La Honda Creek Open Space Preserves
- Ongoing education of mountain cyclists, hikers and equestrians
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The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District elected Curt Riffle its president during the board's first meeting of 2012.
Jed Cyr, who represents Sunnyvale in Ward 3 was voted vice-president, Peter Siemens, who represents Cupertino, Los Gatos, Saratoga and Monte Sereno for Ward 1, was elected treasurer. Yoriko Kishimoto, who represents parts of Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto, Stanford and Sunnyvale for Ward 2.
Riffle will preside over the district's 40th anniversary in November. The district was created by voters in 1972 to protect and preserve open space lands and is divided into seven districts, or wards, that include the San Mateo County coast to Pacifica, and the Santa Cruz Mountains.
In 2012, the district will be carrying out its new strategic plan which includes preserving land as open space, while strengthening the District’s partnerships and increasing its environmental stewardship and public access and education efforts.
“It’s an honor to be part of an organization where everybody from the board to the staff to the volunteers are so passionately committed to the work we do,” Riffle said in a prepared statement from the district's public information officer.
Riffle, a resident of Los Altos, is a program officer for two programs at the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. He is responsible for the Conservation and Science Program and the Local Program. He manages the Local Program’s Conservation & Science and its Los Altos/Los Altos Hills grantmaking, and leads the Packard Foundation’s Environmental Sustainability Task Force, according to the foundation website.
The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District manages 26 open space preserves totaling over 60,000 acres in the South Bay, Peninsula and Coastside areas.
http://losaltos.patch.com/articles/open-space-district-elects
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The Winter 2012 issue of the Mountain Cyclist is now available on line.
Download Now!
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Fox Racing Shox
3rd Annual SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL
Santa Cruz’s Premier Mountain Biking Event
presented by Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz
SAVE THE DATE! April 14-15, 2012 • Aptos Village, CA
The MBoSC festival team has been working hard to solidify plans for the 3rd Annual Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival, and we are thrilled to announce we’ll be back April 14-15, 2012 with an even bigger and better event!
A variety of mountain biking events and competitions that represent cycling in Santa Cruz county will be offered. Amateurs will be racing for bragging rights and some unbelievable bike loot. The pros will be racing for cash—at least 50% of the pro entry fee will go back to pro payout.
On the schedule are popular events from last year such as:
•Specialized/Scotts Valley Cycle Sport Short Track
•831 Jump Contest
•Pump Track Pandemonium
•Skills Clinics
Plus, stay tuned for details on our new events:
•Enduro Race
•All Mountain Challenge
•Specialized/Scotts Valley Cycle Sport Kid’s Rodeo
The expo area will provide a variety of activities sure to please all:
•Bike Demos
•Vendor Expo
•Shuttle Rides
•Beer Garden
•Raffles
Big thanks to our current generous sponsors: Fox Racing Shox, Specialized, Scotts Valley Cycle Sport, Barry Swenson Builder, Dirt Rag, AMR (American Medical Response) and Adventure Sports Journal!
For the latest information, keep an eye on our website at www.santacruzmountainbikefestival.com.
Also, be sure to "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/santacruzmountainbikefestival.com... share our page to spread the stoke!
General Festival Information: info@santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
Tech, Expo & Demo Area Inquiries: tech@santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
Sponsorship Inquiries: sponsors@santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
Marketing Inquiries: marketing@santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
Volunteer Inquires: volunteers@santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
Event Inquiries: events@santacruzmountainbikefestival.com
The mission of the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival (SCMBF) is to celebrate mountain biking in Santa Cruz County by bringing people together to participate and spectate in competitive and recreational mountain bike events, and a festival to bring the community together to advocate an active outdoor lifestyle and promote the world class mountain biking facilities and riders in Santa Cruz County.
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http://www.hmbreview.com/news/ggnra-finalized-rancho-transfer/article_9d9f5154-251a-11e1-8dbc-0019bb2963f4.html
Mt Bikers Welcome on These Coastal Acres
The Midcoast is now officially home to a national park. Nearly a year later than expected, late last week Golden Gate National Recreation Area announced the transfer of Rancho Corral de Tierra, the 4,262-acre Midcoast land previously managed by Peninsula Open Space Trust. "We are pleased that congress has provided funding to complete the purchase of Rancho Corral de Tierra," GGNRA Superintendent Frank Dean said in a prepared release. "This magnificent parcel adds to the region's protected open space, and helps extend existing national parklands on Milagra Ridge and Sweeney Ridge southward in the Coastside of San Mateo County."
National Park Service had been working on the various transaction requirements. In March, GGRNA Planning Program Manager Nancy Hornor told the Review the federal agency was working with POST to clear the bureaucratic hurdles required of a federal land acquisition.
POST President Walter Moore said he was thrilled to see Rancho officially become part of GGNRA.
"We are honored to be able to add almost 4,000 more acres of parkland for the public to enjoy," Moore said in a prepared statement. "It is a testament to the beauty and ecological significance of this land that it is now a national park."
In the coming months, the National Park Service will work with
the local communities and public land agencies in the Coastside to develop maps and signage on the existing network of trails, and develop a long-term plan for the new national park site.
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I went to the “Parkland Acquisition Plan for the County of Santa Clara“ public meeting 11/8/2011. It was actually quite cool, though the subject is largely urban park planning right now.
Excuse any misrepresentations of what anyone expressed.
Everyone needs to go to http://www.parkhere.org/portal/site/parks/ and complete the Acquisition Plan survey under “Quick Clicks”, ninth (9th) choice down.
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