Central Washington Evergreen

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Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance did big things in 2011, and we need you to donate today so we can do even more in 2012.Among our biggest successes was launching our professional trail crew.  This year the government grant program that provided half the funding has changed, so we need to entirely fund the crew through donations.   We can only do it with your support. The total amount we need to raise to continue the trail crew and the three other programs for 2012 is $74,500.  As of today we’ve raised $39,000, so we have $35,500 to go to be able sustain Evergreen’s ability to create and protect sustainable mountain bike opportunities in Washington.  The three programs, and one late addition, are: 1.  Continue our Trail Maintenance Crew that was launched this year. 2.  Build Capacity by hiring a Communications and Membership Director. 3.  Trail construction in many areas, including Tiger Mountain in Issaquah, Dry Hill in Port Angeles and Squilchuck State Park near Wenatchee. 4. We had to add a fourth goal last month as we had $15,000 of trail building equipmentstolen.        Thank you to everyone who has donated!  Our corporate supporters include REI, Clif, The Home Depot Foundation, and Cascade Designs/Platypus.   Thank you, we’re well on our way to meeting our goal! Continue Evergreen’s Professional Trail Maintenance Crew Taking care of the trails we ride has always been one of Evergreen’s top priorities.  In 2011 weraised the ante on trail maintenance by bringing on two trail crew leaders, Brian Pautler and Chris Yankoviak.  This enabled us to do much needed trail maintenance on some of your favorite trails AND lead projects in remote areas we’ve never had the bandwidth to effectively tackle. Here are some of this year’s trail maintenance highlights: Backcountry trail maintenance in a dozen counties, six ranger districts, State Parks, and DNR land. Brian and Chris established working relationships with 12 new land managers. Over 4,000 hours of volunteer trail maintenance on public land (not including Duthie, Tiger, or South Fork Snoqualmie, which are construction, not maintenance). We turned $8,000 of your donations into $45,000 in funding through grants and matching donations to power the program! The program helped drive Kettle Fest, Helens Fest, and Devils Fest events. Middle Fork Snoqualmie required a great deal of work and without the program would have likely remained closed over the summer of 2011. A huge slate of Central Washington work parties led by Chris which in most cases were firsts for Evergreen. Evergreen continues to pursue grants to power the maintenance crews, but due to timing changes in one key grant program, some funding isn’t available in time this year.  Your donations are critical to keeping the trail crew active for 2012. This program is a very big deal, and having paid crews on the ground brings many benefits, including:  Vastly increased capacity to maintain and improve trails.  Maintain trails in areas that are remote or have too many bureaucratic hurdles for a volunteer crew leader. Support our volunteer crew leaders so they can leadmore trail days with less burnout. Staff on the ground to develop relationships with land managers, identify new trail opportunities, and identify threats to trail access before it’s too late. The 2011 trail maintenance crew has had an immediate and noticeable impact on our trails, as well as opening doors for new opportunities.  Please donate today so we can have a trail maintenance crew again this year! Please Donate Today so Evergreen can have a professional trail crew in 2012.  There are three ways to donate: Click here to securely donate online with a credit card. Mail a check, made out to Evergreen, to 418 NE 72nd Street, Seattle, WA 98115.  Please include your mailing address and email so we can send you a tax receipt. Call the Evergreen World Headquarters and pay via credit card.  (206) 524-2900 Does your company match donations to nonprofits?  If so, please report your match to your employer or contact our office so that we may further leverage your generous support.Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Thank you for your ongoing support! Sincerely,Scott Edison Justin Vander Pol Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Board of Directors P.S.  The success of the Trail Crew made a huge impact in Evergreen’s ability to protect and develop mountain bike trails in Washington.  Please donate today so we can continue this vital program.

Snow Levels Got You Down???

Try Douglas Creek…  A group from Evergreen hooked up with Gene Sharatt and a hardworking group of volunteers to brush out the trail.  The trail is in great shape and more importantly it is OPEN!!!!  Check out the photos and the links thanks to Andy Dappen at Wenatchee Outdoors!     Douglas Creek Story 

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Squilchuck Work… new, new, new!!!

Central Washington Evergreen finished off this year’s season with some final trail work on a new trail up at Squilchuck!!!!  We volunteered over 1500 hours of volunteer labor this year!!  We volunteered with the US Forest Service, WA State Parks, Chelan Douglas Land Trust, BLM, and the PUD this year alone.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered to support our mission of sustainable trails… rider powered.