Forum: Save the Desert

WEMO under the lawsuit ruling the judge has ordered the route inventory re done and scoping has began Here is the schedule , BLM has broken it down to different sections > > Below is the updated list of WEMO public meetings with dates, times > and locations. A news release is expected this week. Attached is a > map of the eight Travel Management Zones that will be discussed at > each...

New Calif law that sounds good but you never know. "Inyo County, using a pilot program, has been granted authority to explore options for developing a greater network of linked Off-Highway Vehicle trails; they will be allowed to designate combined use highways on unincorporated county roads for up to 10 miles, subject to CHP approval. This program will remain in effect until January 1,...

My Yahoo Print A test of science in a sand dune playground The Bakersfield Californian | Saturday, Dec 17 2011 10:30 PM Last Updated Saturday, Dec 17 2011 10:30 PM Californian radio Listen to KERN 1180 AM from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday when Californian staffers discuss this issue and others. You can get your two cents in by calling 842-KERN. Lois Henry hosts every Wednesday....

This is written towards the dirt biker perspective but it's a good read for any and all offroad enthusiasts! It touches on a couple good ideas that I've said for a long time now. In my opinion we need to stop segregating ourselves from each other. The truck and buggy racers have as much to loose in the fight as the Jeep and 4X4 guys, the dirt bikers, the atv people, the snow mobile groups,...

Will be interesting what happens to our OHV program Since Moonbeam chooses her replacement Wayne

Everyone needs to comment on a note in the Lower Sonoran Travel Management Plan (southern Arizona) concerning competitive events and target shooting. The current system allows for applications to be filed and each event approved or denied on an individual basis. The proposed changes will have a moratorium on all competitive events. I have spent literally days reading the alternatives and...

Read the story in the Mercury News: Huge solar power plants are blooming in California's southern deserts

The following article was posted up on the news site: The Patch. Section of Offroad-Damaged Badlands Southwest of Beaumont to be Restored A project is planned for 279 acres north of Gilman Springs Road and west of Jack Rabbit Trail. The area did not burn in the 1,000+ acre Gilman Fire in early August, according to Riverside County park planner Steve Lech. By Guy McCarthy Email...

Why is this sub forum so far down in the forums! It needs to be the first or second! If there is no more desert left then there is no reason for race-dezert! You guys may want to step it up to keep your customer base. Or you could move it down further so no one reads it.

October 13-14, 2011 Commission Meeting (Oceano Dunes SVRA) Notice of Meeting http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/pages/1140/files/Commission-Meeting-Notice-Oct%2013-14_2011.pdf ... 4_2011.pdf Agenda http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/pages/1140/files/Commission-Agenda_10-14-11.pdf ... -14-11.pdf Dune lovers at Oceano Dunes need all the help they can get...TJ

from Assemblymember Jones <Assemblymember.Jones@asm.ca.gov> Hands Off the OHV Trust Funds!! Thank you for taking the time to contact me; it is a privilege to represent you in the 77th Assembly District.

Worth a watch, In my opinion quite a monumental hearing regarding travel management issues and Mis-management http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17378935 Wayne

http://mcclintock.house.gov/2011/01/the-royal-forests.shtml The US Cogressman from Bakersfield deserves our votes and support. Spread this far and wide. Same holds true for our deserts and it's all the same fight!!!!

This is really important, this is only one step in our newest Land Use dilemma in California: The State Waterboard is trying to gain control of all of our Trails and how the Forest Service manages them. On top of the closures we have endured in Travel Management from the USFS and BLM we will now have to contend with Water board Actions on our Trails. This affidavit was used during...

We just got this URL that will link you to the MIC page on all things related to the fight against the youth moto and atv ban. Here you can find videos, news, info, photos, and most importantly how to help. StopTheBanNow.com is easy to remember so post the link wherever you can, any other forums you frequent, make a bumper sticker, hire an airpline to do an air banner flyover of Washington,...

I know this was mentioned in another thread about these companies supporting the land grab initiative, but I figure this is valid to post. Good news about protecting access to your trails and public lands. Last week I was invited to testify before a Congressional House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands in Washington DC. At the conclusion of my testimony I hand delivered a...

Well folks, it's that time again... The BLM has published a Notice of Intent to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and associated Environmental Assessment for the Glade Run Recreation Area located on 21,544 acres in San Juan County, New Mexico. This notice serves as the beginning of the scoping process. The purpose of the scoping process is to determine relevant issues that...

Good resource information on current legislation on Firearm rights, Follow link Recommended per Amy Granat CORVA Land managing director \m/ http://www.crpa.org/_e/page/1524/2010_Legislation_Litigation.htm For all firearm information please look at the California Rifle and Pistol website. There is a wealth of information available. CORVA works with CRPA, so please consider joining...

Feel free to repost this in other threads and web sites. Thanks May 13, 2011 - The Friends of Oceano Dunes have asked that we help spread the word on the proposed plan by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to designate a large portion of the Oceano Dunes SVRA in Pismo Beach, California as critical habitat for the Snow Plover which would eliminate OHV activity and would greatly affect...

From LA TIMES Greenspace "Environmental news from California and beyond" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/judge-rules-against-utahs-fight-to-control-roads-in-national-parks-1.html Last week a federal judge ruled against San Juan County and the state of Utah in their long-running attempt to open an off-road vehicle route in Canyonlands National Park. The route, a stream...

Interesting read, Many friends of mine are gold seekers, Economic parallels due to loss of revenue echo similar to our plight http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/01/fortune-seekers-bemoan-potential-end-dredge-gold-mining-california/ Fortune seekers hoping to strike it rich in California's ongoing gold rush may find their dreams dashed by new environmental rules that state lawmakers say...

Mods.. please consider moving this forum to the top of the Forum Chapter list ahead of all others.. maybe it will motivate myself and others a little more to get involved if we see it every time on top before we go into the other chapters. Thanks!

Is there anything we can do to have this event this year? Is there anyway that others (including myself) can pick up the responsibilities? My husband and I would be more than happy to help however we can. I will have a 2 month baby strapped on but would be there in heartbeat doing whatever I can. I have never put together an event like this but if I am given the contacts and some info I would...

I did a search here and could find nothing on this, so I'll ask. The area south of Slash X cafe, known as sawtooth canyon has reacently gone through a transformation with all the concrete pads and cabanas and gravel roads and fences and signs and, and, and. So, while riding into it today I was stopped by the "camp host" to be told that no ohv"s are allowed in that area at all anymore. In my...

New comment form is you did not get to the meetings, They are due by May 26 http://pfjv.org/New Comment Form.pdf

American Indians have filed a suit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, seeking a temporary restraining order blocking further development of Calico and five other solar projects in Southern California involving almost 24,000 acres of desert. The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in San Diego, is the latest event in the rapidly evolving circumstances surrounding the ...

Hope this is in the right forum. Cool read! This is in Cali but if this sort of effort could spread from coast to coast it would make a hell of a statement for common sense laws. pass the pirate link on to as many off-road clubs/sites/forums as you can! http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=957326 This is a great article from the Plumas County News: Sheriff refuses to...

All I see from this is the speeding up of data collected to shut down more areas. Also the possibility for the enviro freaks to run all over the desert snapping pictures of their fake turtles or a live one they haul around with them. http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/desert-23246-mojave-iphone.html