CLOSED TRAIL/RIDING AREA PICS NEEDED FOR CAMPAIGN

PICS NEEDED OF CLOSED AREAS FOR NATIONAL VISUAL CAMPAIGN FOR ALL OFF-ROADERS TO USE AND SEE

By Del Albright and Olaf Kilthau, AreaBFE

Olaf Kilthau, Owner/Managing Member of Area BFE Adventure Park in Moab, UT, is asking for pics from us – of CLOSED trails/areas from all over the country!  Yes, trails and riding areas that have been closed to us (no matter how far back), with signs showing the closure or a gate or other barrier showing the trail/road/riding area CLOSED.

Olaf plans to initiate a visual campaign (hopefully with enough pics to post daily messages and closed trail signs) for all of us to see what has really happened to our outdoor backcountry access.   This will also give us a database/inventory of at least some of the losses we have incurred.

Pics should be internet sized (less than 1 meg; preferably jpeg).
Pics can be emailed directly to Olaf, using olaf@areabfe.com

Please add a short description of the pics you send.  Your note to Olaf might look like this:
“This pic is of the closure sign at the mouth of Surprise Canyon in Panamint Valley, near Death Valley, CA, closed in May 2001.  Before that we used to winch up 5 waterfalls to get to Panamint City, about 10 miles away.  Now we have to walk to see this part of our desert history.”

There is no immediate deadline for submitting pics, but we’d like to get this database/project underway as soon as possible.  However, if you come across a closed sign in the future, send it along as well.  Olaf will keep a list of the closures and pics that go with them, for our future use.

Thanks for any help,
Del (and Olaf)

 Questions may be addressed to Olaf using email: olaf@areabfe.com

Del Albright
Ambassador, BlueRibbon Coalition www.sharetrails.org
Founding Trail Boss, Friends of the Rubicon www.rubiconfriends.com
Environmental Affairs, CA4WDC www.cal4wheel.com
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Website: www.delalbright.com

EASTER JEEP SAFARI LANDUSE HELP NEEDED

Moab Easter Jeep Safari attendees: AreaBFE and Team Albright, official Landuse Ambassadors for AreaBFE, are asking for volunteers to help staff the Landuse Team Booth at AreaBFE during Easter Safari week in Moab, UT. 
You DO NOT have to be an expert to help.  Just willing to spend a few hours or whatever you can spare.

Staffing will be needed on Tuesday (CRAWL Magazine Reader’s Ride Day) and Saturday, WE ROCK DirtRiot Race Day. We are asking for any help we can get from any group/club or organization that can afford a couple hours. 

Tuesday, 3/26, 8 to 10am; noon to 3pm.
Saturday, 3/30, 9am to 3pm (when ever you can fit in).

Shifts of roughly two hours; two people per shift desired.

Generic EZ Up with club/organizational banners hung as appropriate (but no logos on EZ up so everyone feels welcome to staff it).  Bring your club/group stuff and show it off; add it to our display.

Anyone helping staff the Landuse Team Booth will get free entry into the DirtRiot Race Day on Saturday. Organizational banners are welcomed in the booth, as well as handouts or brochures. If it’s about landuse and access, it fits our mission at the AreaBFE Landuse Team Booth.

Again, you don’t have to be an expert to staff the booth; you just have to have a desire to help out in our efforts to save trails and keep our sports alive. Complicated or area specific questions that may arise can be handled by taking a message or note for one of the organizational landuse folks to follow up on later.

Just drop a note to del@delalbright.com if you can find some spare time and want to help -- and perhaps end up in a magazine/article?  ;)

thanks, Del & Stacie