Take the Strive Not to Drive (SNTD) pledge to ride the bus ($0.25 week of SNTD), carpool, walk or bike during the week of May 12 – 18. Workplaces will compete against offices of similar sizes. The winners of the Workplace Challenge will be based off the percentage of employees who participate in a workplace and the number of days employees actually strive not to drive. Sign up for the Workplace Challenge at http://bit.ly/18kD4N6. Visit http://www.strivenottodrive.org/ for details and full list of events.

Yet again, can’t say thanks enough to the folks who come out and help make the BC trails work a little better due to the hard working people, I managed to make plan work before dark. 3 projects planned, 3 projects done. We started on Hardtimes connector, cleaning out a few drains on the little downhill section next to Hardtimes road. Moved from there to Laurel branch road to add some gravel to the wet spots just off L. br rd, on Sidehill connector. It seems to be a little wetter this …

FOREST SERVICE ALERT
Forest Service to Conduct Prescribed Burn at Bent Creek Today  4/26/2013
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The USDA Forest Service plans to conduct a prescribed burn today on 33 acres of forest in the Bent Creek Experimental Forest. The prescribed burn will occur on three small parcels of 10, 14, and 9 acres.
The prescribed burn is part of a multi-year research study by the Bent Creek Experimental Forest, a research location of the Southern Research Station that studies upland hardwood ecology and management. The project will help researchers better understand the effects …

Written by: Justin Pettit-Mee
A sunny yet crisp Sunday morning led me back to Trace Ridge in Mills River for another work day with the usual crew – myself, Greg Leister and Dave Knupp. Weather was perfect, and we managed to carve out a nice section of around 175ft of new trail. Greg as usual, did a great job as leader and we even even had the venerable Messrs Chris Neubert and Chris Strout show up for a morning of hard, yet worthwhile trail blazing.
If you’ve never tried it out – …

By Joey Millwood Times-News Staff Writer
Published: Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 7:51 p.m.
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The once-vibrant BMX race track at Hendersonville’s Jackson Park had been forgotten for years. Now, thanks to a largely volunteer effort, the overgrown field is about to become a bike park.

Plans for the bike park have been in the works for the past three years. The park, which organizers hope will be ready to go by early summer, will be unique to the area. …