IMPORTANT Trail Funding Needed, Please Send E-Mail

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YOUR SUPPORT NEEDED TO INCREASE SEQUOIA TRAIL FUNDINGIs it worth your time to attend a meeting or write an email & possibly increase trail funding $10,000 or more? Read onSequoia is asking for $263,000 for trail maintenance & $113,000 for enforcement, but the OHV commission is thinking of funding less than requested. Often the Forest with more people showing up will get more of the money they requested. I would hope that we can get at least 20 people to attend & make a statement on specific Sequoia trails & the need for continued maintenance. We need the trail crews out & OHV rangers to stop people who are not riding responsibly.Please write an email or attend the Green Sticker commission meeting on 10/21 & tell them why we need more trail funding.Here is the agenda for the meeting OHV Commission Meeting Agenda 10-21-05Unfortunately the way they have it set up you must be at the meeting when they call the Sequoia grant & grants are called in order of a list, not by time. They think Sequoia may be heard possibly after lunch around 1pm, but that is only a guess. It depends on how quickly or slowly the meeting moves.If you have the time to spare & want to see how the Green Sticker Bureaucracy works then come before or at 1pm. The meeting starts at 8:30am.I would hope that everyone can take a minute & send an emailBoard of Supervisors’ Chambers Riverside County Administrative Center 4080 Lemon Street, First Floor Riverside, California 92501You can email your comments to:ohvinfo@parks.ca.gov& please CC: a copy to:funding@stewardsofthesequoia.orgONYX RESIDENTS PLAN MEETING TO DISCUSS NOISE & DUST PROBLEMS OF OHV'S RIDDEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTYA townhall meeting has been scheduled on 10/24 6pm at Southfork Middle School Community Center, by local residents who are unhappy by noise & dust created by OHV on other people's private property. Stewards plans on finding out what the problem is & suggesting solutions.This kind of thing can easily turn the local community against all forms of motorized recreation, even on public lands.South Fork Middle School 760 378-13005225 Kelso Valley RoadWeldon, CA If you plan on attending you would do well to look at a map.You can take 178 from Bakersfield past Southlake a few miles & keep a sharp eye out for Kelso Valley Road on your right. Take this out to the school on your right.MATCHING GRANTS STRETCH YOUR DONATIONSMany companies such as Boeing & California Edison may have matching grant programs where they match all or a portion of your donation to Stewards of the Sequoia. Please check with your company to see if they have such a program & increase the leverage of your donation.CHECK OUT THE ULTIMATE TRAIL TOOLStewards of the Sequoia (Ultimate Trail Saw)