[pics & vid] Declaration of Battle! From Jarbidge, Nevada Shovels to the Future of the Rubicon Trail

Carnegie SVRA Reprieve by Governor Newsom

Land Use Updates October 30, 2019

Woke Newsom Veto of Carnegie Bill Op Ed by Don Amador Late in the evening on October 11, 2019, off-road enthusiasts felt an 8.5 magnitude “political” earthquake when California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Senator Ken Glazer’s “let’s sell off Carnegie SVRA” legislation (AB 1086). As a 30 year veteran... Read more

[pics] It’s Time! Step Up and Lead Volunteers

Land Use Updates Lifestyle October 15, 2019

Inspire, Motivate, Facilitate – and Organize In our Jeeping, volunteer world there’s a trick to leading volunteers. We do not wear rank and cannot scream orders like we’re in the military. We need to learn to be more nurturing and coaching, while still getting things done. Here’s some magical... Read more

It Is Time to Cross the Rubicon NOW!

Land Use Updates October 8, 2019

LET THE DIE BE CAST! Julius Caesar had just delivered a major ass-whupping. He had been fighting in the Gallic wars against 3 million Gauls who were just as strong as the Romans militarily. Even so, Caesar managed to annihilate 1 million Gauls, enslave another million, subjugate 300 different... Read more

Important! The “Top 10” In Land Use and Access

Land Use Updates October 1, 2019

Take this Nationwide Survey to Help Save Trails By Del Albright and Todd Ockert The room was packed with wheelers as the speaker up front tried to calm folks down. There was a gate being proposed on a significant trail and people were unhappy. “Why does anyone care about... Read more

4 Steps to Forming State Level Motorized Councils/Groups

Land Use Updates September 18, 2019

SAVE THE DAY WITH A STATEWIDE MOTORIZED RECREATION COUNCIL/GROUP! Overview The solution to a positive future for motorized recreation lies in more unity among users. Statewide cooperation and coordination between different modalities (like dirt bikes, 4×4, atv, utv, etc.) are key to ending the dauntless onslaught of anti-access propaganda... Read more

Caution! Never Underestimate Your Opponents

Land Use Updates September 17, 2019

Learning to not underestimate your opponents is one of the best ways to preserve our land use and access interests. All motorized recreation organizations are fighting daily to do this, but we must do our individual part also. Never assume our opponents will understand the variety of our motorized... Read more

5 Tips for Dealing with Compromise in Land Use

Land Use Updates September 14, 2019

They Wouldn’t Compromise. Why Would You? Our forefathers did not want to compromise with our liberties. They didn’t want our country founded on compromise. To compromise means to give up something. In their case, they were building something, not giving up something (other than oppression). But if you’re new... Read more

What Makes a Good Day in the Land Use World?

Land Use Updates Lifestyle September 10, 2019

A Bit of Philosophy to Help You Choose and Allow How Your Day Goes In the fight for access to public lands, it’s not always easy to have a good day. It seems we’re always in an uphill struggle or arguing objectively with someone who lives on emotional pleas.... Read more

Avoid Burnout! Concentrate Your Efforts by Managing Your Monkeys

Land Use Updates August 21, 2019

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PERSONAL EFFORTS It’s encouraging to see so many recreationists getting involved these days in the land use/public lands access battles. In fact, now we face a time when some of us old land use horses are starting to sag under the burden of doing... Read more

[pics & vid] Declaration of Battle! From Jarbidge, Nevada Shovels to the Future of the Rubicon Trail

Land Use Updates August 20, 2019

“FOURTH BRANCH” OF GOVERNMENT – THE UN-ELECTED TAKE BACK A TRAIL In this story and further history of the Rubicon Trail, we must bring forth some more little known facts about our trail in the last couple decades — and how these facts impact all other trails and roads... Read more