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  1. From District 37AMA Dualsport Forum........... http://www.district37ama.org/forums/...isplay.php?f=5 DESERT RIPARIAN AREAS POLICY OHMVR Commission Because desert riparian areas are very important for wildlife, water quality, and non-motorized recreation, and California has already lost over 90% of our desert riparian areas, Desert riparian lands should be conserved and restored, and protected in their natural state. ORV recreation should not be expanded, encouraged, or maintained in fragile desert riparian landscapes. It is the policy of the Commission that absent extraordinary and demonstrable need, it will not to fund or support any grants or cooperative agreements which will directly or indirectly encourage, increase, or maintain off-road vehicle use in or through the bed, bank, or channel of any existing desert riparian botanical area. The Commission shall maintain a list of priority Desert Riparian lands and shall evaluate the list at least every five years to maintain the integrity of these protected areas. The Division shall not solicit or approve any grant or cooperative agreement which will develop or reestablish OHV use in a desert riparian area unless exempted from this policy by noticed vote of the Commission. ---------------------------------------------------------- This should be worthwhile to Attend !! TAXPAYERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS: Join Senator Bill Morrow & His Special Guests at SENATOR MORROW’S TOWN HALL MEETING 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., February 23, 2006 @ San Marcos Community Center Directions below on “Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Government” ·Find out about proposed legislation dealing with this issue. ·Bring your ideas on how to stop wasteful government spending. Town Hall Speakers Senator Bill Morrow ·One of the Legislature’s leading opponents of poor spending priorities and inefficient government programs. ·For 14 years has honored his original pledge (when first elected to the Legislature) never to vote for new taxes. ·Consistently supports legislation to limit government and lower taxes. “100% rating” from California Taxpayers Association. ·Current author of a proposed constitutional amendment entitled, “The Taxpayers Bill of Rights,” which would place a spending cap on California state government. ·Longtime member of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC), primary fiscal watchdog on waste, fraud and abuse in government. ·Eight years as a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps. Served as Chief Trial Counsel and Prosecutor at CampPendleton, prosecuting crime, waste and corruption in the federal Defense establishment. Ted Costa CEO and Board Member, People’s Advocate, Inc. ·One of California’s leading tax fighters and spending watchdogs for nearly two decades. ·Chief executive officer of People’s Advocate, one of the nation’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public regarding issues of taxation, government spending, financing, and local, state and national government structures and is one of America's largest grassroots voices for individual Liberty and Government by The People. ·Began with “People's Advocate” in 1982, serving as chief assistant to Paul Gann – co-author of Proposition 13 (California’s landmark property tax reform initiative) – until Mr. Gann's death in 1989. Elaine M. Howle CaliforniaState Auditor ·Independent, nonpartisan monitor/investigator of inefficiency and fiscal accountability in California state government ·Heads the California Bureau of State Audits. ·Administers the California Whistleblower Protection Act, which provides a Tip Hotline for reporting waste and abuse in state government. ·Works closely with the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. ·Read the State Auditor’s “Summary of Recommendations for Legislative Consideration,” released January 2006. NOTE: At Senator Morrow’s request as a member of JLAC, the Bureau of State Audits recently audited the State Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Division for mismanagement and misspending of OHV funds for unrelated OHV programs and goals. This will be one of several issues discussed at the Town Hall. WHEN:Thursday, February 23, 2006 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. WHERE:San MarcosCommunity Center 3 Civic Center Drive San Marcos, CA92069 DIRECTIONS:Take Highway 78 to San Marcos Blvd. Go east on W. San Marcos Blvd (turns into E. San Marcos Blvd.) Turn right onto Civic Center Drive to the Community Center. For further information call Senator Morrow’s District Office: 760.434.7930 Trudy K. Thomas District Representative Senator Bill Morrow - 38th District 2755 Jefferson Street, Suite 101 Carlsbad, CA92008 760.434.7930 FAX: 760.434.8223 Trudy.Thomas@sen.ca.gov www.sen.ca.gov/morrow
