Del Albright

A Bit of Land Use History From Snail Mail to Email  by Del Albright (I think it's time to bring back the LUN) On October 31, 1994 Senator Feinstein pushed through legislation called the Desert Protection Act that added about eight (8) million acres of Wilderness in 69 new Wilderness areas in the CA desert -- locking up thousands of miles of backcountry roads and trails, killing jobs, and stealing public lands from the public -- in effect, stealing our heritage to the historical past so many of us love to explore by motorized vehicles. That same day, Del Albright started writing clubs and groups all over the country -- email was still too new to use. Over 700 letters were sent proclaiming the need for national cooperation, landuse involvement and motorized recreation cohesiveness. The Land Use Network (LUN) was born. As people got email accounts, the LUN began to grow quickly with email taking over as the primary way to communicate and orchestrate a "fight back...

2015 The Year of Clean! By Del Albright, Director of Operations, BRC Keeping trash off our public lands is a big job and one that many of us take on willingly...often.  And yes, it's not usually OUR trash, not from those of us who love the backcountry; but rather it's from folks who don't get it and just go to the "outdoors" with careless attitudes and behaviors. We have to educate them.  And yes, we have to pick up behind them.  Unfortunately. But until we educate them all and get our lands and waterways FREE of trash and garbage, we will need to be vigilant in our efforts at trash pick-up! On the Rubicon Trail (FOTR) we have programs designed to remind folks to clean up and keep things like "white flowers" off the trail.  It all helps.  El Dorado County (wherein lies the Rubicon) is good about helping with educational programs like this: Working with agencies that manage our public lands is a great way to do clean ups and...

Lion's Back, Moab, UT (before it was closed) Writing Effective Letters Does Not Have to be Scary! How to Write Letters to Politicians and Bureaucrats, Made Easy. By Del Albright Letter writing is not like going up and down some tall, skinny, slippery red rock formation in a 4x4 -- it's really pretty easy.   And more importantly, without letters from us to politicians and bureaucrats, our voice is never as strong as it could be to save outdoor sports. You can use these same tips for writing comment letters on NEPA (USFS, BLM, etc.) documents as well.  There's a trick and a formula to letter writing.  In this video, I give it to you short and sweet. http://youtu.be/qxQhevnXgu0