Opinion, by Kurt Schneider Rogue OHV activist! One of the most common complaints of many OHV enthusiasts, including myself, is that our pro-access organizations don’t really work together to fight for our access. Generally our organizations keep their cards close to their chest when it comes to sharing information and unfortunately they try to tackle [...]
Lakeside, CA (Jan 4, 2012) – An article advocating recreation inclusion in public lands management policy will be published in law book designed for classroom use in U.S. Law schools. The article, written by John Stewart, will appear in the Natural Resources Law 2nd Edition, authored by Jan Laitos, University of Denver Sturm College of Law. [...]
by Amy Granat for OffRoadPress The callous disregard in which extreme environmental organizations hold the economic well-being of the American family has been in evidence of late. The employment situation in our country continues to cause concern and the fear of deep recession grows ever larger. But extreme environmental organizations think nothing of aggressively [...]
By Amy Granat for OffRoadPress. Recently, California Representatives Tom McClintock and Kevin McCarthy voiced concerns to the Forest Service about the need for our National Forests to remain open and accessible by all Americans. Both Representatives have written eloquently about the disturbing trend of the Forest Service to penalize those that enjoy motorized recreation [...]
On October 31, 2011, Jeff Knoll represented ORBA at the North American Motorized Recreation Council (NAMRC) meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. OHV advocate leadership from across the United States and Baja, Mexico attended the daylong roundtable and shared ideas, issues, and potential solutions to the daily attack on OHV users across the country. Sponsored by [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, to discuss the Havasu Travel Management Plan (TMP). The meeting will be held at the Lake Havasu City Parks and Recreation Department Aquatic Center located at 100 Park Avenue, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, from 6 [...]
Who Owns the West Part 2…… By Jeff Knoll for OffRoadPress.com Looking at the figures regarding the amount of property the Federal Government owns in my article “Who Really Owns the West?”( http://offroadpress.com/2011/09/who-actually-owns-the-west/) sparked in interest in what the California Desert looks like regarding motorized access. While I can’t represent all the facts and figures [...]
Ontario, California–September 13th 2011The California Motorized Recreation Council (CMRC) a non-profit association comprised of the leadership of the largest Off Highway Vehicle recreation organizations in California met with members of the 29 Palms Marines base expansion committee to engage in a status update regarding the draft Environmental Impact Study (EIS). The CMRC invited a number of [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wells Field Office is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues for the Spruce Mountain Recreation amendment to the 1985 Wells Resource Management Plan (RMP). The BLM is seeking public input to develop recreation management planning for off-highway vehicle use in this [...]
Off-highway vehicle leadership from the AMA District 36, District 37, American Sand Association, the California Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs, California-Nevada Snowmobile Association, and the Off-Road Business Association met with Aaron Read and Associates this week to discuss continued reallocation of California’s OHMVR trust fund monies in the form of loans and, most recently, rationalization [...]
Contact Secretary Salazar to thank him today! On June 1, the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a memorandum directing the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Robert Abbey to not designate any lands as “Wild Lands.” This memorandum reverses Secretarial Order 3310. The Order, issued December 22, 2010, by Salazar, [...]
Call or write now to request Johnson Valley extension Written by Amy Granat Friday, 20 May 2011 15:11 When preparing the website and public documents for the 29Palms Marine Base proposed expansion, the Marines neglected to give the correct mailing address for public comments on the home page of the website, and it is missing [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District is making the South Steptoe Travel Management Plan Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) available for public review and comment until June 30, 2011. The travel management plan designates routes for recreational use in south Steptoe Valley, south of Ely, in White Pine County, Nev. Road designations range from [...]
Last night we had the pleasure of attending the Johnson Valley/ 29 Palms Marine Base Expansion meeting in 29 Palms. I’ll have to be honest my perception walking into this meeting was completely different than when I walked out of the meeting. First of all I was worried that I was late to the meeting [...]
“That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” As I sat there listening to the famous speech by Abraham Lincoln, staring out the window that was etched with those very words on [...]
In response to perceived changes in the national policy of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a task force of Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) leadership lead by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) headed to Washington DC on March 30th, 2011 to meet with the National Director of the BLM, Bob Abbey. The task force was [...]
29PALMS TRAINING LAND ACQUISITION/AIRSPACE ESTABLISHMENT DRAFT EIS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW: U.S. MARINE CORPS INVITES PUBLIC COMMENTS MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Department of the Navy, on behalf of the Marine Corps, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement [...]
Congressional Hearing to Review CPSIA; Grassroots Advocacy at the 2011 Dealernews International Powersports Dealer Expo IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2011 – Two years of persistent efforts by powersports enthusiasts, dealers and other industry representatives have driven Congress to action. On February 17, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade will hold [...]
4130 Clothing (www.4130clothing.com) and the 4405 “land-use” Team (www.ovrocksports.com) have partnered for the 2011 Griffin King of the Hammers (www.kingofthehammers.com and www.ultra4racing.com). The partnership will focus on getting land-use issues into the eyes of younger OHV users, who normally are not involved with keeping public lands open to the public. According to 4405 team manager [...]
Help Us Stop the Secretary that Would Steal Christmas! Just one day before Christmas Eve 2010, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar announced that he had signed an Order that seeks to embed a Wilderness review in every component of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning, creating a unique status for Wilderness different from other multiple [...]
POCATELLO, ID (December 23)–The BlueRibbon Coalition, a national Off-Highway Vehicle advocacy group, sent a letter to Department of Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Director Robert Abbey expressing the importance of key provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) as it moves forward in the development and implementation of Land [...]
PASADENA, CA (December 14) — The extent to which nonfederal parties can participate in environmental litigation is now under review by an en banc panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals following a case argued on December 13, 2010. The appellants are motorized recreation interests who have been excluded from participation and are [...]
The BlueRibbon Coalition applauded the 41 members of Congress who sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell urging the agency to prioritize and protect robust and diverse access and recreation in the national forests as the Forest Service National Planning Rule is developed. The U.S. Forest Service (FS) is in the process [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tucson Field Office has released the final decision for the Middle Gila Transportation and Travel Management Plan, a plan covering approximately 96,320 acres of public lands near Florence and Superior, Ariz. The purpose of the plan and accompanying Environmental Assessment (EA) is to designate travel routes and identify use [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will amend its Kobuk-Seward Peninsula Resource Management Plan (KSP/RMP) to address recreation decisions and travel management decisions for the Squirrel River Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA). The Squirrel River SRMA consists of 644,000 acres of public lands in northwest Alaska. Key issues included in the plan are recreation, subsistence, [...]
