Del Albright

A Date with a Paper Plate By Del Albright, BlueRibbon Ambassador I am convinced our future lies in not leaving our past behind... NOTE: We must pack it in and pack it out when recreating in the back country and on our trails. We need to set the example and show our kids how to be responsible in our pursuit of motorized and non-motorized recreation. There I was, lying in the cupboard, minding my own business like any good napkin, when this paper plate starts coming on to me. Oh, she was cute all right, all decked out in flowers and looking good. But like any single male napkin, I played hard to get and not interested. She kept chatting away, being all flirty, and finally I started to like the way things were shaping up. Hey, you never know, she might be the one. She kept telling me that we should get together and go on a date. You know how paper plates can be. Pretty soon my resistance waned and I gave in to a date. We decided to give it a shot and I thought that this ...

Outdoor Recreation Worth Billions!!! Outdoor Recreation in America is a huge business, bringing BILLIONS of dollars into our economy. The numbers are in....look what outdoor recreation does for America: - 6.1 million american jobs - $646 billion in outdoor recreation spending each year - $39.9 billion in federal tax revenue - $39.7 billion in state/local tax revenue -  $53 billion on snow sports ($54 billion on internet access) 140 million americans recreate outside. 50 million use OHV’s This is HUGE news.  Be sure to share with your politicians, newspaper editors, website forum moderators and your club/group.  Shout it from the rooftops! More details and study results here from the Outdoor Industry Association: http://www.outdoorindustry.org/images/researchfiles/OIA_OutdoorRecEconomyReport2012.pdf?167 Del

MY OFF ROAD WISH...by Del I refuse to play; but if I do play, I refuse to play hard and break. But if I do break, I refuse to  whimper.  Hey, but if I whimper, I refuse to do it where anyone can hear me.  On the other hand, if someone does hear me whimpering, I refuse to let them see my face.  So my wish is that I can always hide when I break my junk! If you wheel or ride hard, you're going to break junk.  It just happens.  Be prepared as best you can to fix it when you do.  Be considerate of others when you do break (don't block the trail unnecessarily).  Be ready to spend some bucks with businesses who support keeping our trails open when you have to buy stuff to fix your junk. Be an example for others to follow, even when you break -- whimper in private and thank the heavens that you have the opportunity to ride, wheel, boat and break! Rambling...Del

URGENT! California OHV Program In Jeopardy - Urge Governor To Veto Transfer IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEM -- MANDATORY! Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, As you know from our previous alerts and updates , the “transfer” (theft) of up to $31 million dollars of your OHV registration fees will have a devastating impact on destination recreation areas that are mostly in rural areas already hit hard by the current fiscal crisis. There is one last chance to save these programs. The Governor has the ability to veto this proposed transfer from the OHV Trust Fund out of the final budget. California's OHV community has the numbers to make this happen. Think about it, if every single OHV user in California contacted his office today, millions would call. Tell your friends, family and any other OHV person you know to contact Governor Brown and urge him to line-item veto any budget proposals that would undermine California State Park’s Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Program. Since...

Pro-Trail Senate Candidates Win in Key States  Dear Trail Voter,   Here is a quick overview of yesterday's primary results.   In two key battleground states, it appears that TPAC supported Denny Rehberg (MT -R) and Heather Wilson (NM - R) won their respective primaries and will go on to vie for the chance to win in November so they can vote Harry Reid out of his position as Senate Majority Leader where he continues to block House bills that seek to address public land access issues. Although CA is not a battleground state, Congressional Candidate Dan Lungren (CD-7) won the primary and got a significant majority of the total vote in CA's new "open primary" where the top two contestants (regardless of party) go onto face each other in November. As you may remember, Lungren attended and spoke at the 2012 Hangtown MX (which was in his District). It appears he picked up some off-road votes there. As TPAC f...

CA LEGISLATURE VOTES TO GUT OHV GRANTS PROGRAM TO FEDERAL AND LOCAL PARTNERS SACRAMENTO (May 31, 2012) -  Earlier today, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation voted to steal up to $31 million dollars from the California Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund and transfer it to non-OHV related programs.   This pilfering of user-pay funding is part of the “Sustainable Parks Proposal” being championed by the California Parks Foundation, other anti-OHV organizations, and California State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto).   Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D- Petaluma) argued strongly in favor of the plan which he knows will directly impact destination OHV areas throughout the state including nearby units on the Mendocino and Six Rivers National Forests,  the BLM Cow Mountain Recreation near Ukiah, and the BLM Samoa Dunes Recreation Area near Eureka.  Assemblyman Brian Jones (R-Santee) was the lone voice on the committee that ...