Ongoing Training…


Recently, we hosted a Stihl Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance course at Maybury State Park for our trail coordinators and interested volunteers. Our thanks to Fred Rinke at Bryan Equipment Sales and the staff at Maybury State Park for making this possible.

In the coming months we hope to be able to resurrect the MMBA “Trail School” with our CRAMBA neighbors to further support our trail coordinators and help ensure that we’re building the best trails out there. These classes will be open to all, and are a great opportunity to take it to the next level of volunteering! More details as plans firm up.

 


  • Chapter Meeting

    Chapter Meeting

    Our next Chapter meeting is on March 30th at 7:00 PM at the Claddagh Irish Pub (17800 Haggerty Road, Livonia).  We’ll be discussing upcoming trail days, improvements for each trail, and other MCMBA events for the year!   Agenda is available here. Also, if you were a FAFL award recipient – your awards are in! Pick them up at the…

  • 2016 MCMBA FAFL Awards

    2016 MCMBA FAFL Awards

    Congrats to our 2016 FAFL award winners!  For almost 20 years, we have recognized significant volunteer efforts with the First Across the Finish Line (FAFL) awards.  Each of these volunteers has reported at least 10 hours of boots on the ground trailwork this year at a chapter trail or at least 30 hours of other chapter advocacy…

  • Time heals all…

    Time heals all…

    I’m continually amazed at how fast the forest changes and grows. While we usually lament this fast growth as we’re battling face slappers and vines, it’s a real boon when healing abandoned trails. We just need to help it along… Back in 2009, we had a short problem area at Lakeshore, a section of trail…