Flightline Progress Blog

Dear Maryanne

On Tuesday March 13th the Carlsbad City Council held the Open Space report hearing. The city council accepted the report even in light of a lot of lobbying against many of the items on the list.

 City staff were directed to contact landowners regarding their willingness to be part of the Open Space and to […]

Dear Trail Coordinators
There is a lack of definitive direction happening. Last week mike grim seemed to be saying Markus of CNLM had the power to change the CE allowing us to access it. Meanwhile Markus has directed us to ask either the city or the county. We have sent the letter to […]

damn! i thought the battle was lost, and then i stumbled on your website with the latest info.

sorry i lost track of this story last fall. but now i see it as an example of an exercise in grass roots democracy. also, and MOST IMPORTANT i may be able to […]

We will be gps’ing the trails in the next month or so. We’ll send you a map when we’re done.

Also, the County has said (as per my previous emails) that you will first have to have some governmental entity (either the County of City of Carlsbad) to be willing to accept […]

Dear Markus

We have sent a formal request to Maryanne Vancio to initiate the amendment to the CE allowing recreational use. I would like to begin the process of describing the trails at Flightline by GPS. I understand this could possibly put the cart berfore the horse because we don’t even have […]

Dear Richard and Ryan,

I have finally caught up with ALL the emails in my inbox this week.
I am glad to see that you are making the connections with the key people and agencies.

I have forwarded your request to the SDMBA board of directors, to have your letter to Maryanne Vancio and Liz […]

Letter from Liz Ketabian, City of Carlsbad Park Planner;
I’m writing in regard to your inquiry and would agree that trails in this area would be of benefit to the City.  As mentioned to you on the phone a few days ago, Markus Spiegelberg of CNLM, Mike Grim, Planning  Dept., myself and the County folks are […]

I got this email to rideflightline email inbox. Like I said over here, I am going to POST EVERTHING…even if it isn’t the opinion of RideFlightLine.com. It’s the right thing to do to keep you all informed.
Please post this anonymously:
The Center for Natural Lands Management is a private company with the designation of Non profit […]

Flightline users.

I am meeting with the County on the 11th at the site to discuss the next steps in terms of public use/trails/mountain bikes on the County property which we manage that contains the Flightline mtn bike track.

I have already spoken with them, and they have given me a summary of what they think is going […]

I am in agreement that local trail users need to be educated in the fields of conservation, ecology, and environmental politics. But it is such a shame that developers can pay big bucks to bulldoze a place with such natural beauty and environmental value, leaving a sliver of it to be “protected”. Meanwhile, the people who have enjoyed this […]