Winter Passion Trail Bikes News # 4

This week’s news and info on January 22, 2009:

1.Rancho Corral de Tierra (twixt Pacifica/HMB) GGNRA plan meeting Th 1/29 7pm
2.POST purchases 32 acres on Skyline next to Burleigh Murray State Park
3.MROSD to aquire 1300 acres connecting Purisima OSP to the Coast
4.Sunday “Singletrack Party” ride at Waterdog, weather permitting
5.Dirt Series by Rocky Mountain Bicycles: 2009 schedule & locations
6.CLIF bar recall (peanuts)


1. Rancho Corral de Tierra (twixt Pacifica/HMB) GGNRA plan meeting Th 1/29 7pm

Rancho Corral de Tierra, is shown in dark green with dots.

The National Park Service invites you to participate in an information sharing workshop about Rancho Corral de Tierra. The session is intended to help the Park Service and the community understand the resources,history, and current uses of the 4,200 acre Rancho, in advance of assumption of management responsibility by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The meeting will be held at the Farallone View School multi-purpose room in Montara on Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 7:00 to 9:00PM, and is open to anyone with an interest in the Rancho. The NPS hopes this will be the first of several productive workshops to be held in 2009.

Agenda

• Discuss the purpose of the workshops: what the NPS hopes to accomplish, what participants would like to accomplish
  
• Share background information: comments on the GGNRA general management plan preliminary alternatives and the evolving preferred alternative
  
• Additional questions and answers
  
• Discuss the next steps to take: future workshops

Other information about the National Park Service’s general management plan for the GGNRA can be found online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?parkId=303&projectId=15075. You may find the GGNRA’s summary of the comments received about the preliminary alternatives this summer at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=303&projectId=15075&documentID=25038

If you have questions about the meeting call Lee Ann Ciancetti in the GGNRA at (415) 561-4930, or email her at Lee_Ann_Ciancetti@nps.gov.

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2. POST purchases 32 acres on Skyline next to Burleigh Murray State Park

Among other parcels, whose purchase was announced earlier this month, the Peninsula Open Space Trust has acquired a key 32-acre parcel just west of Skyline Blvd, adjacent to Burleigh Murray State Park.

We don’t know the boundaries of this parcel, but you can see Burleigh Murray in the top of the picture for the article below.

The press release on their website includes this information:

32 Acres in Half Moon Bay

POST purchased the 32 acres in Half Moon Bay on December 23 from private owners for $650,000. The land sits near the top of Skyline Ridge and connects Mills Creek Open Space Preserve and Burleigh-Murray State Park. “This strategically located parcel, situated at the heart of 1,600 acres of already protected public lands, shows what a big difference protection of a small property can make,” said Rust. “By protecting this land, we can make sure that recreational trails can be connected, animals can roam freely and people can enjoy uninterrupted views of the Coastside.””

You can read more on POST’s website here.

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3. MROSD to aquire 1300 acres connecting Purisima OSP to the Coast

Map of properties currently under public or land trust ownership, plus properties to be acquired

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Distric is conducting a site visit today of several properties targetted for aquisition that would connect Purisima Creek Open Space Preserve with Cowell Ranch State Beach, south of Half Moon Bay.

These properties are being purchased to protect them from development, and ultimately provide public access via trails.

The southern area of Purisima Creek OSP where these lands abut, the Bald Knob Area, has some trails but they are currently off limits to bikes. Significant advocacy work would probably need to be done to pressure MROSD to open a multiple-use trail through these lands. Stay tuned for more information. If history is any guide, the public will not be able to access these lands for a decade or more as the district moves through its incredibly slow process of developing a use and management plan for the area.

Details on the meeting can be found in this pdf document on the MROSD website.

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4. Sunday “Singletrack Party” ride at Waterdog, weather permitting

Our favorite heckler of PTB staff, John H. has posted a ride for Sunday morning on MTBR. The ride will meet at the shop around 9:00am-ish, ready to roll at 9:30, and return around noon in time for us to open up the doors.

We know that in addition to John, both Charles and Patty will be there, so there will at a minimum be a “moderate-paced goofing-off ride” as well as an FBG ride.

Check in on the forum at the link above if you have questions about whether the ride has been called due to weather.

