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Texas and Florida Mountain Bike Trails Devastated by Hurricanes, Need Your Help
Mountain bike trails in Texas and Florida suffered extreme damage from flooding and fallen trees associated with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Learn how you can help rebuild popular bike trails.
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Mountain Bikers Are Most Engaged in Advocacy at the Local Level, Survey Shows
Mountain bike advocacy support is greatest at the local level, with fewer seeing the need for trail advocacy at the national level.
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“Recreation Not Red Tape Act” Seeks to Streamline Recreational Activities in Our Public Lands
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the recognition of the part outdoor recreation plays in our economy, especially in areas now depressed due to the loss of high impact public land usages like mining and logging. The loss of these traditional industries weighs especially heavy in states with a strong environmental ethos, but …
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In Praise of Our State Parks
Where do you ride? I don’t mean which trails, but on what land do you ride? Who owns the land and maintains the trails? Unless you live in a state blessed with large tracts of open land, national forests, or BLM land, chances are you spend a good chunk of your riding time in a …
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Podcast: We Get the Scoop on the Future of IMBA from Executive Director, Dave Wiens
With radical changes taking place within IMBA, many people are wondering: where does IMBA go from here? What’s IMBA’s current stance on controversial topics like ebikes and Wilderness? What will IMBA do to remain relevant? We decided to get some answers so we went to the source: Dave Wiens, IMBA’s new Executive Director. Scroll to the bottom …
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