On Thursday, the Austin City Council will consider the Boardwalk Trail Conceptual Plan as item #10 on their agenda. At 9:30 am, we will participate with the Trail Foundation, BikeTexas and other supporters in a press conference in front of City Hall. Please come out and support the trail by attending and then registering your support on the kiosks in …
Future Walnut Creek Trail Update
The future Walnut Creek Trail will ultimately be a 16-mile, 12 foot wide concrete trail from Balcones District Park in NW Austin to Govalle Park in East Austin. Â This runs through and connects to trails in Walnut Creek Metro Park, but doesn’t replace any of those mountain biking trails. Based on a presentation by Parks and Recreation Project Staff on …
ClifBar Greenotes Barton Creek Cleanup & Concert – Nov 1
Our thanks to ClifBar and REI along with Keep Austin Beautiful for helping us host the ClifBar Greenotes Barton Creek Greenbelt clean-up. Â 95 volunteers turned out to the Zilker Park Polo Fields Picnic Area to sign-in, grab trash bags and then clean-up portions of the Barton Creek greenbelt from a number of trailheads including Zilker, Spyglass, Loop 360, and Twin …
Lots of Ways to Volunteer in the next few weeks…
We have quite a few volunteer events coming in the next 30 days and we definitely need volunteers and especially, volunteer leaders for our big events on Nov 1 at Barton Creek Greenbelt and Nov 8 at Country Club Creek Trail @ Guerrero-Colorado River Park. Details and Sign-ups are on our volunteer page. Oct 18: 9 am to noon – …
Hard Working Volunteers: Palm and Mayfield
Today we kicked off the fall volunteer workday season (ok, it certainly doesn’t feel like Fall out there right now) with a small volunteer workday at Palm Park to begin the process of spreading another 10 truckloads of soil (recycled from the Republic Square Park berms, I might add) and then the 8 truckloads of mulch. Â We’re restoring an area …
Kayaking on the Colorado
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Day 4: Red Bud Shoreline Project
Things are really moving along with native rocks now wedged into both sides of the steps where it ties into the bank. I got there too late to meet up with E-Corps, but they’ll be back Monday (they take Fridays off in the summer) with another two days worth of work to complete. In the meantime, check out a few …
Day 3: Red Bud Shoreline Project
Just back from another trip to Red Bud, and apart from my camera’s drained batteries, Things are looking really good. All of the steps are in place, e-corps is now working on fitting rocks into the sides of the steps to lock everything in securely and then will be working on filling the area behind the steps with rock, gravel …
Great Information on Town Lake Birds
At the mouth of Shoal Creek and Lady Bird Lake, also known as Shoal beach, there’s a great kiosk with some good information on native birds who populate the area. This was an eagle scout project done in collaboration with the Town Lake Trail Foundation and the City’s Parks and Recreation Dept.
Austin’s Trail Network Needs Your Vision
For the past twelve years there’s been a small but growing effort to increase the number and variety of hike and bike trails in Austin. While Town Lake Trail is the most famous, Barton Creek Greenbelt the most ridden and floated, and Shoal Creek the oldest, there is a growing movement to link these and other portions of our community …
