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2025 Gold Rush Ride - Come Ride with Us!
We’re thrilled to invite you to join the 29th Annual Colorado Gold Rush Ride, August 10th through 15th—a spectacular week of scenic riding, camaraderie, and support for the Trails Preservation...
A Powerful New Partnership: Colorado 500 Supports Trails Preservation Alliance with 3-Year Fundraising Commitment
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership: the Colorado 500, a legendary off-highway motorcycle ride and long-standing supporter of rural Colorado communities, has selected the Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) as...
Happy Holidays from the TPA
As we celebrate this holiday season, we want to thank you for your incredible support and dedication throughout the year. Together, we’ve made progress in preserving and creating trails, strengthening...
Shoutout for Jerry Abboud: The Father of Colorado's OHV Program
Scott Jones presents Jerry Abboud lifetime achievement award Chapter 9 of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s recent publication At Home in Nature prominently features Jerry Abboud, hailed as the “Father of...
Scott Bright Elected to the Colorado State Senate
Congratulations Scott! The Trails Preservation Alliance is thrilled to announce that our President, Scott Bright, has been elected to the Colorado State Senate! Congratulations, Scott! This is not only a...
New Resource: Interactive Club Map
At the 2024 Partner Club Meeting, there was broad agreement that a map showing the regions each affiliated club manages would be a valuable resource. We’re excited to announce that...
2024 Colorado 600 - Another Successful Event!
The 2024 Colorado 600 Trails Awareness Symposium was a huge success! While the rides are always a highlight, what really makes this event special are the daily discussions where we...
Ned Suesse welcomed back to the TPA Board of Directors
The TPA welcomed the return of Ned Suesse to help lead the organization into the future. Ned first joined the TPA Board of Directors in 2017 and served as President...
2024 Sweepstakes Winners Announced!
Hello Everyone! The 2024 TPA Moto Adventure Sweepstakes has come to an end! From all of us at the TPA – Thank You! We couldn’t do this without your donations,...
Don Riggle Announces Retirement
TPA Friends and Supporters, After 44 plus years of working to save our sport in Colorado, my time has arrived to retire and let others continue the mission. The Trails...
2024 Colorado Gold Rush Raises $6K for the TPA!
A heartfelt thank you from all of us at the Trails Preservation Alliance to Merve Davies and the incredible Gold Rush riders and supporters. For the 28th year, riders gathered...
2024 Gold Rush Ride - 28th Annual!
Sunday August 4th – Saturday August 9th, 2024 COME RIDE WITH US! We want to share a very special event with you in case you’re looking for a fun ride...
The TPA is thrilled with the addition of Rene Waters to the Board of Directors
Rene brings extensive business leadership, having owned and managed companies in trucking, real estate development, construction, and concrete manufacturing, along with serving on community bank and holding company boards. A...
2024 Sweepstakes is on!
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Save the Date: 2024 Colorado 600!
We are excited to announce the upcoming 2024 Colorado 600, a four-day ride and trail awareness symposium through the breathtaking mountains of Southwestern Colorado. This annual event is an excellent...
Advocacy Awareness - Upshift November 2023
Reprinted with permission Upshift Online, Issue 87 by Chad de Alva Advocacy Awareness article Rider: Chad Hixon, photo: Angela Hixon Moab, Utah is a world class riding destination. Each year,...
LOGE Partnership!
LOGE Camps, the new management group for the Wolf Creek LOGE in South Fork, CO, home of many Colorado 600 events, has made the Trails Preservation Alliance one of its 1%...
2023 Colorado 600 Article in Upshift Magazine
Colorado 600 – Trails Awareness Symposium Written and Photos by Chad de Alva Republished with permission from Upshift Online: Issue 86 – October 2023 The story of off-road motorcycle riding...
2023 Colorado 600 was a Huge Success!
The 2023 Colorado 600 Trails Awareness Symposium (our annual fundraising and educational event) was hugely successful! Despite the rainy and cool weather, we got some great rides in, and attendees...
Clive Heller Joins TPA as Newest Board Member
Clive Heller has been unanimously voted in favor of being inducted as a TPA Board Member! Clive has been active in protecting and preserving Motorized Access in Colorado for far...
4th Annual TPA Partner Club Meeting a Success
The 4th Annual TPA Partner Club Meeting was held in early April in Grand Junction, CO. We hosted 22 different organizations with 42 representatives from clubs around Colorado and Utah,...
