Message from the President
Happy 2012!
The 'warm winter' so far - with little snow - has meant more riders out-and-about on the mighty Badger State Trail. Good news for those on the north end, as annual State Trail Passes are now available for purchase from the City of Fitchburg.
You may also purchase trail passes here.
FOBST Trail Pass Vendors
Please note new location, and plan on attending our 15 Feb meeting in Monroe! It will be held in the iconic Green County courthouse on the square at 6:30PM.
We'll have a lot to discuss including:
• Funding issues on the Monroe
Trailhead project
• Scheduling a 2012 Maintenance day
• Bikeorama - March 9 -11 in Madison.
Volunteers needed for a couple hours
booth duty at our FOBST booth.
And much more. See you there!
When: February 15, 6:30 pm
Where: Green County Courthouse
1016 - 16th Ave., Monroe
2nd floor - County Board
Room (former courtroom)
Enter through doors on west
side (across from Baumgartner's).
As we approach the 5-year milestone for this newest state trail (officially, in July!), we hope you will get involved and make it an eventful and very special year on this gem-of-a-trail.
Ride on!
Betsy
Betsy Vogel
President
Friends of the Badger State Trail
What's New on the Trail?
Winter Friends Meeting - Monroe, February 15
Friends President, Betsy Vogel, "holds court" with her 21 jurors at the Winter Friends meeting held in Green County's beautiful and historic Circuit Court Room.
Jules, David and Dan enjoy some of the hospitality provided by Noreen from the Green County Visitors Bureau.
Bub, provides details for the proposed Monroe Trailhead project.
Proposed drawing of the shelter building.
John, funding outreach coordinator, explains the layout of the building in proximity to the trail. The Department of Natural Resources has provided a $45,000 grant for the project and local project sponsors have so far raised another $40,000.
January 31, 50 degrees, sunny sky, light wind, little ice . . .
lets ride!
lets ride!
Spencer Black, who represented the 77th Assembly District in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1985 until 2011, served for many years as Chair of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and is a champion for the environment gets out and stretches his legs on the Badger Trail.
Carrying his "ice chisel", Peter Bock, who also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1987 until 2003, was riding the trail and chipping off dangerous ice that still existed in shady spots along the trail. It was such a nice day he was playing hooky from voluntering on his wife Kathleen Falks gubernatorial campaign!
Not on the Badger Trail but right next door at Badger Prairie Park - the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships, January 4-8
The 2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships, opened Wednesday as more than 1,000 of the nation's top cyclo-cross racers began descending on Badger Prairie Park in Verona.
Marne, from Chicago, wore her lucky pearls but said they unfortunately did not help with her final race time on Friday.
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