Flightline Progress Blog

An email was just sent to the North County Hash House Harriers which are probably the people that Hash (run and chalk the trails) out at Calaveras.  I told them about the Ride Flightline site and urged the person that gets the mail of the site to contact me back so I can get them […]

We are all waiting to go through the propper channels to help save FlightLine and allow the tax payers of Carlsbad to use this wonderful resource in our back yard, yet the destruction of these great single track trails continues. I got this email yesterday.“FYI, Bob and I went through there today and they’ve […]

Met the Battalion Chief at the fire station today. He had some free time and I got to spell out the past history and were we have come to this date. In a nutshell 100% with us. He said they used the trails for running and that there are mtn bikers on […]

I know there are running clubs that run through the Calaveras area and probably flightline. The trails are chalked all the time to mark the routes that the running clubs use (real environmentally cool eh?).  If anyone is going to any cycling store, pick up the Competitor Magazine. It is free and contains lists of all […]

I was having problems with the Word Press Template I was using so I uploaded this new blog face. Once I figure out how to change out this picture up top and the navigation on the left there…it will be more Mountain BIke oriented.
Also, the site went down for 24hrs…we’re back up and should be […]

I have heard from Markus and from Mike Grim, both via voice mail, that the major hurdles to overcome with getting the Easement changed will most likely be with the wildlife agencies, Dept. of Fish and Game, and Dept of Fish and Wildlife Services.
 
I also heard some feedback from other trails advocates I wanted […]

I was contacted today by the union tribune. they are going to write a story on FlightLine…hopefully it will help the cause!!!

November 9, 2006

To whom it may concern:

Thank you for your email concerning the trail network that exists on the so-called Flightline property, owned by the County of San Diego and managed by the City of Carlsbad and the Center of Natural Lands Management.

I have long supported […]

Hi Minette and Richard,

The demolition of the “northern track” started this week and we’ll have removed all the structures by today and have it replanted with natives by mid next week. This is per the County’s demands. The total cost of removal and replanting will exceed $20,000 when all is […]

I don’t have time to update you with the entire story right now…but it looks like we have some cooperation from CNLM to keep the remaining trails! More to come…stay tuned…