Scott Bright Named New Board President
We are happy to announce that Scott Bright, who has been a part of the TPA Board of Directors since 2017 has been named Board President! Scott brings years of...
Ned Suesse Steps Down as Board President
Ned Suesse has stepped down to focus on personal business endeavors. Since 2017, Ned has been a part of the TPA Board of Directors and served as President from 2021...
TPA receives donation from the “P.S. I Love You Philanthropic Fund of the Southwest Community Foundation”
In November 2021 the TPA received a very generous donation from the Trustees of the Southwest Community Foundation (an affiliate of the DJCF), and as recommended by the advisors of...
Win This Bike! TPA Announces KTM 500 EXC-F Sweepstakes!
We are excited to announce that the TPA is giving away this Special Edition KTM 500 EXC-F! Enter to win and you will help the Trails Preservation Alliance continue to...
Colorado 600 Article in UPSHIFT Magazine
This article is republished with permission from UPSHIFT Magazine from their October 2021 issue. Words and photos: Chad De Alva Public land is public land. It’s land that should be...
Off-Road Business Magazine - TPA Article - July 2022
Reprinted with permission from Off-Road Business See the full July 2021 Volume 4 Issue 7 here. Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) board members have over 125 years of trail riding experience...
Adventure Rider Article - Access and Advocacy
Reposted with permission from Adventure Rider Magazine – December 2020Ned Suesse is a member of the TPA Board of Directors Access and Advocacy The challenges faced when connecting beautiful places...
Upshift Magazine Article: Strength in Numbers
Republished with permission By Chad de Alva There is no greater tool for trail advocacy than the local motorcycle club and their boots-on-the-ground presence. Yet different clubs enjoy varying...
Article Featuring the TPA in February Off-Road Business Association (ORBA) Magazine
We would like to thank our friends at ORBA (Off-Road Business Association) for this article about the TPA in the February Off-Road Business Magazine as well as Chad de Alva...
Save the Date - 2021 Colorado 600
Photo: Miguel Santana When: September 12th – 17th, 2021 Where: Grand Lodge at Crested Butte, Colorado What: The Colorado 600 is a five-day ride and trail symposium through the Collegiate...
Enter to Win this Bike!
**Sweepstakes ended Apr 8, 2021** Enter to win this special 2020 TPA Edition KTM 690 Enduro R fully outfitted! Enjoy every route from the highway to trail and back. This...
2020 Shady Burro Enduro - Another Burro in the Books!
Back by popular demand the 2020 Shady Burro Enduro in South Fork, CO. was a HUGE success! The 2-day Shady Burro was a SOLD OUT event with Trails Preservation Alliance...
The TPA is excited to introduce Chad Hixon as our new Executive Director!
The Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) Board of Directors is excited and pleased to announce the selection of Chad Hixon to serve as the Executive Director of the TPA. Chad brings...
Another Burro on the Books!
Back by popular demand – the 2020 Shady Burro Enduro in South Fork, CO. was a HUGE success! The 2-day Shady Burro was a SOLD OUT event with Trails Preservation...
Motorcycle Trail Riders Clear Snow and Open Popular Trail
The Monarch Crest Trail is now open a little earlier thanks to Yon Iaccio’s efforts with an organized shovel party. Yon, owner of Tomichi Creek Trading Post and founding member...
The TPA is excited to Introduce our New Legal Team!
The TPA Board of Directors has recently entered into an agreement with the Holsinger Law LLC to begin representing the TPA and provide legal support as needed. Kent Holsinger is...
The Changing Landscape of Local Involvement for Clubs Associated with Motorized Recreation
By Scott Jones Scott is a legal and land-use consultant that supports the TPA, COHVCO and the Colorado Snowmobile Association. Photo: Sean Klinger Our local clubs are the backbone of...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) OHV Grant Program
By Jason Elliott and Scott Bright Jason and Scott work with the TPA and serve on CPW’s State Trails and OHV Subcommittee. Photo: Don Riggle Each and every year, CPW’s...
Central Colorado Mountain Riders (CCMR) - Spring Update
This is a recent email sent out by the Central Colorado Mountain Riders (CCMR) club – their Spring update to their members. CCMR is responsible for the great riding on...
