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Nine JORBA Members Complete Chainsaw Training on 10/26/2024-10/27/2024
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Over the course of two days, nine JORBA members met with two instructors from from Mountain View Trail Services at the local firehouse in Mine Hill, NJ (Dickerson Mine) to learn about using chainsaws in a safe and responsible manner to build/maintain multi use trails right here in New Jersey. These newly minted sawyers will…
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Q2 2024 Executive Committee Update/Message from the President
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Greetings during this summer riding season! I hope to compose an update on the latest JORBA news approximately once per quarter to keep our members informed on new developments and enlist your support where needed. Highlights: Have a great season of riding filled with many smiles and miles!!
Trailforks for PMTB
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Trailforks for PMTBTuesday, May 7 · 7:30 – 8:30pmTime zone: America/New_YorkGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/tkb-hxwp-hxjOr dial: (US) +1 929-276-0314 PIN: 235 122 080#More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/tkb-hxwp-hxj?pin=3702549446634 A quick review of Trailforks features for trail reporting and logging hours. Applicable for all park reps.
Create Trail Day Event Post on JORBA Website.
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Prerequisites Before you can post on JORBA you will need to contact chapters@jorba.org and request permission. Once granted we will update your account to allow posting. We can create a custom pattern for you to use as a template for your trail day posts. Some examples include a Google map with your meeting location, a…
Learn How to Advocate for Trails in Your Community
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Want to be a voice for trails and trail networks? Rails to Trails Conservancy has all the tools and resources you’ll need—no experience necessary! Join us for one of two sessions on Tuesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. Eastern, or Wednesday, March 13, at noon Eastern, to learn about the ways you can make a…
Trailforks Membership Bonus
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Go Pro Right now, get 30% off Trailforks Pro and support our trails at the same time. Get the deal here. With Trailforks Pro, you get unlimited offline access to 550,000+ trails, global heatmaps, Garmin basemaps, and every feature in the app, anywhere you go. When you purchase Trailforks Pro through the link above, $5…
Lewis Morris Trail Maintenance
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Trail Maintenance Oct 15 @ Lewis Morris 9am. Sunday October 15 9am to 1pm. Bagels and Beverages will be provided. Tools, gloves, & a tshirt will also be provided. We will be meeting in the Doe Meadow Parking Lot. Here If you can make it let me know by shooting me an email Jon@jorba.org
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Check Out a New Trail
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Check out NJ’s newest trail, Lost and Found in Seaview Trails. A new trail just over 2.5 miles in length with many logovers, a teeter totter, skinny’s, and other features. It’s rated as intermediate for the obstacles, even though there is no significant elevation gain.
Know Before You Go
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It’s that time of year again, this is the season where trail conditions are changing daily. Some are thawing out fast as the sun shines while others are closing down with muddy conditions. Now is the perfect time to update trail conditions on Trailforks. A lot of our local riders tend to know their area dry patterns,…
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
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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. …
Trail Planning and Design Hub
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Our colleagues at American Trails have put together a list of resources for trail planning and design. Please check it out.
Did you have a good ride? Add a trail report.
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Add one for your bad rides too. Trail reports are submitted by riders have several uses. Each trail and region has a history of all the reports, the most recent report on a trail effects that trails status. Indicator of the current status of a trail (open, closed, issues or hazards) Inform riders of the…
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Log Volunteers Hours
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Bulk Log Hours
Mechanized Training
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Northstar Contracting, King Trail Alliance and Marty’s Reliable Cycle have provided some training to JORBA equipment operators. Congratulations to Jason Fenton Art White Jeremy Klopper Tom Pannorfi Ken Seebeck Sandy Chapman Chris Chapman Marc Perez for succesfully completing the course. Mechanized Training After a safety briefing the training agenda included loading and unloading the JORBA Mini ex…