Del Albright

F riends of the Rubicon (FOTR) Annual Meeting 2010 Report from Jacquelyne Bebe Theisen The FOTR Annual meeting went very well. We had a full day with lots of great information from our own membership and from our agency partners. We began the meeting with introductions and comments from Del and Daphne Greene to kick things into gear.  (full room; 100 folks) We then had a recap of workdays on the trail for the year, both the El Dorado side and the Placer side, I recapped the El Dorado and Doug Barr recapped the Placer. We have accomplished a ton last year and have even MORE to do this year. I introduced a new oil cleaning product, that after*two trials on the trail, was modified to include a detergent free surfactant, an enzyme and a microbe. It took all the best of the two products we used to remove old oils stains from the granite, and added an enzyme for the fast acting breakdown of petroleum, and a microbe that contines to breakdown any oil that gets into the soil over time. Th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Del Albright (209) 304-7693 Ambassador, BlueRibbon Coalition Access Army Warrior King Poison Spyder Sponsors BlueRibbon Coalition Attendance at “TDS” Banning, CA (February 24, 2010). It becomes newsworthy when businesses support land use and access with not only product and memberships, but also donations. BlueRibbon Coalition Ambassador Del Albright will be attending the annual Tierra del Sol (TDS) Desert Safari because of the generous support of Poison Spyder. You will find BlueRibbon in or near the Poison Spyder booth at TDS so please come by, say hi, and also see the new Access Army Ricochet Rocker on the Albright Jeep. The 48th Annual Desert Safari, conducted by the Tierra del Sol 4Wheel Drive club out of San Diego, will be March 5-7, 2010 in the Truckhaven Hills of southern California. Typically several thousand folks are in the raffle audience on Saturday night to get their shot at over $100,000 in prizes. Poison Spyder will be one of the near ...

Tired of seeing your favorite off-road areas closed by environmental lobbyist efforts? Are you sick of being hassled by law-enforcement officials as they try to enforce the often vague laws concerning tire coverage? Daystar’s new mud flaps let others know your feelings on these subjects loud and clear: “Four Wheeling is Not a Crime!” Daystar’s universal Mud Flaps keep your vehicle legal while expressing your opinion in bold letters. Most states have some sort of law concerning tire coverage, and many require mud flaps on pickups and SUVs even though they may not be present on a factory vehicle (which complies with federal regulations.) It seems a little coincidental when enforcement of these tire coverage rules is practically non-existent until a big four-wheeling event takes place. Then law enforcement suddenly becomes fanatical about obscure laws concerning tire coverage, sometimes to the point of borderline harassment of law-abiding four-wheeling enthusiasts. Daystar’s “Four Wheelin...

BlueRibbon Land Use Online Magazine ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You can sign up for these quickie news releases of hot topics in the BlueRibbon magazine at http://www.sharetrails.org. Once again, moving further along into modern times and technology. The February 2010 issue of BlueRibbon Magazine is available online! Featured in this issue... STAFF COLUMNS Greg Mumm (BRC Executive Director) gets rolling on momentum Sonia Bartz (BRC President) sounds off on accepting change NEWS Tread Lightly Partners with Yamaha on an awesome new project BRC takes a stand against public lands lockup in South Dakota Tellico appeal takes a hit from the Forest Service Eldorado Lawsuit: Why are recreation groups seeking to intervene? Rubicon Update: How will the Board of Supervisors vote effect things? Larry Chidester gets some well deserved recognition. Find out why! The 16th Annual Lassen-Applegate Emigrant Trail Ride is coming, and you can be a part of it EDIT...

Support BlueRibbon by voting for ThumperTalk forums. ThumperTalk is eligible for a Intuit (Quicken) grant of $35,000 because they use QuickBooks. If we vote for them and they win the grant, they will split it with BlueRibbon Coalition. AWESOME. Check out the full story and the SIMPLE three steps to make this happen with YOUR vote. Page 10 of the January 2010 online magazine: http://www.sharetrails.org/magazine/issues/january2010/

I'm pimping this because BFGoodrich Tires is also setting the example nationwide for businesses helping to keep our sport alive and our trails open. BFG is doing more than any company I know of, on many fronts, including the racing field, but also Outstanding Trails program, support for BlueRibbon Coalition with tire sales on off-road tires, magazine adds to support land use organizations and many other helpful donations to raffles.  They just plain ROCK in my book. Del ## BFGoodrich Tires Continues King of the Hammers Win Streak; Claims Top 11 Positions GREENVILLE, S.C. – Feb. 16, 2010 – BFGoodrich® Tires once again reigns supreme as it remains to be the only tire manufacturer to come out on top at the challenging King of the Hammers. More than 30,000 fans witnessed Loren Healy take home the coveted scepter this past weekend at the 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers. Healy, along with co-driver Rodney Woodey, became the only team to take the checkered flag after qualifying at the 4...

BlueRibbon Coalition sent me to Griffin King of the Hammers to be the Land Use Emporium guy and seminar host/moderator.  I was BLOWN away by this awesome event.  I could blog hours on how this is a shining example of our sport taken to the next level, while still embracing simple things like recycling and pack it out. To keep my blog short, let me hit the highlights: The organization and staff of KOH was incredible and efficient. One local reporter said 28,000 folks were in attendance; Jeff Knoll and I were thinking around 22,000. No matter. It's HUGE.  It's the biggest thing I've ever been too, and well done to boot. The lakebed and trails were left cleaner than when the crew got there. I lead the cleanup of Sledge and I can attest to the fact that our off-road folks are getting the message and not leaving behind big messes. Cal4 ran the recycling program (KOH idea) and kept the money for land use issues. Over 100 volunteers help put on the race. Over 100 vendors provide...

Reporting from the road -- we are in Las Vegas today, headed over to King of the Hammers shortly. In the meantime, we have to report that this new event we attended, Southwest Crawlfest, was an absolute four-wheeling DREAM.  We had a ball, gained several new BlueRibbon members, hooked up with great folks, talked trail-saving by the hours, and found some marvelous trails. The trails wove in and out of red rock domes like you find in Moab, UT.  In fact, in many ways this place rivals Moab.  Plus it's a State Park OHV Area with tons of obstacles and trails to challenge all types of rigs. The event started Friday am with a driver's meeting, safety briefing, and introductions.  I heard there were 320 rigs signed up that were spread out over 11 trails.  AWESOME.  Big Sarge was there for Utah 4Wheel Drive Association along with other members.  Many land use groups were there as well, because the Crawlfest donates most all their proceeds to help keep...