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Service Reopens Public Comment Period for Proposals to Give Federal Protections to Three Amphibians and their Habitat July 18, 2013 Media Contacts: Media Contact: Robert Moler, (916) 414-6606; ][email protected] Sacramento - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is...

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Sign this petition, have everyone in your household sign it, and SHARE the link with as many people as possible: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/save-johnson-valley-ohv-area-be-fiscally-responsible-stop-29-palms-marine-base-expansion-keep-public/5r0C7Xw4 Keep reading for more...

Dear Trail Voter, TPAC's Election Day prediction is that you will elect a pro-trail/pro-regulatory reform President, a pro-trail majority in the U.S. Senate, and retain the pro-trail majority in the House of Representatives. Your energy for this election is fueled by the fact that you...

Dear Trail Voter, The Trail PAC is proud to announce its support for Dan Lungren for Congress (CA-CD7) as its first targeted House race in the 2012 election. Dan is a pro-trail champion who recently attended and spoke at the 2012 Hangtown MX near Sacramento, CA. His opponent, Ami Bera...

OHV Trust Fund and Local Assistance Grants The California OHV Trust Fund and Local Assistance Grants program is emerging as a hot topic item for the coming legislative session, again. This political hot-potato is linked with the on-going scandal within California Department of Parks and...

BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC. MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Greg Mumm, BRC Executive Director, (208) 244-2112 Paul Turcke, (208) 331-1800 Date: August 14, 2012 Recreation Groups Join Efforts to Challenge New USFS Planning Regulations POCATELLO, IDAHO (August 14...

Great to Have OHV Business Owners Support Pro-Access Candidates! Dear Trail Voters, The Trail PAC is very proud to announce that the Off Road Business Association (ORBA) is asking their members on an individual basis to join and support our efforts to elect a pro-trail majority to the...

Hey folks! I just wanted to swing by and remind you about all the OHV friendly legislation approved by the House and long ago handed off to the Senate for a vote, where it sits rotting. There is a Political Action Committee (TPAC), the only Pro-Access “PAC†in the Nation, who wants to stop...

The creation of UTube has allowed the idiots out there to easily demonstrate to the entire world just how stupid they really are, some of it can be damn funny at times but unfortunately that’s not what I’m about to share. Instead, it is an example of how to shoot 55 million+ motorized...

Go here and cast a “YES†vote . . . WSJ: Should 40 million acres land removed federal protection opened mining... This poll is the Wilderness Society’s way of trying to influence our Public Servants by editorializing issues, don’t let them do it!!! The following is what the poll is...

Poison Spyder Customs recently teamed up with Rikki Rockett, drummer from the mega-band Poison, to create the Rockett Rubicon Jeep. That collaboration flowed both ways, with both teams also collaborating on a custom 4-piece Poison Spyder themed drum set, which will be given away in a raffle, the...

Petition Supporting Legislation to Reform The Special Recreation Permit and Special Use Permit Process BRC has come to the conclusion that legislation is needed to fix the SRP issue. While we generally support using permits as a tool to managing recreation use and obtaining a fair return for...

Congress to Hold Hearing on Bill that Supports Greater Access to Public Lands Contact your Senators and Representative today and urge them to support this Bill!!! Takes 60 seconds . . . Read more and TAKE ACTION here: American Motorcyclist Association Please BUMP this thread for...

Open your eyes, wake up, wise up, rise up and seize the day! Even Stevie Wonder can see that fighting public land access closures one at a time, usually near or after the fact, plays right into the BIG GREEN game plan!!! They have the time, money, lawyers, EPA, Endangered Species Act etc...

BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC. NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: BlueRibbon Coalition Phone: (208) 237-1008 Fax: (208) 237-9424 Email: [email protected] POCATELLO, ID (July 7) — Clint Carter (of Inner Air Lock, internal bead...

Appropriations bill creates opportunity to influence lead-related ban of youth off-highway vehicles Contact your Representative Today! On June 16, the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee held a mark-up on the proposed...

Congress to hold hearing on Opportunities for Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands Take Action! Contact your Representative to voice your support! The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, chaired by Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT) of the U.S. House Committee on...

Interior Department soliciting Wilderness proposals from lawmakers Voice your opinion to your lawmakers today! On June 10, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar announced in a letter that he will solicit recommendations from members of Congress about potential...

This is the kind of sensationalized eco babble we are fighting and a call-to-arms for Radical Environmental Groups, if we don't get with it we'll soon be eating this!!! WARNING: BARF ALERT!!! DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER READING THIS IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR STOMACH . . . Congress has...

BREAKING NEWS: SALAZAR TO BACK DOWN ON WILDLANDS POLICY Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, It seems the Obama Administration has realized it over-reached with the December 2010 Secretarial Order establishing the Wildlands Policy. The Associated Press is reporting that Department of...

S. 1087, a Senate Bill identical to H.R. 1581: (the “Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011) was introduced in the Senate on 05/26/2011 sponsored by Senator Barrasso. S. 1087: A bill to release wilderness study areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management that are...

