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Please join us Saturday, May 17th for our first trail work on Aqueduct. Date and Time: May 17th, 8:30am-1pm Location: Aqueduct main (North Parking lot) Details: Bring sturdy shoes, gloves, pants (no shorts), water and snacks and a chair. The plan is to work on drainage features and other trail maintenance. Lunch and drinks following the work. We look forward to seeing you Saturday, May 17th at 9am! 
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 Date: May 3rd, 2025
Location: Mancos Brewery Once again Mancos Brewery is brewing up a special release to support MTG. $1 of each pint of the special brew will be donated to MTG! Come learn about this year's trail projects, meet new board members, learn about volunteer opportunities, buy MTG SWAG, and become an official MTG member or business sponsor. Segments of Aqueduct, Chicken Creek and Mancos Spur Trail systems are now open for adoption! Area specific info is located here: Please consider adopting a trail segment this season!   Volunteers Needed for 12 Hours of Mesa Verd
Volunteers are still needed on May 10th to help make this event a success! We particularly need many more course marshals and timing table volunteers. The 12 Hours of Mesa Verde is a premier cycling event organized by volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of youth in Southwest Colorado. Since its inception in 2003, the race has donated more than $800,000 to local youth organizations and programs with a focus on at-risk youth and/or youth empowerment. Click the 12HMV to sign up today. Mancos Trails Group board of directors sends letter to the editor of The Cortez Journal expressing our solidarity with federal workers and our unwavering support of public lands. You can read the letter in the Journal or below:
The Mancos Trails Group has long partnered with the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to plan and maintain several local trail systems. We are writing to express our solidarity with the staff of these agencies in the face of unprecedented threats. We know firsthand the commitment these federal land managers have toward stewarding our public resources in alignment with their expertise. They are our friends, our neighbors, fellow trail users and people we see in the community on a daily basis. We salute them for navigating management of the land and resources to balance the needs of wildlife, recreationists, commercial interests and the public-at-large. As a small, volunteer-run nonprofit organization, we are no strangers to the limits of budgets and to making smart choices about how to most responsibly direct funds. Outdoor recreation contributes $17.2 billion per year to Colorado’s economy, and according to a local 2024 economic impact study, brings over $100 million per year and 724 jobs to the economy in Montezuma County. Investment in stewardship of public lands keeps people visiting Montezuma County, keeps dollars flowing into local pockets, keeps many of our neighbors employed, and gives us all something fun to do on our days off. We, the board of Mancos Trails Group, express gratitude to our friends and partners on staff at all of our local public lands agencies, and urge our representatives at the federal level to act to protect these invaluable human and natural resources. Jen Magnuson, Board Member-at-Large, for the Mancos Trails Group Mancos As MTG has grown as an organization, since it's inception in 2017, we've discussed forming a membership to help sustain the organization financially. One of the first things about building and maintaining local trails is that it takes lots of volunteer hours and money! That means strong community support! We rely on individuals and businesses who love trails to help fulfill MTG's mission: "to promote trail stewardship, develop and maintain sustainable trails, and promote positive trail interactions among all trail users in the scenic Mancos Valley".
We are very excited to announce that MTG has a membership program! Membership is encouraged for all trail users, locals and visitors, to help support local trails. To learn more and become a member please visit our website. Thank you for supporting your local trails! Along with our individual and family membership, we are have also formalized business sponsorship. Being a business that supports MTG's mission has many benefits and we offer different levels of sponsorship. Find our more on the MTG website.
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