  2. February 7th - Plenty of notice....c'mon people, this is about riding areas in your backyard.......please try to attend this meeting !! SDORC meeting We have a special guest speaker for your listening pleasure: Tina Terrell, Forest Supervisor for the Cleveland National Forest–home of Corral Canyon and Wildomar OHV areas. SDORC Meeting Info
  3. Another example of the continuing fight.....HELP SUPPORT CORVA !! CORVA Suit Filed Against State Parks Over Closure of Coyote Canyon Road. On Wednesday, November 16, 2005, EcoLogic Partners, Inc., a non-profit corporation that involves itself in controversial land use matters in the western United States, filed suit in San Diego County Superior Court against the California Department of Parks and Recreation (“State Parks”), alleging that State Parks illegally closed a 3.1-mile segment of Coyote Canyon to motorized vehicles, and that the closure constitutes a continuing public nuisance that must be abated. The complaint, which also lists two individuals, Jim Arbogast and Wayne Todd, as plaintiffs, indicates that Coyote Canyon was first used as a road in 1775, when Captain Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition through the canyon on his way from Sonora, Mexico to San Francisco, California (Norte Mexico). In fact, Coyote Canyon is part of the federally-designated Juan Bautista de Anza historic trail. It also happens to lie within the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Public use of Coyote Canyon Road has been near-constant since de Anza’s original journey. During the 19th and 20th centuries the road was used by pioneers and homesteaders, miners, farmers, ranchers, tourists, and desert residents traveling between Borrego Springs in the south to towns such as Anza in the north. The road was also popular with 4-Wheel drive vehicle enthusiasts. According to the complaint, such public use was sufficient to establish Coyote Canyon as a public road. Vehicle use of the road, however, came to a halt in 1995, when State Parks adopted a new Public Use Plan for Coyote Canyon which called for the closure of the 3.1-mile middle section to protect natural resources. Since that time, both the north and south entrances to the middle section have been gated and fenced. According to the complaint, however, these obstructions violate California Civil Code section 3479, which forbids anyone from blocking a public road. The complaint acknowledges that some public agencies – namely Caltrans, counties, and cities – have the authority to close public roads, but that State Parks is not among them. Moreover, even those agencies that hold the power to close roads may do so only in limited circumstances, such as when the road must be repaired or no longer serves the public. No agency has the right to close a public road for purposes of natural resource protection, as State Parks did in 1995 when it fenced in Coyote Canyon. The complaint does not seek monetary damages, but instead asks that the Court direct State Parks to abate the public nuisance by removing the gates, fencing, and other obstructions and thereby reopening the road. Although the road is located entirely within the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the underlying jurisdiction over the road rests with the County of Riverside and the County of San Diego. For this reason, both counties have been named as Real Parties in Interest in the litigation. The case has been assigned to Judge Jacqueline M. Stern, North County Division of the San Diego County Superior Court. For additional information regarding the lawsuit, please contact David P. Hubbard, counsel for EcoLogic Partners, Inc., Jim Arbogast and Wayne Todd. His telephone number is (760) 432-9917 and his email address is dph@ecobalance.biz.
  4. My write-up of the 8th Annual USA - LER is finished.........Adventure ride in Nevada. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115403
  5. AMA Action E-List Subscriber Update Dear California Action E-List Subscriber: Did you know your state legislature is back in session and considering legislation that may be of interest to you? Visit the StateWatch section of AMA Direct Link to see what’s going on in your state. We encourage you to review each Action Alert and Information Bulletin posted for your state. You might also consider reviewing the bills we are tracking on your behalf. You can make your voice heard by using the AMA Rapid Response Center to send an electronic message or generate a hardcopy letter to an elected official. It’s easy – just click on any “Take Action” button to get started. We’ll use your Action E-List subscription to keep you posted on the most important motorcycling issues in your state legislature. Thanks for being a subscriber!
  6. I seriously doubt I will be the only one to read your reply. I have seen that most dualsporters share this philosophy of being responsible, while still having a great time riding !!Let's get some input from all of you out there reading this !!
