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TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee has released their 25th annual Bay Trail Richmond New Year Report. This colorful report summarizes progress toward completing and improving the Bay Trail in Richmond during 2023.  Highlights include: – Point Molate Bay Trail – Richmond San Rafael Bridge Trail – Extending the trail from…

You may have seen our pleas the last few months but we are STILL looking for passionate individuals interested in mountain biking that want to give back to the sport, community, and lands that that we all love. Does that sound like you?  Would you like to be part…

Mark Moskowitz and Eric Johnston have formed Mount Diablo Trails Alliance and have set in motion some terrific trail stewardship and advocacy efforts at Mount Diablo State Park.  They have been performing trail maintenance on MDSP trails for several years and have built a constructive relationship with the park…

Upcoming Trailwork Days

Are you interested in giving back to area trails through trail stewardship?  Sign up for email notifications for trail work opportunities is always available on our Trails page. Join the BTCEB group on Meetup for another good way to hear about…

The City of Walnut Creek posted the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration Notice of Intent to adopt and completed a comment period that was extended two weeks to October 16, 2023.  Comments received are being addressed.  All comments are anticipated to be addressed in the next few months. …

Although this one is not from Crockett Hills it’s perfect example of an EBPRD cattle gate. Cattle have been moved out of the top and middle fields at Crockett Hills so barring a fence failure or a gate being left open we’ve got a good chance of avoiding cattle…

Trail stewardship at Crockett Hills in 2023 finished up with a surge despite a rough start to the year.  Sugar City saw two work days focused on rebuilding and re-shaping rollers, repair and extension of several berms along with drain improvements in those areas.   The rebuilding and reshaping of…

Storms! It’s been a busy and interesting year in Joaquin Miller Park (JMP).  Significant changes came to JMP due to the 2023 winter storms.  Two storm systems dumped massive amounts of rain on the Oakland Hills and beyond and brought 70 mph plus winds to the region.  BTCEB responded….

Crockett Hills is both a beautiful place and home to the finest singletrack in the East Bay. Here, Trail Angels from the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay make their way to the work site first thing in the morning. (Photo: Rebecca Lewington, BTCEB) TWENTY-SIX volunteers hit the…

There’s a historical record of a native American village in Trestle Glen, aka Indian Gulch. I’ve also read of one somewhere around the bottom of Palos Colorados. You would want to be near a waterway, and the way the Hayward Fault causes the steep hillside to meet a valley…

The East Bay Regional Park District Board voted 5-0 to approve class 1 e-bike access to natural surface roads and trails (less than 8 foot wide) wherever bikes are permitted at their September 5th board meeting. Class 2 e-bike access to paved regional trails was also approved. Staff were…

The East Bay Regional Park District Briones Pilot has issued a new feedback survey.   Please take a few moments to provide feedback.   This is part of their data collection that will feed into their upcoming 6 month update.  It’s important as stakeholders to participate and share your…