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Portland Bike Swap Meet - presented by Northwest Trail Alliance (event)

02/28/2010 - 10:00am
02/28/2010 - 3:00pm

 

 

message from WA DNR: Polelander Timber Sale near Tarbell Trailhead (story)

From: WA Dept. of Natural Resources
Subject: Tarbell Timber Sale info update

Just wanted to give you all a heads up about the Polelander Timber Sale, occurring near trail mile marker 22.5 between Rock Creek Campground and Tarbell Trailhead.  They just started road building last week, and have been actively harvesting timber.  There is a log deck currently blocking the trail, which will impede trail traffic, until further notice.  The Contract Administrator estimates that this will only be there for a week or so.  As they are shovel logging, this operation will be relatively gentle on the trail, and the contactors will put it back into order once completed.

Take our online Web & Communications Survey! (story)

As we communicated before, we are currently working on a major upgrade of the nw-trail.org website, slated for release later this spring.

We decided this would be a good occasion to conduct an online survey to hear your opinion about our current web site and what you like to see implemented in our new web site. We also like to hear your feedback about our e-newsletter and other communication tools.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE ONLINE SURVEY!

The online survey is anonymous, includes 25 questions, and will take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

Northwest Trail Alliance launches all-new Trail Development Partnership Program; applies for grant for trail building machine (story)

If successful, a January grant application for a brand new single track building machine will form the nucleus of a new trail building partnership between Northwest Trail Alliance and more than a dozen government agencies and mountain biking organizations in NW Oregon and SW Washington. The Single Track ST240, built specifically for trail construction, comes with a price tag of $94,000 (including accessories, closed trailer, and operator training), but the majority of the funds would be covered by the grant from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD), which would be awarded in May 2010. By regulation, 20 percent of the cost of the project must come from other sources, and Northwest Trail Alliance project lead Joe Rykowski hopes donations from business supporters will help make up for a good chunk of that sum.

Vivo Productions (Cross Crusade) makes generous donation, appeal for support from OBRA members (story)

Last week, we heard some exciting rumors that Vivo Productions Inc. - organizer of the popular Cross Crusade Cyclocross Series - was planning to make a substantial donation to Northwest Trail Alliance.  Today, Cross Crusade Executive Director Brad Ross sent the following message to the mailing list of the Oregon Bike Race Association, confirming the donation and providing some background on the motivation behind the donation:

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