Flightline Progress Blog

Hi Minette

I saw your name in the story in the NC times about the Flightline trail. We would like to work with you to try to get that whole area as open space- with legal biking trails. We submitted a nomination to the city of Carlsbad to include the county parcel as […]

Marcus,
 
One individuals perception of what type of plants and their origin that were used to cover the trail does not represent what we believe as a group or what we are doing as a whole.  Please do not take things out of context or feel you need to resort to threatening trespass violation or reconsidering […]

Hi,

These are untrue statements.  Most of the brush we used was previously cut and hauled back over the trail. Any cut branches were from common species and we did not destroy or kill any plants to cover the trail.  Did you see how much vegetation was cut to create the 2 trails […]

Hi Sunny and Richard,
I was out all last week with the flu, but have been meaning to get back to you.

I realize that many of you are anxious to get out to the preserve to bike again. But there’s lots to do between now and anytime that this […]

Hi Mike:

Pete requested I contact you regarding the meeting to discuss the mountain bike trails issue at Palomar Airport. As we discussed earlier this week, the County supports the meeting you agreed to coordinate with City staff, including your trails coordinator, CNLM, County staff, other agencies, and interested mountain bike parties. The purpose of the meeting would be […]

From what I can determine, neither the Airports, CNLM nor the City of Carlsbad have set up a meeting with anyone on the 17th or any other date. As far I am concerned, there is no meeting.
I recommend that the CNLM complete removing the bike trail and replant the path then CNLM should coordinate […]

Carlsbad Open Space
Deadline for Nominations for Open Space in City of Carlsbad was November 17
The citizen’s committee will hear public testimony at their meeting on December 1, from 9 am to 12 noon at the Faraday Center- so mark your calendar. Call or email the planner in charge, Mike Grim at mgrim@ci.carlsbad.ca.us […]

The city of Carlsbad is destroying the environment to save it?

I didn’t realize that it was okay for the city to contract someone to come in and completely cover the trail by chopping live plants and throwing it on the trail. If I get back out there I will take pictures but this is […]

I was out hiking Flightline today and noticed that not only have all the bridges been removed on the descents, but now the small bridge and small wood plank crossings in the “swampy area” are gone.
Also they have sand bagged the center trail to the top of the hill. I don’t know if the sand […]

Josh and I met a reporter from the Union Tribune at the FlightLine parking lot on Wednesday night. He is committed to writting an unbiased article on the trails and told me he isn’t trying to sway opinions one way or the other with his article, he just wants to inform to Union Tribune community […]