Happy Trails

This morning Emily Sinkhorn and I spoke with Steve Pearl, the Mad River Enduro Race Director and Redwood Coast Association board member about this weekend's Mad River Enduro in Blue Lake. The event sold out in 4 hours to racers. The event is free and open to the public to watch. More info at redwoodcoastmtb.org.

This morning Colin Fisk and I spoke with Brian Pike and Juliannah Harris for Tri-County Independent Living about clear paths and accommodations for People with Disabilities. We also talked about the upcoming Disability and Senior Resource Expo coming up on September 5th at the Adorni Center from 10am till 3pm

Today Emily and I spoke with the Mendo Maidens about their organization and bike groups around the Mendocino area.

This morning Colin Fiske and I spoke with Mary Burke on the Mckinleyville Trails Coalition and Vice President of the McKinleyville Community Services District. We looked at the "Gateway Project" which looks at the corridor between the northbound 101 offramp to Central Ave. to Anna Sparks Way. This grant was put to Cal Trans Sustainable Communities program in October of 2018. Unfortunately this was not funded. A recent hit and run fatality right in that corridor makes this even more poignant. However, Cal Trans has suggested they come back with a wider proposal encompassing all the ins and outs of Mckinleyville.

This morning Carol Vander Meer and I spoke with Julie Clark, Park Ranger at the Headwaters Forest. A new trail will be having it's grand opening this Saturday from 10am till 2pm. This is the "South Side Trail." To get to it enter from Elk River Road. For more information about the park or the event, you can contact Julie at 825-2300.

This morning Emily Sinkhorn updated us on Safe Routes To School progress in Arcata, The Humboldt Bay Trail, The Eureka Waterfront Trail, and the Humboldt Bay Trail Fund which is now up over $300,000.00 for maintenance and upkeep.

This morning Colin Fisk and I spoke with Kate Beck, the Program Lead at Street Story in Berkley. This is an interactive website that is gathering information on areas that have had accidents and near misses to help both regular folks and municipalities gather data to improve safety at streetstory.berkeley.edu.

This morning Carol Vander Meer and I spoke with Fortuna City Manager, Merritt Perry about some of the trail project happening in and around the friendly city.

This morning Michael Kauffamnn and I spoke with Ian Nelson of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. The PCTA is in charge of managing this trail that goes from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. More info on this amazing national treasure at pcta.org.

This morning Emily Sinkhorn and I spoke with Jenny Weiss, Humboldt County Safe Routes to School Task Force Coordinator and Projects Coordinator at RCAA.