{"id":5819,"date":"2015-07-02T06:32:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T13:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2015-07-02T09:27:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T16:27:18","slug":"presidents-message-its-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2015\/07\/02\/presidents-message-its-complicated\/","title":{"rendered":"President’s Message: It’s complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Community Collaborative<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s always a lot going on here in Southern California. We have recently submitted comments on the\u00a0Rim of the Valley study<\/a>. We’re expecting the Santa Monica Mountains NRA Interagency Trail Management Plan<\/a> early next year. A\u00a0new National Monument management plan<\/a> development process just began, though CORBA has been involved in the Community Collaborative Group<\/a> since last November. We’ve successfully alerted\u00a0L.A.\u00a0County of the need for another trail master plan,\u00a0to be announced soon. We have pending Bike Park proposals<\/a>, and a recently-opened Bike Park in Fillmore<\/a>. We have a growing high school and middle school racing contingent<\/a>. We have a new Forest Supervisor<\/a>. There are wilderness proposals,\u00a0missing links in trails, fire-damaged trails still in need of restoration, access issues on Etz Meloy (Backbone Trail)<\/a>. There’s\u00a0no shortage of issues, threats to our public lands, our trails and access to them.<\/p>\n

It’s complicated.<\/p>\n

And it takes time to figure things out and try to get things right. \u00a0These studies and plans seem to disappear from the radar, only to re-emerge six months to a decade later. Advocacy is a marathon, not a sprint, and CORBA is still at it after 28 years. Government is slow to move but no matter how frustratingly slow it sometimes seems, there is progress being made.<\/p>\n

CORBA is busily engaged in all of these processes on your behalf, in partnership with IMBA, to help make sure there is progress.\u00a0We\u00a0continue to work\u00a0to make sure the landscapes\u00a0we ride\u00a0and the trails we love are protected, improved, and remain open to our community.<\/p>\n

We need each and every one of you to be engaged as well. After all, we’re all ambassadors of the sport when we’re on multi-use trails. This\u00a0means\u00a0ride an appropriate speed for your sightline (slow down!) and be courteous. Be safe. Follow trail etiquette best practices<\/a>. Be an example for others. Leave no trace. Support CORBA<\/a>. Sign a petition<\/a>. There are lots of ways to have a positive impact.<\/p>\n

Riding trails to explore our public lands is a passion we all share, and want to continue to enjoy.\u00a0Enjoy your summer and keep on riding!<\/p>\n

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There’s always a lot going on here in Southern California. We have recently submitted comments on the\u00a0Rim of the Valley study. We’re expecting the Santa Monica Mountains NRA Interagency Trail Management Plan early next year. A\u00a0new National Monument management plan development process just began, though CORBA has been involved in the Community Collaborative Group since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,42,13,313,252,14,16,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5819"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5857,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions\/5857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}