quad and motorcycle guys this means you too!!!

[Blingn]

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/mcy/386012526.html

[*FFC*]

This is what the Craigslist ad says:

If you enjoy trail riding in Northern California
then you need to attend one of these meetings
listed below or write a letter. If we do not band together the
government with the well organized support of the
environmental lobby will slowly choke off all
trail riding in national and state forests until
all we have left is “managed” areas like
Carnegie, Hollister and Metcalf.

The Eldorado National Forest is under attack. The
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/eldorado/projects/route/deis/index.shtml
is released and the public comment time is only
45 days long and ends on September 4, 2007. What
happens at these meetings will affect all of us
for years, the rest of our lives, perhaps
generations. The worst part is that if this
passes could become a model for the the rest of
the US.

Here are the facts about the report:

1: There are five proposals for action, NONE of
them are Pro OHV but in their own documentation
they cite the reason for tail closures as
“exponential growth”. The USFS motto is “Caring
for the land and serving the people”. How does
closing trails serve the growing number of people
who would like to use it?

2: All of the proposed trail closure alternatives
except alternate A include a “seasonal closure”
from December 1 to April 30th. In other words,
the best riding time of the year. Again, this
makes no sense, forcing more people to ride I the
summer will make more dust and exponentially
increase the chance of fires.

3: Alternate proposal D, (the preferred
alternative by the USFS) would cut the number of
back road miles down from 2,003 to 844 and trail
mileage from 249 to 217. Alternative E cuts the
trail mileage down to 136.

4: Less trails plus seasonal closures plus more
people riding will equal more pressure on other
areas which will mean more accidents.

Here is what we need to do in order to preserve
our right as US citizens to responsibly use “our”
land.

1: Go to one of the meetings listed below and
voice your opinion for Alternative A – No Action.

2: Write and send a clear, polite, concise,
bullet point style letter explaining how these
closures will impact you personally. Sign it with
your name and address and send to:

El Dorado National Forest
Attn: Forst Supervisor Ramiro Villalvazo
Re: Travel Management DEIS
100 Forni Road
Placerville, Ca. 95667

A written letter is best but you can send an
email to
[email protected]

Also send a copy of the letter John Doolittle,
his district is part of the El Dorado National
Forest.

Congressman John Doolittle - 4th. District
Attn: DAVID PLAG - District Director
Re: Travel Management DEIS
4230 Douglas Blvd. Suite 200
Granite Bay, Ca. 95746

This is it, time is running out. If we do not act
now we will lose our right to ride FOREVER. In my
numerous years as a Nor Cal trail rider I have
never heard the term “trail opening”

Act now or forever hold your peace.

Meeting Times and Dates

7/31 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Meeting Draft EIS
Release Folsom - Lake Natomas Inn, 702 Gold Lake
Drive, Folsom CA 95630. To be confirmed.

8/2 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Meeting Draft EIS
Release Concord - Pleasant Hill Recreation
Center, 320 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

[unclejpl4x4]

dam hippies