Summer 2025

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At its Aug 5th meeting  the Board will be considering whether to continue progressing the Wildcat Flow Trail.  If you have not already done so please click on the "Petition" button on the home screen of this web site and sign the petition and get your friends to sign it!  The broader the support we can show for the trail the better the chances the EBRPD will approve it. 

Also, please take a few minutes and write an email to the EBRPD Board before Aug 5th.  To get directions on how to do this click on the "Email Sample" button on the home screen of this web site.

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