Chainsaw Safety Workshop
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Chainsaw Safety Workshop Mountain View Trail Services provided a chainsaw safety workshop April 30-May 1st in Mine Hill. Participants Include Anderson, Jeb Bopp, Eric Dexter, James Epstein, Jesse Heerschap, Ryan Klopper, Jeremy La Placa, Leo Lee, Jimmy Mills, Kirt
Ringwood Ramapo Reroute Returns
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Dirty Thursdays Are Back Starting 5/5 at 4 pm. We will be working on the Ringwood Ramapo trail Reroute that we started last winter. Meet trail side anytime up till dusk. Heavy steady rain cancels, all tools will be provided. Trail Building 5/8 at 9 am. We will be back at it this Sunday 5/8…
JORBA’s Exciting P2P Plan
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Last week, the JORBA Executive Committee approved a Procure-to-Pay Workflow Procedure, which has been posted to the policies and procedures page. This is a really exciting document, You should take your time to read this document. BUT WHY? IT’S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG… AND THERE’S SO MANY BORING DETAILS… AND RULES…. Can’t you just tell me? TL/DR…
Let’s See Your Best Shot!
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We’re building out the new spring newsletter and we need your best shot! Send us pics of you & your crew riding your favorite trails or doing trail maintenance in New Jersey and you might just end up on the cover of the next newsletter!
Round Valley Comes Alive!
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In what we hope to be a new & lasting iteration of JORBA’s presence at Round Valley, we have begun efforts to get the park into amore user-friendly state.
The Sterling Trail System is Expanding – We Need Your Help
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The JORBA Chapter is Funding a New MTB Trail in Sterling Forest Did you know that Palisades MTB is a chapter of both IMBA and JORBA? Well, they are! They formed the organization in 2015 and advocate for mountain bike access in Bergen, Rockland and Orange Counties. Right now, they’re about to begin Phase 3…
CR/WVP Updates: Ida-Over, High Tech Support, & Yellow Tweaks
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Improvements on blue, white, and yellow have been creeping in over the past few weeks. Read the full article to see what’s been going on at The Rock, the start of Monday rides, and to sign up for future CR-specific TM days.
2022 Trail Maintenance, Stephens State Park
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Hello to the Stephens State Park users and enthusiastic fresh air doers! Below is a tentative J.O.R.B.A. Trail Maintenance Schedule for Stephens State Park for 2022. The effort this year is to get organized sessions going since this stuff is way more fun with a group! Stay tuned! We’ll keep you posted. March (If the…
Tourne Trail Build March 20
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Sunday March 20, 2022 9:00 a.m. We have a few exciting Tourne trail projects in the works for 2022. To start, MCPC just gave us the green light to start construction on the final 0.5 mile section of the orange loop. This section will be just as amazing as the last section. Meet at the…
Don’t Drop OTB (Off the Back)!
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Palisades MTB Spring Update
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Trail building training starts this March in Sterling Forest. (See below) Completion of the Upper Dwarskill Crossing in Alpine, NJ. Continuing our work on Augusta Mine in Sterling Forest. Work on Redback Connector in Sterling starts in April. (We need funds for this project, see below). Start of Takamak Long Path Bridge rebuilding in Blauvelt, NY. …
Allamuchy Trail Crew Tentative Trail Maintenance Schedule 2022
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Location TBD, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Click the links below for more details or to volunteer. Sunday March 27th Saturday April 23rd Saturday May 14th Saturday June 25th Saturday July 23rd Sunday August 21st Saturday September 24th Sunday October 9th Nov. & Dec. TBD More volunteer events are posted in our upcoming events page.
A Note from the Executive Director
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As spring and the 2022 peak riding season approaches, I am always reminded of the amazing work that JORBA volunteers have accomplished. Over the past year we have logged a tremendous amount of trail work hours, with both maintenance and new projects covering every region of the state. We’ve strengthened partnerships with fellow stakeholders and…
Black Run Preserve Poker Run
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Come out and experience some of South Jersey’s JORBA work, which is part of the (JAR) Jersey Action Riders/Cherry Hill Chapter. Click the link for more details.
JORBA Board Meeting Summary
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Following our bylaws, we held our annual votes for officers and board members, here are the folks that will continue to make the JORBA machine run.
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New Executive Committee Members
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The EC has voted in two new members, please welcome William Romollino and Norm Zurawski. We look forward to working with them.