The last two meetings were very productive. One of the biggest items and most frequently asked questions was “When is our Pancake Breakfast?” We will have it on November 6, 2011 at Henninger Flats. This is the traditional location for the Pancake Breakfast in the past. Now that the landslide is cleared you can now ride up the Mt. Wilson Toll road and earn your pancakes and swag. This was where MWBA has had a long standing relationship with the USFS and the firefighters who reside up there. Tim Murphy, one of the founding MWBA members, will be taking the lead and is our Event Manager.
Now for the new MWBA Board Members – Greg Lozano-Buhl has join our team. We are very lucky to have such a passionate mountain biker and talented trail worker.
One other big announcement is that we are in the final phase of our IMBA Chapter application and gathering our initial members. We will be having monthly membership rides starting Sept 25, 2011. This will take place at Brown Mountain and meeting @ 8am in the upper JPL parking lot. I will set up some tables with membership forms and maybe some swag for the first lucky few to arrive and sign up. This ride is to show trail stewardship and will be a slow paced climb to the saddle where we will hang out and talk trail work and pancake breakfast.
I hope I see you guys on the trail and please feel free to email me your ideas for more local membership drive rides or any other trail advocacy items.
Category : Advocacy
On Tuesday, April 26th I attended a meeting at the ANF HQ in Arcadia which was one of three initial meetings intended to communicate about a possible non-profit association/foundation focused on supporting the ANF and gathering input from existing volunteer organizations and interested parties. I am going to [u]briefly[/u] summarize what I understood of the discussions and include my remarks, which are personal opinions and include both information from other meetings and some deduction about things that were not explicitly stated. Besides myself, attendees included Steve Messer from CORBA, Mark Gage, Tom (Pirana), Bradley (Triple B), Gary Hilliard (Mt Disappointment 50K), Hal Winton (Angeles Crest 100 Run), Richard Nyerges (Bear Canyon Trail Crew), people from other trail work and volunteer groups, in-holders/permit holders, a paid organizer for the Sierra Club, USFS staff (the new Superintendent, Tom Contreas, Marty Dumpis, Gerald Reponen) and others.
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Category : Advocacy
Dear Friend of the AFC,
Please join us for the second round of meetings on the Eaton Wash to review the trail designs developed by our consultants. You have your choice of a Thursday evening meeting in Rosemead or a Saturday morning meeting in Altadena. We got a lot of really good input from the first round of workshops and I encourage you to attend one of these final two meetings to hear about the draft designs and provide your comments.
Workshop #3: Design Review
Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Garvey Center
9108 Garvey Ave.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Workshop #4: Design Review
Saturday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Altadena Community Center
730 E. Altadena Drive
Altadena, CA 91001
If you missed the first set of workshops or want more information, please go to our website:http://www.arroyosfoothills.org/eaton-wash.html
You can also download a flyer in English and Spanish to help us get the word out.
See you there!
Nancy
President
Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy
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