Mountain Biking News November 2006

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THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2006
	Chester Creek Trail Project Receives Funding
	The Friends of the Chester Creek Branch, a non profit group, has received a $300,000 worth of grant to finance the construction of a hiking and biking trail out of a rail line. The grant would be able to cover the initial phase of the 6.7 mile-trail from Chester Creek in Upland to Wawa. The first three miles of the trail will be opened to the public in 2009. The group was also able t Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2006
	USA Cycling Announces 2007 AMBC Calendar
	The schedule for the 2007 American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC), an event qualifier for the 2007 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, has already been announced by USA Cycling. The 2007 AMBC consists of 26 races, with events in 18 US states. It will kick-off in Reddick, Florida on March 11 with the Southeastern Regional Championship Series and ends with the Piney Hills Class Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2006
	Public Input Needed For Mountain Bicycle Strategy
	Public listening sessions will be held across California to gather public input from mountain bicyclists and other trail users. The public input will be incorporated in making a mountain bicycle management strategy covering all the 18 national forests in California. The public listening sessions will be held at Sacramento Area on Nov 30; San Diego on Dec 5; Los Angeles on Dec 6; Redding on Read Full Story
MONDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2006
	Volunteers Needed For Appalachian Trail Assessment
	Volunteers are needed to help in monitoring the "environmental health" of the 22,000-mile Appalachian Trail which passes through 14 states and eight national forests in the continental United States. The volunteers or the so-called "citizen scientists" will gather information about the flora and fauna, air and water quality, among others in the trail. Brian Mitchell, a coordinator with th Read Full Story
	Bikers Try to Fight Off Land Use Restriction
	Mountain bikers who have been using the Flightline, a 300-acre land property near the McClellan-Palomar Airport, for almost two decades now are trying to save it even if the land property is already being fenced and bulldozed. The land was transferred by the country to the nonprofit Center for Natural Lands Management which has set it aside as a natural habitat. Most of the land was a prop Read Full Story