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OHV Issues

Save our Trails: Contact your Senators and Urge them to Act!

February 7, 2012
By
panoOFFROAD2

The Recreational Trails Program (RTP), arguably the most important government program ever created to benefit motorized recreation (as well as non-motorized recreation) faces a big hurdle in transportation reauthorization legislation!  As you know the RTP funds the development and maintenance of thousands of miles of motorized and non-motorized trails, but without your action the RTP may be eliminated. Transportation reauthorization legislation, known as MAP-21, that passed the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee late last year is being brought up for a vote soon, possibly as early as this...

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Sierra Club is ordered to pay costs on appeal

January 12, 2012
By
nanana_belefski

The 2nd Appellate Court threw out the Sierra Club's appeal today that sought to close riding on the 584 acre La Grande Tract within Oceano Dunes. Sierra Club told, "Artful pleading does not save the day." "The judgment (order sustaining demurrer) is affirmed. Sierra Club is ordered to pay costs on appeal."

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Save a friend of Off-Road Recreation

January 2, 2012
By
Daphne+OHVss

California State Senator Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) is working to keep  Daphne Green in her job as Deputy Director of the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle  Recreation Division (OHMVRD) at California State Parks.  Senator Fuller has asked interested people (like us) to contact Deputy  Appointments Secretary Veronica Ortiz-Torres and other important Democratic  legislators to let them know that Ms. Greene is a problem-solver and has had  a positive impact on responsible OHV recreation in California. Since Governor Brown must appoint someone to the position by year end,  Senator Fuller recommends calling, faxing or emailing Ms. Ortiz-Torres.  See  her email...

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UPDATE: Rialto man dies in spectacular fashion at Dumont Dunes

January 1, 2012
By
dream-explorer-dune-buggy

On 12-30-11 at 11:55 PM, Thomas Victor Adams a 61 year old resident of Rialto was driving a dune buggy in the off-road area of Dumont Dunes when he climbed a steep embankment, went airborn and then collided with the ground. Emergency personnel responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. When next of kin has been notified, his name will be released. CHP is investigating the collision.

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Thinking outside of the box, Making lemonade

December 18, 2011
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Promoter and Cal City resident Lou Peralta reviews his plans for a possible OHV/RV Park in the City.(Photo by Jill Nelson)

While 29 Palms is planning on pissing away $15 Million Dollars on a Playhouse to boost the egos of about 20 people in town and continues to support an art community that does nothing for the bed or sales tax, all the while other crafts and businesses languish and suffer from the disconnect of the city’s core values. California City, another desert community is thinking outside of the box to save their way of life. For several years now, Cal City has successfully profited promoting Off Roading and Recreational Vehicle activities....

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Craig Mitchell Nyman, 43 of Ontario

December 12, 2011
By
johnsonvalley1

On Friday, December 9, 2011, a family set up camp in the Johnson Valley Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Area, in the desert east of Camp Rock Rd. and south of Granite Rd. After a day of riding all-terrain vehicles, Craig Mitchell Nyman, a 43 year old resident of Ontario, rode away from the camp just before midnight on Saturday, December 10, and lost control of his Suzuki Quad Racer and was ejected. His brother came upon the scene and called 911 at 11:59 PM. Paramedics arrived at the scene at 12:27...

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Marine Takeover of Johnson Valley exposed as Boondoggle by Associated Press Article

December 7, 2011
By
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 In an article published today in newspapers around the country, writer Robert Burns of the Associated Press quotes Marine Corp Commandant General James F. Amos stating that the future of the Marine Corps lies in a smaller, versatile sea-based fighting force based primarily around the Pacific, including bases in Okinawa and Australia; “….but not in Iraq or Afghanistan.” Since Marine representatives have repeatedly stated that the sole reason for the very expensive and widely criticized takeover of the Johnson Valley area is to prepare Marines for land-based battles in...

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They need to make these folks Pay for this stuff

November 27, 2011
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View from Skyline Drive Trail.... no kidding!

On November 26, 2011, at approximately 7:50 p.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Jurupa Valley Station responded to a 911 call for help regarding two lost hikers. Deputies learned that the hikers, an 18-year-old male and a 16-year-old male juvenile, both residents of Corona, were lost in the Cleveland National Forest. They entered the Cleveland National Forest from the trailhead at Skyline and Foothill Parkway in the city of Corona, and became disoriented during the hike. The hikers’ situation became more complicated as night fell, and the...

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Were is the outrage?

November 3, 2011
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Were is the outrage?

A day or two after Dave Oakleaf’s death and I am getting pissed.  If this would have been a 74 year old minority beaten by a 46 year old White guy, all hell would have broken loose. It would be 24/7 CNN and MSNBC, but it wasn’t like that. It wasn’t like that at all. It was some shit-house crazy black guy grabbing a baseball bat from the display rack at Wally World and beating our poor friend to death. I do not want to take away our period...

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Serving only one master

November 2, 2011
By
Neil-Derry

Being new to the 3rd District and none to happy about that either, I do miss being in the 1st already,  I’m making a few observations based upon my own experiences. Neil Derry has been a friend to the off-road community. He stood with us in the fight for fairness. Neil Derry has been a crusader for clean government. Neil Derry has had to suffer the slings and arrows of every flake in San Bernardino can throw at him. Is Neil Derry without faults? Well hell no, but then who among...

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