6/21/10:

John Poore is calling up a road bike night ride this Friday. June 25th. Meet at NAPI HQ 8:30 pm. Moon will already be up at sunset. 599-4038

5/5/10:

Shantelle is working with the women's shelter to build a dirt trail for them to ride. Trails 2000 is involved and the VdA is looking to give them some volunteers. Please see the events page.

4/28/2010:

Utah Century Coming up:

http://web.bike2bike.biz/. Looks pretty cool.

Another Diabetes charity Tonya is going to:

"Here is a link for the Tour de Cure in northern Utah.  Teesie, Shawna and I will be riding.  If anyone would like to join us there is a discount code on this page.  It is for 50% off the registration fee. Then each rider is required to raise $150.00.  This is a great ride as it goes through a wildlife bird refuge, and the 100 miles ride goes out to Promontory point.
That is where the trains from the east  & west met for the first cross country railroad."--Tonya Olsen

http://tour.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TC_signup&s_event_state=2432

4/19/10:

I will be at Cottonwood Cycles tomorrow, Tuesday the 20th, from 5-6 pm to hand out the jerseys and collect money. Bring a checkbook.

-Keith 258-0592

IMPORTANT UPDATE

3/09/10:

We would like to inform you of a public meeting to be held by the Bureau of Land Management Farmington Field Office on March 16, 2010 at San Juan College (4601 College Blvd, Farmington, NM), Henderson Fine Arts building room 9008 from 6 PM to 8:30 PM to review the alternatives from the Glade Run Recreation Area proposed recreation area management plan. There will be a 20-work day comment period and it began March 3, 2010 and continues through to March 31, 2010.  All comments must be submitted either in writing and mailed to the FFO, 1235 La Plata Highway, Farmington, NM 87401 or sent by online email to the BLM website at GLADE ALTERNATIVESwith the heading Glade Run Recreation Area Proposal.  All comments must be postmark or date stamped no later than midnight of March 24th, 2010 to be considered. All comments will be made public unless indicated.  Alternatives will be made available for reviewing at the FFO public room. online at the BLM FFO website  http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/fo/Farmington_Field_Office.html  and by request from the FFO outdoor recreation planner beginning March 3, 2010.

Please attend the public review on March 16th, and/or:

Please review the alternatives at the web address above, and use the on-line comment link on the same web page to state your support for Alternative C, the non-motorized area alternative.

VdA Proposal Documents:

REASONS FOR NON-MOTORIZED AREA

VdA Master Proposal

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Online Membership for 2010:

BikeReg

10/21:

Cottonwood Cycles has been hosting Sunday morning road group rides from the bike shop in Aztec. ride starts at 8 am. Time may change soon. Contact Pete Shirk at Cottonwood Cycles, 947-7591, for the latest info.

9/28:

New Letters from the BLM about BLM website update, and meetings, regarding the Glade Trails:

Here (page 1), Here (Page 2).

Here (page 1), and here (page 2).

8/14:

Two representatives of the VdA (Keith, Grant), will be included in a new Glade Recreation Area Advisory Group that will meet the first week of September. The topic is how to resolve the conflict between users, and preserve the Glade MTB trails. See open letter the BLM below, for our stance on the matter. Please send some form of message to the Farmington BLM office that you support our efforts to preserve the glade trails. If you are not a member of the VdA, please join us! Please, support our efforts. Send in the membership form to the right of this page today!

7/29: The D100 was a big success! 304 riders this year, with no crashes. Great job everyone! Thanks to John, Tonya, Wanda, Teesie, Bryan, Donna, Steve, Anne, Shawna, Lori, Pete S., Pete E., Kenny, Shantelle, Denise, Sean, and all the rest stop helpers. We couldn't have done it without you. D100 volunteer party coming soon!

7/15/09: The TT series has been CANCELLED due to lack of interest. Maybe next year...

6/13/09:

Here's the open letter for the Glade Trails Advocacy update, and a call for community action!

Letter Here

The Children's Bike Rodeo was a great success! 51 kids were fitted for helmets, and went through the training course. Special thanks to Lori for organizing it. Thanks to all the volunteers that helped out!

5/1/2009:

The West Road Apple Entrance project is a success! The VdA trail crew in cooperation with the BLM (Richard Simmons), and Shawn Lyle (City of Farmington Recreation, Road Apple Director) built a post and cable fence across the entrance. Thanks to all the volunteers and BLM helpers that made it happen!

Also, in the future, call in ATV abuse of the RAR trails. ATVs are not allowed on the RAR course and other singletrack trails attached therein. Call the San Juan Sherriff’s Dept: 911 and ask for Sherriff’s Dept non-emergency. Take your Cell, take a small camera, and take pictures! Thanks for your help.

The NM State BPE website for location and updates:nmshtd.state.nm.us, under“Information for Bicyclists and Pedestrians”

New Farmington MPO website listing on the LINKS page.

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  Female Collared Lizard on Rigormortis Trail, September, 2005. Males have bright turquoise coloring (as on VdA jerseys). These unusual lizards are bipedal and run on their hind legs.