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Executive Order 11644 | Use of off-road vehicles on the public lands
The dictatorial edict that is directing federal land mangers to close Revised Statute 2477 roads over federal lands.
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Dispersed Camping and River Access Hit Hard in the AZ Strip
The Bureau of Land Management quietly released their final decision on a travel management plan that will close 641 miles of motorized roads near Littlefield and Colorado City in the Arizona Strip.
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Comments to NPS on Tuweep Day Use Reservation System
We have engaged in the proposed Tuweep reservation system. Here is our comment to the National Park Service.
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COMMENTS NEEDED ASAP | ADOT 5 Year Plan | No Apache Trail
The Arizona Department of Transportation has released its tentative five-year plan. Please take action now and send your comments to ADOT.
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ACTION ALERT | Massive Changes to the Tonto Forest
The Tonto National Forest has released their final decision on the Tonto Travel Management plan in Arizona.
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ShareTrails | Day Use Restrictions Proposed for Tuweep Area of the Grand Canyon
The National Park Service is proposing to implement a day use reservation/fee system for the Tuweep area in the Grand Canyon. Because of the rugged 4WD roads that access this site, this area is a popular destination for off-roaders who want to enjoy a remote, primitive experience of the Grand Canyon. There is currently limited
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SB1377 | Massive changes to the Arizona OHV fund
There is an organized effort by anti-access groups to convince our lawmakers to close motorized access to public lands because of a handful of novice users in rental UTVs around Sedona. It’s clear that our lawmakers do not understand how responsible and respectful the majority of the 4×4 community is. We must respond with the overwhelming support of motorized access.
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Correction! | ACTION ALERT | Proposal Prohibits Dispersed Camping in the Verde Valley
Dispersed camping around Prescott, Arizona is threatened by an organization who represents cities and towns outside of Prescott. Please Take Action Now!
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Action Alert | OHV Fund for statewide Interoperability?
During a vote in the House Land, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Committee, Republican Representative David Cook from Legislative District 8 took a minute to explain his vote. He asserted his concern over the high cost to rural schools. He ended his statement by implying the acquisition of funding from the state OHV Fund to subsidize the cost.
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Apache Trail Update | The next phase
We had another productive meeting with political representatives concerning the Apache Trail closure. We are now taking this issue to the next level.
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Local
Arizona Law gives local political subdivisions authority to close roads over federal lands. Therefore, it’s important that we stay engaged in these local processes.
The Apache Trail
Arizona’s most iconic and scenic road is closed, and we need your help re-opening this national treasure.
Three years ago, the Woodbury Wildfire cause significant damage to the surrounding National Forest. Shortly after, a large tropical storm ripped through the area, causing a rockfall on Fish Creek Hill. Since that time, ADOT has indefinitely closed a 7 mile section between Fish Creek Hill to Apache Lake Marina.
Sedona
Sedona City Officials are pressuring the Coconino National Forest to prohibit dispersed camping and initiate a permit system on populair forest roads around Sedona.
Anti access groups are claiming that OHVs are destroying the natural landscape and petroglyphs by kicking up large dust clouds. In addition to motorized restrictions, the City is attempting to regulate OHV businesses like adult sex shops.
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RED ALERT | Additional 31,000 Acres Added To Sedona Camping Closure (81k Acres)
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SB1377 | Massive changes to the Arizona OHV fund
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Correction! | ACTION ALERT | Proposal Prohibits Dispersed Camping in the Verde Valley
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Sedona City Council in favor of restricting access
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Action Alert | Contact the city of Sedona in support of motorized access
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A twenty year prohibition on motorized access now lifted
Federal
Federal Land Management agencies close motorized access under the guise of Travel Management Planning. This process is applied to carry out various congressional mandates under multiple federal laws.
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of land management is attempting to close thousands of miles of roads on public lands.
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23,000 miles of roads on public land will undergo Travel Mgmt in the next 3 years.
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ACTION ALERT | Middle Gila Travel Mgmt Plan Starts | Access to 350k acres threatened
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ACTION ALERT | permit zones Tonto NF | $10 fee Bulldog Rolls Sycamore St Clair Desert Vista
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Black Canyon TMP Final Decision | Approx 260 MI of existing roads CLOSED
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ACTION ALERT | Buckeye Hills Travel Mgmt | 354 mi of roads CLOSED Rainbow Valley
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ACTION ALERT | Bouse & Cactus Plain Final Decision | 1,049 mi of roads CLOSED
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ACTION ALERT | 54% of Roads CLOSED Near Black Canyon | NEW PROPOSAL
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The agreement between CA and AZ that closes motorized access to public lands
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Dispersed Camping and River Access Hit Hard in the AZ Strip
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Breaking! Final Decision Withdrawn | Black Canyon Travel Management Plan | 57% of roads CLOSED
Forest Service
The USDA Forest Service is closing thousands of miles of roads on public lands in Arizona.
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ACTION ALERT | permit zones Tonto NF | $10 fee Bulldog Rolls Sycamore St Clair Desert Vista
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RED ALERT | Additional 31,000 Acres Added To Sedona Camping Closure (81k Acres)
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COMMENTS NEEDED ASAP | ADOT 5 Year Plan | No Apache Trail
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Correction! | ACTION ALERT | Proposal Prohibits Dispersed Camping in the Verde Valley
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A twenty year prohibition on motorized access now lifted
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Wilderness designation in the NDAA?
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Public commenting open | Proposed rules for E-bikes
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Open for comment | Hunting, fishing, and shooting
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Forest Service recreation sites | New changes proposed
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Re-wilding Arizona | The plan of a radical environmentalist
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Road closures | Arizona courts or federal bureaucrats
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New updates require Forest Service directives to undergo public scoping
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Bureau of Land Management | How Arizona stopped trail closures
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A call to action for all outdoorsmen across America
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1290 MILE PROPOSED TRAIL CLOSURE | RIM COUNTRY | Four Forest Restoration Initiative
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DRASTIC CHANGES in the Tonto NF | Forest Resource Management Plan | All you need to know
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UPDATE Apache Sitgreaves NF | New public meetings scheduled
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The historic Mogollon Rim Road | 25 miles PERMANENTLY CLOSED
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ATTENTION 532 mile proposed trail closure | Apache Sitgreaves National Forest
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ShareTrails | Chaffee County, Colorado Camping and Travel Management Plan – New Round of Public Feedback
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Protect The Harvest | Foreign Based Food Sources
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ShareTrails | BlueRibbon Coalition Files Lawsuit Against Grand County and Moab City
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RANGEfire! | West coast environmentalist mecca is an environmental disaster
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Protect The Harvest | Victory in Alameda County California
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RANGEfire! | Bureaucrats don’t protect lands from overdevelopment, but nature does
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