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Friday, August 28th Glenwood Canyon Brewpub, 402 7th Street, Glenwood Springs, CO 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Check-in and Happy Hour Networking Evening check-in and an opportunity to meet other attendees in an informal social setting and the Glenwood Canyon Brewpub. A drink and light appetizers will be provided. Dinner is available to order from the Brewpub kitchen. 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome to the 2015 IMBA Colorado and Wyoming Region Summit Kevin Adams – Vice President Chapter and Member Services, IMBA Kevin Adams commences the 2015 IMBA Colorado and Wyoming Region Summit with a warm welcome to Glenwood Springs and sincere thank you to our partners and attendees. Saturday, August 29th Community Room, Glenwood Springs Branch of Garfield County Libraries, 815 Cooper Ave., Glenwood Springs, CO 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Check-in Coffee and pasteries will be available at morning check-in for attendees. 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Overview and Opening Remarks Jason Bertolacci – Colorado & Wyoming Region Director, IMBA Let's unpave the way forward and plan for the next decade of trails. Jason Bertolacci will set the stage for the weekend's events and activities. 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Recreation's Rise: The Office of Outdoor Recreation Luis Benitez – Secretary of Colorado Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry Recreation plays an increasingly important economic and social role in the West. States, including Colorado, have begun to demonstrate their serious commitment to meeting the opportunites and challenges of recreation by instituting Outdoor Recreation Offices within State Governors' administrations. Luis Benitez will speak about the importance of recreation to the State and the importance of the Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry to IMBA, our chapters and our agency, nonprofit and industry partners. 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Working Together: User Group Cooperation Dave Wiens – Executive Director, Gunnison Trails, Inc.

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Now more than ever it is important for all users of our public lands–mountain bikers, hikers, anglers, hunters, equestrians and all others–to come together to help support and protect our shared public lands. Drawing on his work and experience in the Gunnision Valley, Dave Wiens makes the case that users, whether they be bikers or hunters, aren't all that different and that, as passionate users of public lands, we should all work together. Break The Importance of Stewardship Dean Winstanley – Director of Programs, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Dean Winstanley will discuss the importance of giving back to our public lands through stewardship. There is increased attention being paid to the importance of volunteer stewardship at high levels of government and in the philanthropic world. VOC, in partnership with recreation based organizations including mountain biking clubs, is a helping to lead this charge. Get more acquainted with VOC and ways that nonprofits and land managers may partner with VOC trainings and programs. Case Studies of Success in Wyoming Bruce Burrows – Founding Board Member, Wyoming Pathways There is a rising tide of mountain biking and destination biking tourism in Wyoming. Burce Burrows will take us on a tour of success stories of destination trail systems, active healthy communities and recreational economic development in Wyoming. Lunch Lunch will be provided in the Community Room for attendees. Planning for the Next Decade of Recreation and Trails Scott Haas – Regional Trails & Recreation Program Manager, USFS Rocky Mountain Office Tom Morrissey – State Trails Program Manager, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Jach Placchi – Travel Management and Trails Coordinator, BLM Colorado State Office The popularity, sophistication and diversification of modern recreation creates challenging landscape for land managers. Jack Placchi, Tom Morrissey and Scott Haas join us for a round-robin disucssion about balancing growing populations and landscape carrying capacity, fostering the political will required to protect public lands and agency funding, and recreation's place in the framework of a “land of many uses”. Break Strength in Numbers: IMBA Chapters Sallie Hoefer – Chapter Program Manager, IMBA Kevin Adams – Vice President Chapter and Member Services, IMBA Sallie Hoefer, IMBA Chapter Program Manager, and Kevin Adams, IMBA Vice-President, will give an insight into the future of IMBA's chapter program. Included in the presentation will be resources IMBA offers to its chapters, in order to cultivate them into highly effective organizations. Topics including IMBA business services, chapter training programs, and field support will all be covered. Inspire – Moving the needle on youth connections to the outdoors Jackie Miller – Program Director, GOCO A growing body of research that says the outdoors benefit a child physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively. Unfortunately American kids today spend an average of four to seven minutes a day outside in unstructured play. While Colorado may boast the nation’s healthiest adult population, our youth obesity rate is rising rapidly. Moreover, if our children don’t experience nature, they won’t value it. Barriers like time, transportation, money, access, and lack of interest and understanding keep kids from getting outside and developing the lifelong passion for the great outdoors. Igniting this passion in our youth is vital for the well being of Colorado citizens, our wildlife and our way of life. Jackie Miller will discuss how we can join Great Outdoors Colorado to make this happen. Next Generation Trails Jesse Livingston – Trail Solutions, IMBA Founded in 1988, IMBA has developed expertise in sustainable natural surface trail design and trail system planning and managment. Former Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew and current IMBA Trail Solutions expert Jesse Livingston will present on the newest techniques to culminate out of 27 years of IMBA expereince.

Glenwood Springs Community Center Parking Lot, 100 Wulfsohn Rd, Glenwood Springs, CO 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Happy Hour Networking

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An outdoors evening gathering to celebrate our partners and Summit attendees sponsored by Lagunitas Brewery. Lagunitas beer and other refreshements will be provided. Group Rides Group ride options will be available starting from and returning to Glenwood Springs Community Center Parking Lot and happy hour event. Options include the Wulfsohn Park and Red Mountain/Jeanne Golay Trails. Guides and Honey Stinger energy products will be provided. For ride details please visit: • http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7003384/wulfsohn-figure-8-loop • http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/5465582/red-mountain-jeanne-golay-trail

Sunday, August 30th Buffalo Valley Restaurant Parking Lot, 3637 CO-82, Glenwood Springs, CO 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM Option 1: Group Ride – Forest Hollow & Scout Trail A four-star ride on MTBProject.com, Forest Hollow and Scout Loop is 19.4 miles with 2,455 of climb and descent. For those looking to cut out 5 miles and 1,800' of climbing, a shuttle van will depart at 10:30AM. Riders riding the full loop will depart at 10:00AM. Both shuttle and loop riders will depart from the closed Buffalo Valley Restaurant parking lot which is accessible by bike from Downtown Glenwood Springs via the Rio Grande Trail. Guides and Honey Stinger energy products will be provided. For ride details please visit: • http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/1461705/forest-hollow-and-boy-scout-loop Glenwood Springs Community Center Parking Lot, 100 Wulfsohn Rd, Glenwood Springs, CO 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Option 2: Advanced Trail Building School – Next Generation Trails Field Session Jesse Livingston – Trail Solutions, IMBA Take the "Next Generation Trails" presentation into the field and put advanced trail building techniques into action on Wulfsohn Mountain Park trails. This sold-out session is limited to attendees who pre-registered for the Advanced Trail Building School option.