Government Litigation Savings Act Introduced Wyoming Senator Barrasso and Wyoming Representative Lummis have introduced the Government Litigation and Savings Act. This bill will put a halt to the abuses of the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), legislation originally designed to help...

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As you know, this coming Monday is Memorial Day. As the General Orders establishing Memorial Day first stated: "If other eyes grow dull, other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us". Without the...

Call or write now to request Johnson Valley extension Written by Amy Granat Friday, 20 May 2011 15:11 Please distribute this to all your networks: The Marines goofed! When preparing the website and public documents for the 29Palms Marine Base proposed expansion, the...

Perspective on Vehicle Recreation--by Richard Crowe Richard Crowe worked for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for 37 years, 33 years of which were served in the California Desert. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Perspective on...

"I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion". Mia Hamm Here is an example of how this team should work IMHO, everyone contributes and participates . . . Land Use Issues - Pirate4x4.Com...

Get your attention? The General's Recreation HQ: Time for Congress to Designate a National OHV Appreciation Day?

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...

Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, Unbelievable. Yesterday, just days before the comment deadline for the US Forest Service's new Forest Planning regulations, the US Forest Service released a "science review" of their Draft Planning Regulations for public review and comment. See it here...

BLUERIBBON COALITION NATIONAL ACTION ALERT IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED HELP SUPPORT REQUESTS TO EXTEND COMMENT DEADLINE FOR US FOREST SERVICE PLANNING RULE Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, BRC, along with multiple-use stakeholders, local governments and numerous recreational advocacy...

SUPPORT FOR IMPORTANT LEGISLATION NEEDED! Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act have been introduced in the House and the Senate. This legislation would bring needed reforms and end the abuse of the Antiquities Act. It will...

A sample of the BlueRibbon Coalition's Recreation News Subscribe here: https://www.sharetrails.org/secure/lists/?p=subscribe&id=2 Dear Rec News Subscribers, Today we have some awfully disappointing news. Especially for me, because I recently bought a ticket on Frontier Airlines...

Contact your Representative today! Representative and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) along with Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM), Chairman of the Congressional Western...

California Association of 4WD Clubs, Inc. (CA4WDC) Written by [email protected] (Amy Granat) on Apr 07, 2011 09:53 pm Clear Creek EPA Asbestos Risk Study comes under fire at OHMVR Commission meeting: On April 5, 2011 the OHMVR Commission met in Hollister, California and convened...

U.S. Representative and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has joined with National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Western Caucus Chairman Steve Pearce (R-NM) to create legislation to ensure greater access to public lands for all Americans. The...

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has introduced language that would exempt youth off-highway vehicles (OHVs) from the lead law that effectively bans the machines at the end of the year, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. Senate Amendment 264 (SA 264), co-sponsored by Sen...

Ok, for those of you who know me, I’m about working the system in many ways including contacting our Public Servants often to express our views on matters . . . here’s a new twist! Granted, this tactic is “one small step†for OHV enthusiasts (now) but may end up being “one giant...

Written by Walt Blackburn “I have yet to be involved in any land use process where the environmental community would compromise or even acknowledge the position of the other user groups involved. It seems that the only solution they ever have is to make everything roadless, wilderness, or...

BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC. MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Amador, BRC Western Representative Phone: 925.625.6287 Email: [email protected] Date: March 23, 2011 STUDY RESTORES HOPE FOR REASONABLE CLEAR CREEK PLAN...

Dear BRC Members and Supporters, The uber-radical folks over at the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) are now petitioning the Department of the Interior to lock you out of Utah's scenic Red Rock country. I know.... you're probably saying, "another petition?" Recently, the Bureau...

Proposed Marine Base Expansion into Johnson Valley Public Meetings, Dates and Locations Announced The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is encouraging riders to attend one of the recently announced Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center proposed base expansion public meetings. The...

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is holding informational sessions around the country to discuss their proposed Forest Planning Rule. Anyone interested in learning more about what is contained in the proposed rule and how it could affect recreational access to Forest Service land is encouraged to...

Plan for Wind Towers at Oceano Dunes Kicks up Debate Critics say data from the towers will undermine the findings of a previous study tying OHVs to dust levels. More here: Plan for wind towers at Oceano Dunes kicks up debate - Local - SanLuisObispo.com Dunes wind towers get OK from San...

BRC NATIONAL LAND USE ALERT - ACTION ITEM INCLUDED CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON INTERIOR SECRETARY SALAZAR'S WILD LANDS POLICY SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011 Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, Tomorrow, March 1, 2011, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight...

“The military wants to expand its Twentynine Palms training grounds to take in more than two-thirds of the popular Johnson Valley off-road recreation area southeast of Barstow, according to U.S. Marine Corps documents released Friday. Under the Marines' preferred plan to expand the Marine...

"After the California Budget Conference Committee’s discussion today about the fiscal future of the CA OHV Program, the Recreation HQ is issuing its first DEFCON ONE ALERT. Folks, the Committee postponed a vote to steal the money today but will be meeting between now and over the weekend...

Yesterday Mike Swenson, USA-ALL's executive director, sent word that the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing on March 1 entitled "The Impact of the Administration's Wild Lands Order on Jobs and Economic Growth." We asked and Congress is delivering! Next...