COTA News

April COTA meeting this Thursday 7pm COEC

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:05:55 +0100

This is a reminder that the Monthly COTA Board meeting is April 24th at 7pm at the Central Oregon Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas. Among this month's topics will be

-Power Point be the USFS fire crew

-Wanoga and beyond

-Spring Fling planning

-spring trails report

COTA Board meeting Thursday March 27th 7pm

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:46:16 +0100

Join the COTA board for a lively discussion next Thursday at 7 pm COEC (16 nw Kansas)

Topics for this month's meeting include

_April 12th the Lair work Party

-April 19th Peterson Ridge work Party,Sisters

June 7th Spring Fling work Party

-Logging update

-Trails report

-Treasurer's report

Save the trails. Go ride in the desert.

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:02:14 +0100

Please avoid all the trails west of town for the next couple weeks. The mud season is upon us, your actions now greatly affect how the trail system rides for the rest of the year. There's plenty of places to ride right now where there isn't mud. The Maston, Horse Ridge and Smith Rocks/Grey Butte are all riding great right now. In those areas, any mud riding is not as harmful as it is west of town.

Mud riding etiquette:

Avoid trails you know are muddy.
If you arrive at a trailhead and find the trails muddy - go elswhere.
If you come across an area of muddy trail that you must ride through - stay on the trail! Riding around mud puddles widens our singletracks.

Join COTA Online

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:36:29 +0100

We just finished up adding our online member registration system to the new website. Old and new COTA members alike can now keep their memberships current via a quick and easy online form.

So be sure to cruise on over to the membership sign up page and support COTA! If you encounter any technical issues, make a post in the forum and we'll get it fixed up.

Dry River Closure

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:20:42 +0100

A seasonal wildlife closure is in effect on high desert public lands east of Bend located on the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

The temporary closure is located in Dry River Canyon, which is located north of State Highway 20 approximately 20 miles southeast of Bend. The closure is adjacent to Horse Ridge viewpoint and includes the entire canyon in addition to all public lands within one-quarter mile of the rim of the canyon.

The Dry River Canyon closure is effective February 1, 2008 and expires August 31, 2008. Wildlife biologists will periodically monitor the sensitive wildlife habitat that is protected by the closure and determine whether the closure area may be opened for public use at an earlier date than scheduled. Posted signs located adjacent to the closure will help the public identify and avoid the closed area.

If the areas can be reopened prior to August 31, the closure signs will be removed. Seasonal wildlife closures affect a very small percentage of the public land base that is accessible to the recreating public. The closure is a legal requirement directed by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide protection for sensitive wildlife. Under the authority of federal regulations, violators are punishable by a fine not to exceed $1000 and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.

To view an electronic map of the Dry River Canyon closure area, visit the website at www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/news/2006/01/dryrivercanyon-closure-map-2006

For additional closure information, contact BLM's Gavin Hoban at (541) 416-6879 or Gavin_Hoban@blm.gov.

Winter Riding at Maston

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:57:13 +0100

Just because its winter doesn't mean you can get out and ride. We just added our first featured trail for the Maston area off the Cline Falls Hwy.

Be sure to checkout the write-up, and the interactive map for this 'adventurous' area.

Powder Hound Preview 07

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:30:34 +0100

If you happened to miss the annual Powder Hound Preview put on by Pine Mountain Sports, you missed out on Eric Sageser's annual chronicles of all things snow and dirt. To check out pictures and clips from this years move, Rook of Sickbirds, check out schralper.com

Additionally we need to send a huge thanks to Dan and the whole Pine Mountain Sports crew for donating half of all proceeds from the event to COTA. It's local companies like Pine Mountain Sports that help make COTA work.

Update Your Bookmarks

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:15:44 +0100

Be sure to update your old bookmarks and check back often for new interactive features. Please bear will us as we are in the process of implementing our new website, at our new domain!