  7. Since we're on this issue, I'll add this.....We hand this out with the rollcharts for every dualsport ride. PLEASE KEEP INFORMED OF ISSUES AFFECTING OUR SPORT & REMEMBER TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND RIDING AREAS OPEN !! Important Links to Websites (Please Keep for Future Reference) *AMA - American Motorcyclist Association *ARRA - Americans for Responsible Recreational Access *BRC - Blue Ribbon Coalition *CLORV - California League of Off-Road Voters *CORVA - California Off Road Vehicle Association *Tread Lightly *SDORC - San Diego Off-Road Coalition SAN DIEGO ADVENTURE RIDERS supports the “TREAD LIGHTLY” philosophy of Responsible Recreation. We must be STEWARDS of the land we ride on and STEWARDS of the Dualsport Image !! Discover the rewards of responsible recreation · Trail riding provides the opportunity to get away from it all and builds family traditions. * Remember-if you abuse it, you’ll probably lose it !! Careless operation of your motorcycle can cause damage and may result in closing of areas to trail riding enthusiasts. * Respect the environment and other trail users. By using common sense and common courtesy, what is available today will be here to enjoy tomorrow. Responsible Trail Riding Travel & recreate with minimum impact. Respect the environment and the rights of others. Allow for future use of the outdoors, by leaving it better than you found it. Negotiating terrain · On slick trails, moderate the throttle and use the clutch to gain maximum traction with minimum tailspin. · On switchbacks, avoid roosting around the apex of the turn when climbing or brake –sliding while heading down which gouges the trail. · When negotiating ruts, stay loose over the bike to allow for sudden direction changes. · Ride loose rocks with your rear end slightly off the seat, looking ahead, easy on the throttle and in one-higher gear than you would normally use. · Cross streams slowly, at a 90-degree angle to the stream. Walking may be preferable as stream bottoms are often slippery. Rules and common courtesy · Be considerate of others on the road or trail. · Ride only where permitted. · Leave gates as you find them. · Yield the right of way to those passing or traveling uphill. · Keep the noise and dust down. Others will appreciate it. · Pack out what you pack in. Educate yourself, plan and prepare before you go · Obtain a map of the area you wish to explore and determine which areas are open for use. · Contact the land manager for area restrictions and if crossing private property, be sure to ask permission from the landowners. · Check the weather forecast. · Prepare for the unexpected by packing a small pack full of emergency items, spare tubes and TOOLS. Safety on the road or trail · Wear a helmet, eye protection and other safety gear. · Buddy up with two or three riders as riding solo can leave you vulnerable if you have an accident or breakdown. Trail riding and the environment · Stay on designated roads and trails or other areas open for use. · Avoid “spooking” livestock you encounter. · Cross streams at fording points only. · Remember, designated wilderness areas are reserved for the most primitive outdoor adventure. Minimum impact camping · Select lightweight equipment, possibly in earth-tone colors that will blend with the surroundings. · Use existing campsites whenever possible. · Avoid building fires. The Tread Lightly! Guide to Responsible Trail Riding contains more detailed and informative information when riding into the great outdoors.
  8. Goodbye Preservation, Hello RecreationBy Hal Rothman, 1-15-06In the American West the age of preservation has ended and that of recreation has begun.Preservation is predicated on what is now a more than century-old, class-based value system. It began as conservation in the age of Theodore Roosevelt, when it was easy to separate sacred space and that fouled by humans, and even easier for those who fouled that space to accept the distinction and throw their energy into preserving places that were beautiful and remote. No wonder conservation and preservation were watchwords of the American elite for the first half of the 20th century and beyond.These values turned into environmentalism, a heady set of ideas during the 1960s and 1970s, when Americans embraced a vision of the world that was frankly complacent and just a little bit flushed with its own affluence. Environmentalism placed an incredibly high premium on the idea of wilderness, tacitly implying that prosperity had created a world in which all who deserved affluence had attained it. At the end of the American industrial economy, this premise led to great pressure to add existing wilderness.These principles have now grown stale and even archaic. Environmentalism is a set of values, not the Ten Commandments. As a value system, it has to compete for adherents.In the 1960s and 1970s, its version of authenticity held center stage.Of late, it hasn't.It's not that young people today don't understand what these values are; they do. What they don't understand is why these values are better than what they think is important. Today's young people have a different idea of what is authentic. They are post-literate, twelve-images-per-second beings. The IMAX in high definition gives a better view than anything they can do themselves. And they don't have to get cold or wet. From the point of view of an awful lot of young people today, why not? Why endure when technology can provide a visually better experience without the discomfort?This is a profound and remarkable change that substantially alters the physical and psychic landscape of the American West. It means, among other things, that recreationalists, motorized