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2021 New Jersey Trails & Greenways Summit
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New Jersey’s first-ever Trails & Greenways Summit will be kicking off with a variety of webinars on September 22nd and continuing the 23rd, with weekend mobile workshops hosted by bicycle…
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NEW Trail Approval in Sterling Forest State Park
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JORBA Chapter Palisades MTB now has approval to help build 5 miles of new trail in Sterling Forest State Park. PMTB will contract with Tahawus, a professional trail-building company, to speed construction…
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Sterling Forest Volunteer Trail Work
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We need your help. Please sign up and join us for trail work in Sterling Forest State Park this Sunday, July 18th from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM. We will…
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Paydirt 2021
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Hello park and chapter reps, Hope you all are doing well and busy working in your parks. I just created the Jorba annual Paydirt volunteer hour log for 2021….
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Comment for Public Access Trails Connecting Sterling and Ringwood
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The Watchtower is building a A/V production facility adjacent to Sterling Forest and Ringwood State Park. Let them know you want multi-use public access trails. The property, along Sterling…
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MTB Survey for Moores Station Quarry
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Mercer County presented the draft master plan for the Quarry at Baldpate and mountain bikers were the #1 user group to respond. The community came through, BIG TIME and the “Adventure…
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NEW JERSEY ACTION ALERT: Support the Essex-Hudson Greenway Project!
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A once-in-a-generation opportunity exists to create a nearly nine-mile long linear park and multi-use trail corridor following the abandoned “Old Boonton” rail line between Jersey City and Montclair. When…
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High Mountain Updates
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The trails listed below will need to be closed to all trail users to help protect endangered species. Some closures will be soft, some will include covering the tread…
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New JORBA Rep for Mine Hill Chapter
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Please welcome Jeremy Klopper as the new representative for the Mine Hill Chapter of JORBA. Jeremy is taking over for Jason Gonsalves. Jason has been the driving force behind…
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2020 JORBA Chapter Report/Ringwood State Park
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In 2020, the Ringwood Trail Crew recorded 612 volunteer hours. In April, James Bazzano and Tom Pannorfi organized work parties that Park Management permitted, while the Park was technically…
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Allamuchy Trail Crew Review 2020
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215 hours Constant tree removal throughout the year Rock causeway (wet re-route) completed on White Trail Pink blazing on Lumpy Bumpy Extensive ‘brush-back’ at Deer Park and Tranquility side…
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2021 Jungle Habitat Update
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Because of COVID, we had no large group sessions. Early in the season we did a lot of maintenance, from minor re-routes to clearing of lesser used trails, in…
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Chapter Report for Lewis Morris
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CHAPTER REPORT FOR LEWIS MORRIS March 2021 Greg Murray Synposis: New Trails Director Amy Lutsko began tenure in second half of 2020. Has carte blanche to design and implement…
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Sourlands Chapter Report
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2020 was a quiet year for Trail Maintenance at Sourlands, but a huge year for park use due the pandemic and its consequences. The Parks Commission suspended VPP for…
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Atlantic County Chapter Report
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Both the “Seaview Tract Trails” and “Estell Manor Park” are governed by the Atlantic County Parks Commission of which we have an outstanding relationship with. The “Port Trails” are…
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JORBA Wharton State Forest Chapter 2020 Report
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131 Volunteer Hours The many dead pine trees from the fire of 2017 are still aging and falling. We are keeping up with it.Due to the pandemic, we advertised…
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Tentative Dates For Allamuchy Trail Work
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Usually 8:30 to 12:30 Sunday March 28thSaturday April 24thSunday May 9thSaturday June 5thSunday July 18thSaturday August 14Sunday September 26Sunday October 24thSunday November 21stDecember TBD Thanks for your support!
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High Mountain Trail Review
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JORBA will be meeting in April with the land managers and conservation experts to review the impact of trail on endangered species. Some trails will need to be closed…
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New Membership Changes
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We are migrating to CiviCRM. As a result existing JORBA memberships will need to be canceled in PayPal and you will not be auto renewed. We need you to…
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Take the MTB Survey for Moores Station Quarry
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In 2023, an active quarry on the western side of Baldpate Mountain in Mercer County, will be decommissioned and the park is looking at what land use options should be…
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Tell Union County Parks you want to ride
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Union County Parks wants your thoughts on what sports and recreational activities you’d like to see there. How about some Mountain Biking? Some place local to ride after work?…