San Rafael Desert (SRD) Travel Management Area (TMA) Comments
Bureau of Land Management 2019 Price Field Office 125 South 600 West Price, Utah 84501 Desert (SRD) Travel Management Area (TMA) Comments Dear BLM Planning Team: Please accept these comments...
How Big is the Outdoor Recreation Economy
Answer: 412 billion of U.S. GDP in 2016 or 2.2% of the economy. Download the PDF Poster by The Bureau of Economic Analysis. The world’s trusted, impartial source of comprehensive...
Summit County Colorado Off-Road Riders - Single-track Trails Video
Summit County Colorado Off-Road Riders (SCORR) released a new video highlighting some terrific single-track in the Summit County/Breckenridge area of Colorado. SCORR is an off-road motorcycle club and advocate in...
Colorado Enacts Liability Immunity Law For Volunteers and Meet Co Partner Scott Jones
Reposted with permission from NOHVCC (National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council) This article is one in a series designed to feature NOHVCC State Partners and some of the successes they highlighted...
Start or Join an OHV Club!
from NOHVCC (National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council) Reposted with permission from KLIM The best way to preserve and enhance your riding area is to get involved. Check out this how-to...
2019 Colorado Trails Awareness Symposium / Colorado 600 is open for registration!
Registration for the 2019 Colorado Trails Awareness Symposium / Colorado 600 is officially open! When: Sunday, September 8th – Friday, September 13th Where: Monarch Mountain Lodge, Monarch Pass, Colorado. What...
New Colorado 600 Video!
Watch the new Rocky Mountain ATV MC video about the Colorado 600! From Rocky Mountain ATV MC: The Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting...
UPSHIFT Magazine Article - October 2018 - Colorado 600
WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY: CHAD DE ALVA spread from UPSHIFT magazine, photo: Chad De Alva If the word symposium makes this whole thing sound unappealing – don’t let it. Even if...
OHV Grant Writing Assistance
The Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) has staff with substantial experience with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Division’s (CPW) Trails Program. This statewide program within CPW provides grants for trail-related projects...
CCMR Monarch Crest Signage Project
Email from Chad Hixon centralcoloradomountainriders@gmail.com Hello CCMR! We are very pleased to announce that the first in a series of signs to be installed on multi use trails throughout the...
Navigating the Forest Service “Predecisional” Review Process
By Paul Turcke Lead Counsel Sharetrails.Org/BRC We’re working on some important projects, during which several participants have remarked at the “strange” or “convoluted” US Forest Service administrative process. It might...
NOHVCC Newsletter: Interior Secretary Reaffirms Commitment to Recreation!
Published with permission from the NOHVCC Newsletter http://www.nohvcc.org Please see the below press release from the Office of the Secretary of The Interior announcing Secretary Zinke’s efforts to prioritize recreation...
TPA leads Breakout Session at Upcoming Partners in the Outdoors Conference
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is once again hosting the Partners in the Outdoors Conference in Breckenridge 9-11 May, 2018 at the Beaver Run Resort (http://cpw.state.co.us/partners2018). The Partners in the Outdoors...
TPA elects new Board of Directors
Marking ten years of hard work and success in protecting multiple-use access to trails in the Rocky Mountain Region, the Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) has elected a new board of...
Guidelines for Working with Land Managers - Power Tools
Guidelines for Working with Land Managers – Power Tools The Trails Preservation Alliance, using materials and references from the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC) and the Blue Ribbon Coalition...
Press Release: Outdoor Recreational Spending Dominated by Motorized Usage
Outdoor Recreational Spending Dominated by Motorized Usage – Conclusions of Dept. of Commerce Research Contact: Scott Jones, Esq. Telephone: 518-281-5810 Email: Scott.jones46@yahoo.com Website www.cohvco.org & www.coloradotpa.org Department of Commerce research...
Thank you Shady Burro!
The Colorado Trails Preservation would like to thank Shady Burro Enduro for the five thousand dollar donation!
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Recreational Trail Users of All Types Enjoy the Monarch Crest Trail Together
This is the Monarch Crest Trail, probably one of the most scenic and used trails in Colorado, by all trail user groups. You see all of types of recreational trail...
San Juan Trail Riders ‐ Member ALERT!
From: The SJTR Board of Directors The Rico/West Dolores issue has spiked again, with the November 14, 2017 release of two Draft Records of Decision. We make this announcement to...