IMBA & NPS Agreement: What People are Saying
A sampling of news articles and individuals' personal comments...
Fort Collins Coloradoan: Some National Parks Open Arms to Mountain Bikers
Los Angeles Times: Mountain Bikers to Gain Park Access
Newark, New Jersey Star-Ledger: Bicyclists on Track to Get More Trails
Velonews: IMBA Reaches Agreement with Park Service
Bicycle Retailer: IMBA Signs Breakthrough Agreement With National Park Service
cyclingnews.com: US National Park Service Recognizes Mountain Biking
International Falls Daily Journal: Voyageurs National Park, Trails or No Trails
The Outdoor Wire: Agreement May Mean Open Trails
Adventure Sports Magazine: IMBA Helps Open Mountain Biking in National Parks
Dirt Rag: IMBA and National Park Service Shake Hands, Sign Their Names and Agree!
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Individuals' Personal Comments
Congratulations on the Park Service Agreement you guys. Way to go IMBA!
Eric von Eckartsberg - President, Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Enthusiasts
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Congrats to IMBA...from all of us who ride mountain bikes.
Joe Cross - Big South Fork National Recreation Area - Oneida, Tennessee
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Way to go! This is a great accomplishment!
John Siegert - WORBA - Racine, Wisconsin
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Wow. Great news. And, great work by IMBA!
Bill Richard - Chief of Staff, Congressman Oberstar - Washington, D.C.
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Thanks for all your efforts for this joint victory.
Bob Fredericks - Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Way to go guys! Making us all proud...keep up the good work!
Leo Kowalski - Blackrock Freeriders - Salem, Oregon
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Congratulations to the entire IMBA staff on the National Parks accord.
Very impressive. Great work all! I'm upping my contribution this year. Results ROCK (and should be duly compensated)...
Cary Owens - Dearborn, Michigan
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Thank you for your time and efforts to further the cause in our National Parks.
Rachel Barth - Incline Village, Nevada
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Good Job!
Ed Zink - Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Inductee - Durango, Colorado
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Congratulations on a job well done.
Tim J. Setnicka - Former Superintendent of Channel Islands National Park - California
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Its finally good to hear some good news. Thanks to IMBA for all your hard work.
Jim Rutkowski - Wantagh, New York
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Spectacular news!
Geoff Cross - Executive Director - Flagstaff Biking Organization - Flagstaff, Arizona
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Outstanding work to everyone involved in this initiative! Keep it going!
J. Scott House - Princeton, New Jersey
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This is great news and could not have come at a better time for our efforts to open trails in our region. Thanks.
Bob Horowitz - Sacramento Area Mountain Bike Assn. - Sacramento, California
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Congratulations!
Carl Birkelbach - Former IMBA Board Member - Chicago, Illinois
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Just heard about the agreement with the National Park Service. Congratulations! We appreciate your team’s hard work on this! Keep up the good work.
Kerry Bural - Mount Juliet, Tennessee
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CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL - IMBA is the best!!
Marilyn Price - Founder, Trips for Kids - San Rafael, California
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Congrats on the National Park Service agreement! That is so great. Keep it up!
Tim Grahl - BlueCollarMTB.com
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Congratulations and thank you for your persistence on this. This is truly great news.
Jim Hasenauer - Former IMBA President - Woodland Hills, California
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Great job! Congrats to the hard charging IMBA HQ Krew. You rock!
Karl Rosengarth - Pennsylvania IMBA Rep - Indianola, Pennsylvania
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AWESOME!
Shana Culberson - Tennessee IMBA Rep - Nashville, Tennessee
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WOW! Congrats to you and the rest of the crew. This is so cool!
Mary Monroe - Former IMBA Board Member - Boulder, Colorado
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Congratulations on the awesome agreement with NPS. It will no doubt
serve to get our parks people thinking here in Australia.
Tony Scott - Mountain Bike Australia - Canberra, Australia
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Saw that IMBA signed a General Agreement with the Nat'l Park Service to work on creating cycling opportunities. Good job IMBA! This will come in handy.
Dawn Packard - Executive Director, Headwaters Trails Alliance - Granby, Colorado
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