Del Albright

BLUERIBBON COALITION WILDERNESS ALERT! Help Us Stop the Secretary that Would Steal Christmas! Dear BRC Members and Supporters, Just one day before Christmas Eve 2010, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar announced that he had signed an Order that seeks to embed a Wilderness review in every component of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning, creating a unique status for Wilderness different from other multiple uses in BLM management.  Secretarial Order No. 3310 and Draft Wilderness Inventory Manual The order appears to be one of the best Christmas gifts any Wilderness activist could hope for.  The timing was no accident.  Secretary Salazar's new order came just after the Lame Duck Congress adjourned, having failed to pass the massive Public Lands Omnibus Bill--a package that would have created millions of acres of new Wilderness, openly supported by the Secretary.  It was no accident the Order was announced after legislators had gone home for the holiday. ...

December 2010 produced some very nice moons for photography. Here is my shot saying good-bye to the last full moon of the year, yet looking forward to many more nice moons in 2011.  And next is a tripod night time shot I got of the Lunar Eclipse. Here's hoping your 2011 is full of bright moons, clear visions, great trails, and happiness. Del

Dear Editor/Webmaster and friend of landuse: Here is my latest article for your use on landuse and access.  Feel free to post/share it in off-road friendly forums and newsletters.  I would appreciate a link if you use it.  Thanks, Del. ## 50 Years of Off-Roading Reflecting on lessons learned and our outdoor future By Del Albright, BlueRibbon Ambassador The bikini clad Rock Zombie girls were all over my Jeep giving it the wash job of its life as I sat perched on my roof rack marveling at 50 years of off-roading.  They were raising money for landuse, so I’m always in for a good cause.   What really hurt, though was realizing the combined age of any two of the girls did not equal my number of years of trails and dirt roads! I guess you could say I’ve seen it all.  I’ve lived in 16 states and been shot at in 3 countries.  I’ve logged 140,000 miles on my Jeep over the last 13 years of concentrated landuse wheeling; and it ain’t over yet! With the sun ...

LAME DUCK OMNIBUS LAND BILL NEEDS OUR VOICE! Please take a moment and MAKE A CALL to your Senators about the lame duck Omnibus Bill about to hit us. I am asking for phone calls and not emails as this is THAT important (and time sensitive).  Make a quick call and tell them NO Omnibus Bill – because: 1.       There’s not been any real public debate or input and even if the bill has some good stuff in it, we, the public need time to digest and review it. 2.       This is being shoved through (down our throats) in too big a hurry.  It’s not the way government was intended to work. 3.       The bill contains multiple land designations that merely CLOSE us out of our public lands – we need time to review, digest, comment, and CHANGE the language.  It certainly does not represent the will of the public. 4.       This thing contains vast spending measures that are not relevant to ...

BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC. MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Contact: Del Albright, BRC Ambassador      Phone: (209) 304-7693      Email: brdel@sharetrails.org      Date: December 1, 2010 BRC Charity Christmas Auction Still Live on eBay POCATELLO, ID (December 10) - The BlueRibbon Coalition 2nd Annual Christmas Auction is live on eBay. Thanks to all our supporters, bidders and donors, we are really making some trail-saving progress!  We have some very nice items up for bid and it is going to a good cause so don't let these awesome goodies get by you! Get in on the fun at: http://donations.ebay.com/charity/charity.jsp?NP_ID=25971 If you're a business that would like to donate, we can still slip you in on the auction for this year. Just drop Del Albright (Auctioneer) a note with your donation today and we'll make it happen! The list of contributing donors is long and impressive. We enc...

The BlueRibbon Coalition charity Christmas Auction is in full swing and tons of goodies are going for great prices (while we build up landuse money to help save trails and keep our sports alive). It's awesome. GenRight Off Road just became the big boy donor for a single donation with a Jeep TJ Roll Cage Kit in the mix. Sweet. Learn more about GenRight at http://www.genright.com And here is the list of goodies for sale on eBay right now to help you keep enjoying the great outdoors. All the proceeds go to keeping our trails open around the country. http://motors.shop.ebay.com/sharetrails/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg = Del