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5. Dirt Series by Rocky Mountain Bicycles: 2009 schedule & locations

The Dirt Series by Rocky Mountain Bicycles is the instructional program that the coaches wish had existed when they started to mountain bike. Come to think of it, it’s the kind of camp we’d all still love to take, because honestly, there’s no end to the joy that comes from learning.

They just finished putting together their 2009 calendar, so here it is.

Date Location Host Shop
April 25-26 Santa Cruz, CA The Bicycle Trip
May 2-3 Laguna Hills, CA Jenson USA
May 16-17 Calgary, AB The Bike Shop
May 18 (co-ed) Calgary, AB The Bike Shop
May 23-24 North Vancouver, BC Different Bikes
May 30-31 Whistler, BC Summit Sports
June 13-14 Park City, UT Cole Sports
June 20-21 Sun Valley, ID Sturtos
June27-28 Whistler, BC Garbanzo Bike and Bean
July 11-12 Bend, OR Pine Mountain Sports
July 18-19 Hood River, OR Discover Bicycles
July 25-26 (co-ed) Whistler, BC Garbanzo Bike and Bean
August 8-9 North Vancouver, BC Different Bikes
August 22-23 Canmore, AB Rebound Cycle
August 29-30 (co-ed) TBD Specialty Camp
Sept 12-13 (co-ed) Whistler, BC Summit Sports

Registration for all camps will begin on February 1, 2009.

The Dirt Series by Rocky Mountain Bicycles is supported by Sugoi, Fox Racing Shox, Luna, Dakine, Race Face, Kicking Horse Coffee, Giro, crankbrothers, Brave Soldier, Maxxis, adidas Eyewear, Yakima, Sleeman Breweries, Barefoot Wines Recycled Accessories, Whistler Blackcomb and IMBA.

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6. CLIF bar recall (peanuts)

Clif Bar & Company Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of CLIF and LUNA Branded Bars Containing Peanut Butter Due to Possible Health Risk

Contact: Clif Bar & Company 1-800-254-3227

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - BERKELEY, Calif., Jan 19, 2009 - Clif Bar & Company today announced a voluntary recall of CLIF and LUNA branded bars that contain peanut butter because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled products contain peanut butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). PCA is the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning a recent Salmonella outbreak thought to be caused by tainted peanut butter.

The following Clif Bar & Company products with “Best By/Sell By” dates ranging as shown below, in all sizes and packages, are included in the recall:

Clif Bar Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch
BEST BY/SELL BY: 21JUN09 to 01OCT09, and 03NOV09 to 28NOV09

Clif Bar Crunchy Peanut Butter
BEST BY/SELL BY: 21JUN09 to 01OCT09, and 03NOV09 to 28NOV09

Clif Bar Peanut Toffee Buzz
BEST BY/SELL BY: only 13SEP09

ZBaR Peanut Butter
BEST BY/SELL BY: 07JUL09 to 05SEP09, and 12NOV09

Clif Builders Peanut Butter
BEST BY/SELL BY: 19JUL09 to 30SEP09, and 05NOV09 to 18NOV09

Luna Nutz over Chocolate
BEST BY/SELL BY: 29JUL09 to 03OCT09, 11NOV09 to 14NOV09

Luna Peanut Butter Cookie
BEST BY/SELL BY: 02OCT09 to 03OCT09, and 11NOV09 to 14NOV09

All Clif Mojo Bars
BEST BY/SELL BY: 30APR09 to 21JUN09

These products were sold in grocery, warehouse and other retail stores throughout the United States.

No other CLIF or LUNA products or flavors are included in this recall.

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web site at http://www.cdc.gov/ or call 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636).

Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged to destroy them but retain the “Best By/Sell By” code found on the back of the package. Consumers with questions or who would like a refund may contact Clif Bar & Company at 1-800-CLIFBAR (1-800-254-3227). Details also can be found at www.clifbar.com.

“With an abundance of caution and given the FDA’s ongoing investigation of PCA, we’re doing all we can to ensure consumer safety and trust,” said Gary Erickson, owner and founder of Clif Bar & Company.

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To contact us, email us at info@passiontrailbikes.com, or call the shop at 650-620-9798.

Happy Trails, the PTB crew
Charles, Patty, Berry, John, Bret, Sterling, Daryl, Peter, Reba and Buster