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Somewhere in the Santa Cruz Mountains at Ride Like a Girl, July 2022. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington) For August, it’s back to the East Bay at Anthony Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley. Join ride leader Rebecca Lewington on August 20th at 8:30am at the trailhead at Redwood Canyon Golf…

• EBRPD Briones Pilot Program Proposal
• Roddy Ranch Preferred Plan
• BTCED Award Two for the Trails Grant
• EBRPD Director Elections
• Trail Work Days at JMP
• RLAG Signups at Chabot
• RLAG Ride Report at Tilden/Wildcat
• Connection with Land Managers & Trail Advocates
• A Few Spoonfuls of Sugar for Crockett Hills
• RLAG Ride Report at Santa Cruz
• Inspiration: Lost Sierra Ghost Trails
• BFF…

The Ride Like a Girl Crew at the top of the Emma McCrary Trail, Santa Cruz, July 2022. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington) Ride Like a Girl was big fun last Saturday with great trails, perfect weather and friends old and new. Sixteen awesome women joined me for a serpentine feast as…

Exhilaration and Concentration at Ride Like a Girl, Wildcat Canyon, June 2022. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington) Last month’s trails at Tamarancho were tight and tricky, so forJune’s ride we switched it up with a new-rider-friendly double loop at Tilden and Wildcat Canyon Regional Parks in the Berkeley Hills. 15 riders, with lots of first timers (welcome!), joined…

Photo: BIRTH OF BIG AIR directed by Jeff Tremaine and produced by Spike Jonze DEADLINE August 1, 2022Each year, the Bicycle Film Festival programming team reviews over 1000 short and feature length films from all around the world. BFF screens films from established artists to emerging filmmakers who have a…

April rounded out our best start ever to trail work at Crockett Hills.   Two work days were held with San Ramon Valley High School and Oakland Devo mountain bike teams with both days being focused on the Sugar City trail.    We were able to make a significant dent…

East Bay Regional Park District planning has selected it’s preferred option based on public input from planning meetings and site open houses.   The preferred plan contains about 4 miles of multi-use trails with bike access to all trails and 1.6 miles of accessible trails.  The plan contains provisions to…

Do you want to participate in land management decisions in our regions largest conservation and recreation land management district?  Maybe not you but you know of somebody?  The East Bay Regional Park District will have FOUR Board of Directors positions up for election November 8th, 2022.    The EBRPD…

The East Bay Regional Park District Public Advisory Committee (PAC) received a presentation on Monday June 27th from Asst. General Manager of Operations Jim O’Connor regarding proposed pilots at Briones regarding trail conflict, resource protection, and optimizing trail user experience.    A multi-discipline team from within the park district…

Volunteers are still needed for the final trail work day on August 13 following the conclusion of the highly successful JMP Enduro Race benefiting BTCEB. Volunteers will receive free cold drinks and snacks courtesy of Mike’s Bikes. Sign up and more info at Sign Up Genius Race Results here

The Lost Sierra are being reclaimed and communities connected by Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship.   Check out this article and video from Freehub magazine about finding some of those lost trails via the blazes on the trees.   This one’s for the adventurers out there.

Lauren Haughey and Scott Bartlebaugh attended the 2022 California Trails and Greenways conference held in April.   Lauren is our BTCEB Vice President,  a board member for CAMTB, and works for NICA.  Scott is  the BTCEB Advocacy Director, participates as a member organization on the CAMTB Advisory Council, and is…