West Mojave Plan ripoff meetings!

Thanks for tipping us off to the meeting dates/times!

Eel, thumbs,... which one are we going to? No whining!

Brea on the 20th

The 20th might work for me ... I'll get back to you tomorrow on it.

Thanks for the heads up Scar.

I am going to try and make the 20th, here is a map
Map to Brea Linda HS

Chris

The West Mojave Plan and the BLM fees are two different things


The WMP;

Recommends a route network that includes 2,265 miles of open routes within a “redesign area”, 159 miles within the Ord Pilot region, 406 miles within ACECs for which route networks were designated after 1980 and 2,268 miles of remaining 1985-87 designations, or 5,098 miles overall, a total that includes single-track motorcycle routes. This compares to 4,260 miles currently designated open, although that network does not include all single-track routes (many of which were not surveyed in 1985-7) and provided little or no designations for the Middle Knob, Amboy and Ord sub regions. Proposed mileage of non-motorcycle routes in higher density tortoise population areas would be 384, a decrease from the 439 miles currently open. The 406 miles within the
ACECs be a decrease from the current 427.

The BLM fees stems from this and similar decisions:

The California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Commission last week rejected the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) request for $1.1 million to cover operating costs of the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (ISDRA) in Southern California. The BLM proposal, an arrangement through which the federal government would have supplied the land and recreation opportunities and the state would assist in funding through a grant program, was rejected after a 4-3 vote by the OHMVR Commission.

The OHMVR Commission, a 7 person state commission known to be dominated by four active environmentalists, has made a series of decisions regarding public lands in the past year that have demonstrated the uncompromising attitude of its environmentalist branch. Such decisions, which also included a rejection last year of a U.S. Forest Service grant request for snowmobile trail maintenance, have jeopardized the recreational opportunities of millions of California residents. In a statement released by BLM this week, a spokesperson announced that it would be forced to consider raising fees or reducing services in order to continue managing the ISDRA, an area that draws some 3 million visitors annually.


however, I am trying to go to Brea tomorrow night

Depending on what time I get out of my office i might not be able to make it to Brea by 7:30.

Is anyone still plan on going?

I probably wont be home from work until 7 or 7:30, but I am still going to try and make it.

i'm out ... other obligations

Who went? and any Info?

I was unable to make it, Dinner with the owner, I kinda had to be there.

I didn't make , when I was leaving the sky opened , my truck still in the shop and my jeep only has a bikini top, so I didn't get to far.

Keep an eye on the D37 board, Robert is working on instructions and a guide to help write our letters.