and otherwise, have won. Wilderness is dead; not as reserved land, but as a movement or a viable political strategy. It's constituency is aging and it is losing political support to recreation by leaps and bounds. As a result of political change, wilderness advocates can no longer get a hearing; twenty years ago, they simply swaggered to the table, pulled out maps and the rulebook they'd written, and achieved results. Now they are supplicants, coming hat-in-hand, pleading their case, and threatening legal action. As annoying as federal agencies may find lawsuits, they're evidence of a loss of political power and support. In the 1980s, public outcry overturned Secretary of the Interior James Watt's administrative reforms of policy; Watt himself was ousted. Today, advocates resort to threats and the figurative bomb blast of a lawsuit. What is this, Guatemala? In the U. S., throwing bombs, real or otherwise, reveals a lack of power.Recreationalists have become the new conservationists, and with that comes a great deal more responsibility than the recreational community has ever before assumed. Having easily juxtapositioned themselves as victims of the excesses of wilderness advocates, recreationalists of all kinds must now assume the onus of power.This is especially true for motorized recreation, the fastest-growing dimension of the outdoor world. Recreationalists prize scenery, beauty, and the challenge of the outdoors; they just tend to do so more and more with technology. In this they are no different than the rest of us. We all use technology, cell phones, iPods, and everything else, to make our lives easier and more pleasurable. Since Gore-Tex, recreationalists have done the same thing. The capability of technology has grown immensely, effectively allowing the 47-year-old me to do things now that I could not do on my own in my 20s.So now, the shift begins. As all forms of technology allow people deeper and deeper into the backcountry and as wilderness advocacy goes by the wayside in a postindustrial society, recreationalists will have to police themselves. Instead of trying to push the frontiers of what they can do and how they can do it, in their own self-interest, they will have to find ways to put boundaries around the resources they treasure, so those resources will be preserved for their future use.It is a paradoxical situation: the outsiders have become kings and queens of the castle. It is a whole lot easier to sit outside the tent and throw firecrackers inside; it is much, much harder to sit inside the tent and govern not only your enemies, but your close friends as well.No longer do recreationalists grapple with opponents about which lands they can use. The entire recreational community must now develop an ethic of sustainability that will assure that the sports recreationalists choose continue for generations. Leadership that provides stewardship of the resources it uses and consumes and develops a political position that wisely manages power from the inside rather than sits outside carping is essential. Recreation now faces an internal struggle among its many constituencies to define its values, the do's and don'ts of a new land ethic.It is a sea change in the American West, a reorganization of how we as a culture have approached the outdoors for the better part of four decades. It requires that those of us who love the American West find new ways to communicate with one another to preserve as much of it as we can, for use as well as for its own sake.Hal K. Rothman is Professor and Barrick Distinguished Scholar at the Department of History at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Considered the one of the nation's leading expert on tourism, travel, and post-industrial economies, he is the award-winning author of countless books, including the widely acclaimed Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century (2002), Devil's Bargains: Tourism in the Twentieth Century American Wets, (1998 ), Saving the Planet: The American Response to the Environment in the Twentieth Century (2000), which received the 1999 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Contemporary Nonfiction, and many others.
  9. Americans for Respnsible Recreational Access.....informative http://www.arra-access.com/arra/Washington...anuary2006.html
  10. FROM THE UTMA (Utah Trail Machine Association) Website.......... From Brian Hawthorne Dear Friends, Is it time for another rant from Brian? The answer is yes, and you'd better hang on to your keyboards 'cause Hawthorne is riled up!!! Get this: I get an email yesterday from a "OHV enthusiast" that said: "I am a long time dirt bike rider and I also do quite a bit of Jeeping. I have heard of your outfit many times in motorcycle magazines and such. I am not the sort of person to get active in these things, but having been all but shut out of the California deserts, and worrying about it in Colorado, I now live in..." and he goes on to describe his concern over a lawsuit that might close his favorite road and wants me to help. I responded politely, and I offered to help the best I could. But on the inside.... I was seething!!!! What I wanted to say, [but didn't] was something like; "Okay, Mr. "OHV enthusiast", you heard about our group, didn't join, don't want to get involved, did nothing while millions of acres were being closed, didn't ever log on our website or respond to an action alert, but as soon as some anti-access jerk closes YOUR favorite road that you thought was safe, you expect us to fly in with lawyers and money and save the day, is that right?" Allow me to ask for your indulgence for a minute... DO THIS: Put yourself in my chair. Ok, sitting