http://www.poedunk.com Mining Peavine's Singletrack Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:06:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  2009 was a very productive year for new hiking and biking oppurtunites and improvements on Peavine Mountain.  All told, the Poedunks and its Peavine trail partners organized and completed: 5 miles of new trail constructed by the Nevada Conservation Corps (slide show of Nov/Dec work) Logged 382 volunteer hours doing trail work and mountain clean ups  (slide show of last two work days)   Prepared and ... http://www.poedunk.com/2009-recap/   We were able to complete the last two turns and do finish work on the last mile of the Halo Trail before the winter snow came.  Thanks to (left to right) Randy Meyer, Mickey Hazlewood, Matt Larsen, Curtis, Colby Solari, Jim Crompton, Darren Young, Lee Turner, Steve Cleek, Paul Girard an Dick ... http://www.poedunk.com/just-in-time/ The last two miles of the Halo trail are almost complete.  Come join us this weekend to help do some finish work and seeding.  Meeting at Hoge Road Trail Head, Sunday November 29 @ 9:00 am.  Bring your bike for a test ride after. http://www.poedunk.com/halo-trail-progress/ Pick up a free copy of "Truckee Meadows Trails "" .  Your guide to trails in Reno, Sparks and Washoe Countyis available at the office of Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space, 2601 Plumas St.   Also at area community centers, the Neil Road Recreation Center, Scheels, the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, ... http://www.poedunk.com/truckee-meadows-trails-guide-available/ On Sunday August 30, 2009 we cleaned up a recent dumping on Peavine.  Thanks to Darren Young, Brian Block, Chris Kratt, and Aaron Rice for your time, trucks and clean up! Also thanks goes to Christi Cakiroglu at Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful and Greg Martinelli at Waste Management who helped to set us ... http://www.poedunk.com/shooting-gallery-clean-up/ Halo Ride -  Saturday August 29, 2009 From left to right: Andrew Valestrino, Lee Turner, Ed Monnig, Randy Meyer, Eric Martin We like to thank Ed Monnig for joining us on a tour of the first four miles of the Halo trail.  Ed is the District Supervisor of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. His duties include overseeing nine ranger ... http://www.poedunk.com/halo-ride-and-halo-partners/ Accentuate the Positive 2009 Silver Star Winners Announced For Immediate Release Contact: Jennifer Sanzi  jennifer@o-apr.com 775-829-2819 CATEGORY: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT Open Space Access & Connectivity  - The Poedunks (RENO, Nev.) - Truckee Meadows Tomorrow  (TMT) has announced its 2009 Silver Star award winners.  These individuals and organizations have measurably improved the quality of life in the Truckee ... http://www.poedunk.com/poedunks-recieve-silver-star-award/ We'll be flagging the next and last two miles of the Halo trail in the coming weeks.  Feel free to join us to plan and lay it out.  Construction is expected to resume in October. Wednesday evenings August 12, 19 & 26 Meeting at the Hoge Road Trail Head at 5:45 pm (radio tower area at the top of Keystone Canyon)         . http://www.poedunk.com/august-flagging/ No more hard or big rock work like this!  We'll be doing some lighter finish work the next three trail days.  Check our dates at upper right and for more details see our "Build page" http://www.poedunk.com/end-of-may-finsh-work/ The National Guard's Chinook picks a 4-Runner of the Halo Trail during the 4th annual Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful Clean-Up. I think they picked close to a dozen cars off Peavine this year. The volunteer crew at the USFS Hoge Rd. Basecamp filled 2 Dumpsters with trash illegally ... http://www.poedunk.com/ktmb-peavine-cleanup-2009/