The New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable trail access for mountain bicyclists, and to maintaining the trails on which mountain bikers ride. NEMBA supports the conservation of open spaces and is committed to educating mountain bicyclists to ride sensitively and responsibly in order to protect the natural environment and the experience of other trail users. The Central Connecticut Chapter serves the north central and south central regions of Connecticut.

This is our third year of The Great Give: your generous contributions in 2016 allowed us to underwrite a trail school in Oxford which not only resulted in the construction of a mile and a half of new trail in the town's Rockhouse Hill Sanctuary - and a cooperative relationship with Oxford High School's Youth Conservation Corps - but established a local trail crew on-line this season to tackle projects in the Quillinan Reservior Block of the Naugatuck State Forest in Seymour/Ansonia, the "Trolley Property" in Woodbury, Waldo State Park in Southbury, and, of course, expanding Rockhouse in Oxford to a system of up to twelve miles of beautiful singletrack.

Last year, we joined with the Town of Madison to support Rockland Preserve, and especially construction of Rockland Bike Park, which continues this season.

Please GIVE generously this year, as all gifts benefit our Trail Care Fund, letting us continue those good works in places like Rockland and Rockhouse, Quillinan, Waldo and Woodbury, and at other places in our chapter territory like Branford Supply Ponds, West Rock, Case Mountain and River Highlands. By bringing good people into the woods to Save the Trails, we enable good people to come and Ride (& walk & run & hike & ...) the Trails... for the health of not only the trails (and our woodlands) but themselves.

Thank you in advance for your generous contribution.