down? Good. Now, your job is to fight huge anti-access organizations who are noted for their cooperation and coordination. These groups share a well funded and coordinated legal team and if they don't get their way in Congress, they appeal to the courts. Their members are active and are passionate about their issues. Their members engage federal land managers in just about every planning project, often write letters to the editors and visit regularly with their political representatives. OK, stay in the chair for a minute, I'm not done... You represent millions of Americans who use vehicles for access and recreation. your members are just as passionate as the members of these anti-access groups. You fight these guys and many times you are successful. Those victories are sweet, especially in light of the overwhelming disparity in your budget, and the budgets of your adversaries. You ask yourself how this can be? The answer is clear: It's because your membership is passionate and generous. Often, you find yourself overwhelmed with gratitude. But you can't escape the fact that each year more and more roads and trails are closed. You look at the best case scenario and note: ONLY 9% OF OHV USERS ARE MEMBERS OF A CLUB OR ACCESS ORGANIZATION. Still in the chair? Good! Now, imagine how successful you would be if that 9% figure would be say, 50%? Think about that carefully. Imagine what you could do. Imagine how more successful you could be. Imagine having biologists on staff to review public land planning documents. Imagine being able to respond to every lawsuit. Imagine if every state had full time professional access advocates. Imagine if our political clout matched that of our adversaries. For those of us who decide to stay in the chair, we do the best we can. But we are limited because 91% of OHV users are exactly like the "OHV enthusiast" who emailed me yesterday... mired in ignorance and apathy. They read about our group, read about our court victories, and they still don't join or get active. They just stand by, doing nothing while they get shut out of millions of acres of public lands. Ok, you can get out of that chair now. HERE IS THE IMPORTANT PART OF MY RANT: You guys are the choir. You are members. If you are on this list you're active and you participate. I need you know how much those of us who sit in these chairs appreciate your involvement... Thank you!! What more can you do? We need the involved, active OHV community now more than ever. Land use planning processes all over the nation are shifting into high gear. National initiatives will be made final and implemented in coming months. New threats to OHV use are just over the horizon. Guys like me see every challenge, every closure threat, every lawsuit as opportunity for success! In order succeed, I need your help! I need each and every one of you to resolve to take action whenever you see an action alert come across your inbox. I need you to talk to your OHV club and organization about budgeting for legal defense. I need you to contact your political representatives and communicate your concerns to them. I need you to try and educate your fellow "OHV enthusiasts" who, like my friend who emailed me yesterday, can't get through their apathy and lack of knowledge. Again, thanks to all active OHV enthusiasts... you make my job FUN! Brian Hawthorne
  11. KTMrad

    GPS

    This forum is a great place to ask about GPS. You can do a search of the forum to find posts about them, or just page down thru the posts. http://www.advrider.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6 Good Luck
  12. This group is doing a lot to keep some GREAT trails open in the southern Sierra.....I hope to have some time to help out on some of their trail maintenance days. http://stewardsofthesequoia.org/events-schedule.html
  13. Plants Bad for the Environment? Celebrities Causing Frogs to Croak? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181513,00.html
  14. Dear Off Roaders, SITUATION You may have heard about the recent & past problems with the Green Sticker Funds & the OHV Commission. Blue Ribbon Coalition has filed a letter of complaint against the OHV Commission. http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/P...t_12-14-05.pdf At the end of this email is a letter from Commissioner Waldheim, a tireless advocate for OHV recreation, lamenting the problems with the OHV Commission, of which he has been a staunch supporter for decades. Well it is time for each of you to take action by sending a letter of your own or the below form letter. If we all speak out we have a good chance of making a positive change for enhancing OHV recreation as well as the environment. Please take moment & send the letter to the email addresses listed below. The momentum is here. The time is now. Thanks Chris Horgan / Stewards of the Seqouia __________________________________________________ ______________________ FORM LETTER to cut & paste or write your own PLEASE EMAIL YOUR LETTER TO THE BELOW OFFICES Be Sure to insert your name & address at the end of the email TO: governor@governor.ca.gov CC: Mary.Delaney@Resources.Ca.Gov CC: ohvinfo@parks.ca.gov CC: Trudy.Thomas@SEN.CA.GOV CC: funding@stewardsofthesequoia.org CC: dnicholpca@sbcglobal.net Dear Governor Schwarzenegger, As an Off Roader I am very concerned about the current way in which my Green Sticker funds are being mis-appropriated. I care a great deal about the environment & Off Roading, but find that the OHMVR commission has not, and is not following, their mandate to enhance OHV opportunity. I know when trails are closed, families who enjoy OHV recreation are forced onto an ever smaller & smaller trail system, which cannot handle the