Candidate Forum May 4th
We will have another chance to hear Jim Bagley and James Ramos who are vying for 3rd District Supervisor Neil Derry’s job. No charge to attend. Light refreshments served at 5:15. The event wil...
Author Archives: FOGRay
FOGR teams with American Cancer Society for “Relay For Live̶...
Friends of Giant Rock are making a difference by teaming up to participate in the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. Saving lives from cancer starts one team, one participant, and one dollar ...
Johnson Valley: Inadequate military boundary signs near live fire take...
“Signage is not too much to ask for especially when live fire activities are planned for the area.” Last Friday I sat as an observer in federal court and watched 38 persons plead guilty t...
Live Fire in the West
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2011) - Beginning early next week aboard the installation, the Combat Center is scheduled to conduct an advanced stage of Enhan...
FOGR Changes the Guard!
Friends of Giant Rock Meeting January 15 11:00am at Landers Association on Reche Rd. Map to meeting location All board positions will be open for new officers. As in the past exiting officers will be...
FOGR News
Encroachment onto marine base property has become an active issue and people are being cited for trespassing by a resource conservation officer under contract by the 29 palms marine base. Currently ...
FOGR Asking all Off-Roaders to Attend COWS Cattle Call
Yucca Valley, Ca— With the exemption of a staging permit requirement from our contentious ORV ordinance revised in April of this year Friends of Giant Rock activities have focused on keeping an...
FOGR on: Klasky’s Sun Runner Letter
When misinformation goes unchecked it easily becomes accepted as true. Here are some additional issues I have with his article. As co-founder and current president of Friends of Giant Rock (FOGR) I t...
OHV Issues, The way I see it!
You and I have procured a favorable result from San Bernardino County Supervisors in as much as the right to assemble on our private property has been restored. After nearly four years of studying th...
Supervisors got it RIGHT!
A successful hearing with the San Bernardino County Supervisors rendered the staging permit for property owner’s void. It was replaced with a 2 ½ acre lot size limit and a 6 day In 30 limit for stagi...
Stakeholder/Snakeholder
Just back from Arkansas, glad to see things are still hopping. Sorry I missed that stakeholder meeting, sounded like a hoot. As far as compromising on issues I’m pretty sure that Phil would have prob...
Reply to Jim Harvey’s letter to Supervisor Mitzelfelt regarding ...
Hi All, Three years later we see light at the end of the tunnel. We need to support this change in person at the supervisors meeting this month. The meeting tentatively set for the 23 of March must l...
Ordinance 3973 resolved
Some people in San Bernardino County are annoyed by people operating vehicles of all sorts that disturb there peace and quiet. There are some people operating various vehicles that include off road t...
FOGR Ride to Slash X
The Slash X Run As we expected the turnout was small due to the weather. Rick stuck his Cherokee on Means Lake. All five dry lakes we encountered were very much full of water. Rex missed the boat an...