Berks Nature and You!

Kim Murphy, President of Berks Nature talks with Fred Moreadith, President of BAMBA, (Berks Area Mountain Biking Assoc), about their efforts to maintain biking trails on Neversink Mountain and Mt. Penn. Berks County has 125 miles of single track bike trails and Berks Nature manages 27 miles of those trails. Neversink Mountain Preserve is part of Berks Nature and the collaborative efforts between Berks Nature and the trail maintenance volunteers from BAMBA helped BAMBA attain bronze status and earned Berks County the designation of Ride Center. Berks County is one of only 37 ride centers in the world and the only one in the North East corridor of the United States BAMBA has been an IMBA (International Mountain Biking Assoc) chapter since Dec of 2012 and was able to earn this Ride center status in just 3 short years. They work diligently on trial advocacy, establishing relationships with land managers and raising awareness across the country about Berks bike trails. As a result of this collaboration Berks