increased use. This harms the environment. I urge you to abolish the OHV commission. They have far overstepped their authority as an advisory board. They have ignored public & staff input. They have been making regulations. It is not the place of appointed commissioners, unaccountable to the public, to make regulations. We have legislators whose job it is to make regulations. Extremely stringent regulations are already in place, it is unlikely that we need more & certainly not created by an advisory board. The OHV commission is supposed to enhance OHV opportunity; instead they have authorized funding of projects that will harm the environment as well as OHV recreation. They have also funded projects for areas that have no OHV opportunity, while halting or reducing funding for areas with OHV recreation. They have funded projects that scored lower in the grant process & offer little or no OHV opportunity, over projects with higher scores & greater need to enhance OHV opportunity. The current grant process allows grants written by a professional grant writer to score higher & get more funding than other projects whose grants were not written as well, yet are more worthwhile. I urge you to adopt a non-subjective grant process based on miles of OHV trails, number of users, number of volunteers & matching grants. In place of the OHV commission hire professional trail consultants to audit the grant work & make recommendations. These changes would go a long way toward having an OHMVR division whose hands are no longer tied by an appointed commission & to once again be able to enhance OHV opportunity. The current situation is bureaucracy run amok & has little connection to the purpose, the land, or the people. Thank you for your time. YOUR NAME & ADDRESS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This following it is a letter from Commissioner Ed Waldheim, President of CORVA & tireless volunteer for OHV recreation. Please feel free to distribute this e-mail to anyone you wish. After this last Commission meeting 12/8-10,2005, I have to tell you that I am finished working with these Commissioners. It has become a Non-OHV Commission, which is not what it was originally set up to be in 1972 with subsequent law changes in 1983. Mr. Spitler has taken it upon himself to develop policy, develop criteria, and completely disrespect the Division for anything they do in public. He chastised Ms. Greene because she went to Northern California to help with State Park OHV issues. These are issues that State Parks Director, Ms. Coleman, asked her to attend. He refused to listen to me when I asked him not to pass any policy or criteria at the Commission meeting today because the general public and OHV Division have not had a chance to review it. He pushed through policies that are detrimental to the OHV Division and OHV program, today on votes of 4 to 1, (I was absent after 11 a.m. today due to a prior commitment that everyone knew about.) with Judith Anderson voting "No" on the Criteria only. Mr. Spitler killed all Minor Capital Outlay ... except restoration. Mr. Spitler did not allow the public to make substantial comments, because it is impossible to react to a continually changing policy and criteria by the Commission. As chairman, he pushed for a vote on it without allowing the public or Division any input on the Commission's changes. (Clearly there has to be a violation of public process here) During the Grant process, Mr. Spitler and his allies continually over spent on issues that had no benefit to OHV. So much was over spent that we could not fund the acquisition in Redding or the addition to Jawbone Station visitor's center. Both had to be denied. In testimony, on the record I put in a resolution that we move 4 million from Restoration to the Support Budget, yet the chairman never brought this up after I left. I asked that Attorney who represents the Commission not to let policies be voted on as they did not have proper hearing, especially since the ones that went out in the packet are different from the ones Mr. Spitler passed out at the meeting. Mr. Spitler is in a continual fight with the Division, especially Ms. Greene where he publicly admonished her even after the Deputy Director asked that we work together. It is clearly certain this is never going to happen. Mr. Spitler is out of control, and we need to do everything we can to get our OHV organizations motivated to replace anti-OHV Commissioners, or eliminate the Commission entirely. I have been involved with the Commission since 1983, and it really pains me to have to say this. The commission as it presently is, is totally dysfunctional and is a detriment to the California OHV program. It has to be abolished, taken to court, Commisioners removed, or find whatever method there is available to us to make changes. We can no longer accept this as it is. I know lot of you wanted me to do this long time ago, but I am always the optimist. I like working within the system with public participation. This clearly is not what Mr. Spitler has in mind, so I am finished with Mr. Spitler and his allies. I will no long dialog with him or his allies, except in public meetings or at Stakeholders meetings or whereever Ms Greene or Ms Coleman want me to be. Our program is too important to us to have an over zealous chairman try to run our lives and our OHV program that we are all so proud of. Merry Christmas! Ed Waldheim CORVA
  15. Corral Canyon is a great place to ride. Good to hear you didn't get hurt.
  16. KTMrad

    Moto GP Videos

    For those of you interested in Moto GP racing......here's a great one.... http://media.putfile.com/MotoGP-Animals Nice cross section of the MotoGP races.
