2026 Trail Supporter Tags Now Available

2026 Trail Supporter Tags Now Available

2026 Trail Tags Building and maintaining trails takes labour and materials. 100% of your Trail Tag payment goes to materials, tools, and paying trailbuilders or contractors for the projects volunteers alone can’t do. Every year there are many, many hours of volunteer labour, but funds 

Call for proposals – Engineered Bridge Design

Call for proposals – Engineered Bridge Design

The McIntosh Run Watershed Association is seeking proposals to design an engineered non-motorised recreation bridge (or bridges) crossing the McIntosh Run river at an area known as Neck and Gully. The crossing location is an area where the river flows in two channels (north and 

HRM Draft Regional Plan: Feedback and Long-Term Conservation and Trail Concepts

HRM Draft Regional Plan: Feedback and Long-Term Conservation and Trail Concepts

Halifax’ municipal government is updating it’s Regional Plan, which will shape future growth and development of all HRM including the McIntosh watershed area. This post describes MRWA’s feedback to the HRM Draft Plan. Submit your own feedback by October 27. If you support MRWA’s approach 

2023 Granite Fondo, 3rd annual edition

2023 Granite Fondo, 3rd annual edition

The 3rd annual Granite Fondo is here. Come on out for a day of social mountain bike riding on the singletrack and post ride mingling on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Rain day alternate is Oct 22. NOTE: Rescheduled to Oct 28. All of the 21-22 

Trail news: Boulderama, Gutterball, Orange Jelly extension

Trail news: Boulderama, Gutterball, Orange Jelly extension

The MRWA volunteers and trail builders have been working hard on new trails since October, weather permitting! The new trails are all on the southwest side of the river, in the area between Norawarren and the existing Orange Jelly trail which starts at Sarah Drive.