No really, is there any thing we can do? There is a meeting of the friends of the Rubicon on April 14 at sac cal 4 wheel. I think they should have an interest in this closure because all the traffic will redirect to the Rubicon. I might be interesting to see what they have to say.
The Sac Bee had a TINY article on the closures. It is buried on the bottom of page B2.
I do not see Fordyce or the Rubicon getting anymore traffic than normal. 90% of the people who normally wheel trails like Strawberry and Deer Valley don't wheel trails like the Rubicon, and I can guarantee they don't run Fordyce. They will just find alternative easy trail comparable to Strawberry and Deer Valley. Most of the people who wheel Barret already wheel Fordyce and the Rubicon, so they won't impact anything. The morons at FOTR better come up with better arguments than over crowding other trails.
Rob you are correct that the people who use the mellow trails are not going to impact the rubicon or similar trails. What do we do if the friends of the rubicon and cal four wheel aren't effective in their defense of the trails? Who has our back?
Here's what you need to know:
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/eldorado/ ... RDB5362046
That's it in a nutshell. We're waiting for the FS to submit its SEIS (Supplemental Environmental Impact Study), then for it to be reviewed and a final decision made. I'll have more info for everyone at tomorrow's meeting.
Reading that some folks are unhappy with CA4WDC, FotR and perhaps others, maybe we as a club should discuss getting behind an advocacy group. The key would be making sure the group IS effective and then we REALLY get behind them in term of volunteering our services, setting time aside to do something positive and supporting it with $$$$$.
As I'm new to the operation of these organizations, I'd love to hear which has the best track record.
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We can discuss getting behind one organization again. It was discussed in the past and alignment was fairly fractured. Several of us continue to support CA4WD so that, while the club has no formal affiliation, there is still involvement and some benefits from that involvement.
Well, I've supporting CA4WDC, FotR, BRC, Tread Lightly and probably a couple of others I can't recall at present.
For no more than the cost of annual dues it does get a lot of voices heard. And each has all or part of the message I want carried regardless of effectiveness.
If everyone is talking, someone is being listened to unless the minds of the bureaucrats is already made up ... then it doesn't matter anyway. :soapbox:
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