Court Orders CLOSURE of State Park; Ignores Collaborative Process

LIVERMORE, CA (Dec 15, 2009) - In a recent court action, a judge in Alameda County has ordered a closure of one of California’s State Parks. Last week, Judge Frank Roesch ordered the closure of Carnegie State Vehicle Recreation Area (SVRA) based on his own interpretation of the appropriate application of water quality standards.

Despite years of working with regulatory agencies to address issues surrounding water quality in the Corral Hollow Watershed, Judge Roesch ordered the park, located in the hills east of Livermore, closed until State Parks files and receives approval of or a waiver for a report of waste discharge from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. This approval process could take months.

After waiting for the 2009 - ‘10 El Nino to kick in,  it finally hit with a bang, dropping almost 2 ft. of snow in Lytle Creek. Lytle Creek is a small canyon and recreation area in the San Bernardino mountains.  It holds a few 4×4 trails and lesser known, but very cool, yellow post [...]

So, why not start off with a Hardbody and avoid all all the trouble? Well, after selling my old buggy I was in the market for another Nissan to SAS. In searching the classifieds for Nissan 4×4’s it was apparent that Hardbody’s were going for $1000 to $2000 more than Pathfinders. So, [...]

Washington Newsletter
December 2009

The December Legislative Race
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Congress has returned to Washington from its Thanksgiving recess only to face a legislative agenda packed full of unfinished business items.  One commodity not in abundance is time since the Christmas holiday is a little more than three weeks away.  The Senate will spend much of December on health care reform, but both chambers may face possible votes on supporting additional troops for the war in Afghanistan and some yet-to-be-determined legislation to address the very high unemployment rate.

Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Act
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It seems as though we seldom have good news to tell you, but the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Act of 2009, H.R. 765, has the potential of becoming very good news for OHV enthusiasts living in the Las Vegas area.   The legislation, sponsored by Representative Dean Heller of Nevada, would create an OHV recreation area of more than 10,000 acres by using lands owned by Clark County and the Bureau of Land Management.   The legislation would authorize the conveyance of approximately 1,200 acres of BLM land to Clark County so the County can develop an active off-highway vehicle recreation park.  An additional 9,000 acres would be designated as an off-highway vehicle recreation area to be managed by BLM.