  17. Just a quickie write-up about a day trip to Baja to see some racing........ http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108059
  18. SDORC Update 1. Our next regularly scheduled membership meeting is Tuesday, December 6, at the usual time and place (www.sdorc.org/general_meetings.html). This will be our annual Christmas party… with free eats! Our special guest speaker this month will be Daphne Greene, State Parks Deputy Director and head of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division. Don’t miss it! 2. Don’t forget the SDORC Poker Run this Saturday, December 3. The event starts and ends at the orange SDORC trailer on Main Street in the Ocotillo Wells SVRA. Details available at http://www.sdorc.org/poker_run_flyer-small.jpg. Lot’s of prizes. Should be a blast! 3. We are soliciting articles and pictures for the January/February issue of our newsletter, The Endangered Off-roader. Please send your submissions to newsletter@sdorc.org no later than December 9. 4. Are you a current member of the American Motorcyclist Association? If so, we need your number! SDORC is in the process of renewing its membership in the AMA, and we need names, addresses and AMA numbers of our members who are also AMA members. Please send your name, address and AMA number to info@sdorc.org. Thanks! 5. Just a reminder: As of this moment, Judge Illston has still not issued her decision regarding the lawsuit on the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area Management Plan. That management plan would open the closed areas in the dunes. But until and unless we receive a favorable ruling from the judge the “temporary” closures remain in effect! Please continue to honor them. Hope to see you at the meeting!
  19. KTMrad

    LA-B-V

    Woops, wasn't signed in.That was me.
  20. Some of you may not have ever ridden in the Seqouia National Forest near Kernville in the southern Sierra, but there is some awesome riding up there, and hopefully we'll put on a dualsport up there in the future. This is an area we can't afford to lose anymore single track, or allow anymore wilderness designations. This group is working hard and doing a great job up there. I hope to get a few locals to go up there sometime to help out with trail maintenance. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to Stewards of the Sequoia..... http://www.stewardsofthesequoia.org/ STEWARDS ROADLESS REPORT IS MAKING THE ROUNDS IN LEGISLATURE Read the Stewards report that is making people sit up & take notice & will help to prevent future inappropriate Wilderness designation. Let us know if you need copies to give to your legislator Stewards Roadless Report http://tinyurl.com/cb7vy
  21. Monthly SDORC meetings are held at the Ranch House Restaurant in Santee, 11510 Woodside Avenue, 619.448.2087. Driving North on Hwy 67, take the Riverford exit and turn right on Woodside Ave. Driving South on Hwy 67, take the Riverford exit, turn left on Riverford, and then right on Woodside. The restaurant is down about one-half block on the right. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month, except when that falls on Election Day or a holiday, in which case the meeting will generally be the following Thursday. Check our "Coming Events" page for details on specific meetings. For those wishing to join us for dinner and bench-racing, we gather at 6:00 P.M. The owner of Ranch House has agreed to offer us a "private menu." All items on this menu will be $9.00 (including coffee, tea or soft drink, tax and tip). In addition you may order from their regular menu, which offers a great selection. The meeting proper begins at 7:00 p.m. We have a door prize drawing at the end of the meeting. Our meetings are open to the public. Come on out and join us for an interesting evening, filled with information that concerns all off-roaders and everyone who wants to see public lands kept open to the public. Hope to see you there! SDORC home page http://www.sdorc.org/
  22. Monthly SDORC meetings are held at the Ranch House Restaurant in Santee, 11510 Woodside Avenue, 619.448.2087. Driving North on Hwy 67, take the Riverford exit and turn right on Woodside Ave. Driving South on Hwy 67, take the Riverford exit, turn left on Riverford, and then right on Woodside. The restaurant is down about one-half block on the right. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month, except when that falls on Election Day or a holiday, in which case the meeting will generally be the following Thursday. Check our "Coming Events" page for details on specific meetings. For those wishing to join us for dinner and bench-racing, we gather at 6:00 P.M. The owner of Ranch House has agreed to offer us a "private menu." All items on this menu will be $9.00 (including coffee, tea or soft drink, tax and tip). In addition you may order from their regular menu, which offers a great selection. The meeting proper begins at 7:00 p.m. We have a door prize drawing at the end of the meeting. Our meetings are open to the public. Come on out and join us for an interesting evening, filled with information that concerns all off-roaders and everyone who wants to see public lands kept open to the public. Hope to see you there! SDORC home page http://www.sdorc.org/
  23. Another link to photos from Chris........ http://tinyurl.com/7bf3q
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