Trail Advocacy
IMBA Awards Mountain Bike Groups Winners to receive outdoor stewardship toolkits... CLIF Bar and IMBA Award $3,000 in Grants Six IMBA clubs receive grants... Bike Trails - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Oregon's Columbia River Gorge may lose up to 170 miles of bike trails... North Dakota Demo Trail a Success The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew helps build a textbook piece of the Lewis and Clark Trail NEMBA Buys Land for Protection and Recreation Thanks to corporate and private supporters, NEMBA now owns this popular riding area. Help Save Mountain Biking in Fruita, Colorado Your help is needed to save this epic area. IMBA Leaders Talk With President Bush IMBA goes straight to the top to fight for access to national parks. Partnership Leads to First Legal Metro New Orleans Singletrack Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Teams with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Action Alert Albuquerque Trail Update: Possible Otero Canyon Trail Closure 20 Popular Riding Areas California Mountain Bikers Could Lose to Wilderness Is your favorite trail on the list? Clif Bar Inc. Boosts IMBA Support Funds to support a variety of conservation projects SRAM & Giant team up to support Sprockids Joining Ice Cream titain, Ben & Jerry's, IMBA youth program to benefit Idaho Retains Top Ranking in IMBA Mountain Bike Report Card If Idaho is #1, where does your state rank and what are you doing to help? How Racers Can Help the Sport of Mountain Biking Racing and advocacy DO mix with the right approach. Action Alert: James Peak Wilderness Bill Threatens Bicycle Access Rolling Grade Dips - Erosion Control Basics IMBA offers tips and techniques to improving trail building IMBA Announces 2001 Epic Rides From coast to coast and across the heartland, 8 "Epics" from IMBA California Bicycle Coalition Receives Grant from Bikes Belong $10,000 to promote "safe routes to school" bill IMBA Fires Back! Mountain bikers concerns are addressed in letter to govt. by IMBA's honcho. MTB'ers Hurt by Federal Agencies Proposed Rules on Insurance Don't lose your health insurance just because you're a mountain biker? IMBA Hangs 10 in Hawaii Land access in Hawaii takes a giant step forward. The Voices of 10,000 Mountain Biker's Heard in D.C.! The BLM is forced to re-examine their National Off-Highway Vehicle Management Strategy Bikes Belong Coalition Makes Second Grant to Marin, CA Organization Funding continues support of Marin County North-South Bicycle Freeway Action Alert! Trails at risk! The Bureou of Land Management's new plan threatens trail access. Your action is needed. Would You Pay to Ride the Best Trails? This past March IMBA came out against user fees. Do you agree? Mammoth Cave National Park opens trails to mountain bikers 12 miles of trails now open to the MTB crowd Working With Land Managers You can't always get what you want, but if you try these steps, you might get what you need. Land trust re-opens historic mountain bike route $150K still needed to complete $2 million campaign Mammoth Cave National Park opens to mountain bikers Local club works to open 12 miles of trail testing trail advocacy testing trail advocacy Patagonia, RockShox Sponsor IMBA Epics Four demanding rides have been designated IMBA Epics. Write to support LWCF revitalization Show your support for the LWCF President and Congress propose big increases in land purchase funding A potential solution to many access issues is on the table. How to Prevent Trail Closures Learn how to prevent trail closures in your area. Keep your favorite trails open and learn to open previously closed trails. Start a mountain bike club Thinking of starting a mountain bike club in your area? Get some helpful pointers to make the process go smoothly. The art of riding softly Moving softly across the land means leaving no more than an echo. Whether you're afoot, astride a horse, on skis, or riding a mountain bike, the approach is the same. The medium changes but not the rules. Horses and Bikes A set of guide lines on how to act around man's original steed, the horse. IMBA rules of the trail Do your part to maintain trail access by observing the following rules of the trail, formulated by IMBA, the International Mountain Bicycling Association. The 20-20-20 plan IMBA's 20-20-20 plan is an opportunity to give back to the sport of mountain biking and to ensure it's future prosperity.
