September 24, 2004 – A new round of $500 IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation
Grants have been awarded to six IMBA mountain bike clubs to promote
environmental education and inspire conservation in the mountain biking
community.

Forty grants totaling $20,000 have been distributed since the IMBA/CLIF
Bar Trail Preservation Grants program was established in 2001.

The 2004 second round winners are:

– Central Idaho Mountain Bike Association, McCall, Idaho The club will use
grant monies to build bridges over wetlands and reroute eroded sections of
the popular 20 Mile Trail in the Payette National Forest.

– Big South Fork Club, Oneida, Tennessee – The grant will help create a
kiosk to educate trail users about mountain bike opportunities on the
Grand Gap

– Loop in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The
National Park Service has allowed mountain biking on this loop to test the
possibility of opening more National Park trails to cycling.

– Southern Virginia Mountain Bike Association, Danville, Virginia – Funds
will help form a Bike Patrol, create new trail signs, promote a youth
mountain bike race and build a tool storage shed.

– Sonoma County Trails Council, Santa Rosa, California – The group will
install signs on 20 miles of trail near Lake Sonoma in partnership with
the Army Corp of Engineers.

– Hoosier Mountain Bike Association, Indianapolis, Indiana – The HMBA will
create an educational kiosk at Brown County State Park – the first Indiana
State Park opened to mountain biking.

– Waterloo Cycling Club, Fergus, Ontario – Grant money will be used for
tools to support volunteer trailwork in several Ontario parks.

A leading maker of all-natural energy and nutrition foods, Clif Bar Inc.
has been an Above-and-Beyond IMBA corporate member since 1995 and has
donated nearly 100,000 CLIF BARS to fuel IMBA-affiliated trailbuilding and
maintenance projects.

May 20, 2004 – Six IMBA mountain bike clubs will score cash awards to kick-start local trail projects thanks to the 2004 IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation Grants. The $500 grants are focused on projects that promote environmental education and inspire conservation in the mountain biking community.

Forty grants totaling $20,000 have been distributed since the IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation Grants program was established in 2001.

The 2004 first-round winners are:

Guelph Off-Road Bicycling Association, Ontario, Canada
– The club will use grant monies to design and construct a wetland bridge in the Guelph Lake Conservation Area located about one hour west of Toronto.

Michigan Mountain Bike Association, Holly/Flint Chapter, Holly, Michigan
– The grant will be used to help restore trails and construct sustainable water crossings in Seven Lakes State Park.

CoMotion, High Point, North Carolina
– Funds will help pay for an educational kiosk in Rich Park near Mocksville, North Carolina. The club will also build a small bridge to improve access for a local elementary school.

Mountain Trails Foundation, Park City, Utah
– The 10-year-old trails group will use grant funds to improve signs on the Park City Town Loop.

Iowa Coalition of Off Road Riders (ICORR), Iowa City, Iowa
– ICORR will use the funds to re-route an eroded section of the popular Cannon’s Run trail at Sugar Bottom Recreation Area in North Liberty, Iowa.

Redding Mountain Biking Club, Redding, California
– Volunteers will install signs on the newly restored Mule Mountain Pass trail to encourage responsible riding.

IMBA affiliated clubs are invited to apply for the second round of 2004 IMBA/CLIF Bar Trail Preservation grants. Proposals are due by September 1.

For more information visit:
http://www.imba.com/resources/grants/clifbar_grants.html

A leading maker of all-natural energy and nutrition foods, Clif Bar Inc. has been an Above-and-Beyond IMBA corporate member since 1995 and has donated more than 60,000 CLIF BARS to fuel IMBA-affiliated trailbuilding and maintenance projects.