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“They are doing a great job of building on the common ground between recreational riders, utilizing volunteers, working with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and obtaining grant monies to support their trail system. It’s not only working, it’s working well.”
That’s the parting shot of RwR’s latest press coverage. And after great effort, it sure is nice to get a little reward.
2009 has been another productive year for Ride with Respect. We began by designating and delineating routes and campsites up Kane Creek (beneath Hurrah Pass). In the Sovereign Trail area and La Sal State Forest, many volunteers helped us reroute several pieces of singletrack. Plus our new trail patrol program provided thirty day’s worth of light-duty maintenance and personal contacts to spread the RwR message of caution, consideration, and conservation.
This past month, we were honored to be featured in the NOHVCC newsletter. Sure, National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council is a mouthful. But their mission is essentially to assist OHV clubs and government agencies in creating and maintaining sustainable OHV trail systems and areas. Their website is full of practical guidance that every club leader and land manager ought to utilize. So it was a great compliment for NOHVCC to cite Sovereign Trail as a model of proper management: http://www.nohvcc.org/newsletter/news11-2009.asp#sovereign |
Ride with Respect
10
Dec
Everyone,
One of the many clubs/organizations that I belong to is Ride with Respect based in Moab. You may remember RwR as the group who convinced former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to come along for a dirtbike ride with us on the Sovereign Trail System and see “the other side of the land use story”. Here’s some positive press and well deserved praise for the efforts of RwR.
Enjoy, and THANKS to all of you who have volunteered your time & donated your money to this great organization.
JOIN — PARTICIPATE — DONATE !!
Alan J. Peterson
