Meetings: Date: 9/8/2016 More updates for DAC, DRECP, Forest, OHMVR Commission and WEMO Meetings Listed below are meetings that are open to the access community to participate in. All these meetings are facilitated by Ed Waldheim (unless noted otherwise) with e-mail notices of agendas sent out to interested parties who are friends of Access to our public lands. We call them OHV Leadership meetings. Why? Because everyone who recreates has to go with wheels, thus they become OHV, be it a motorcycle or a Cadillac, if you go off the pavement you are OHV. Contact edwaldheim@aol.com or 760 373 0033 Cell. Phone number provided after meeting location are only in case you get lost or need directions, they are not to find out about the meeting. For that, please contact Ed Waldheim. Reoccurring meetings: (Facilitated by Ed Waldheim) Friends of El Mirage 2nd Wednesday of each month 9 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. at the BLM El Mirage Visitor Center. Mail: 75 Colusa Rd. El Mirage, CA 92301. Deliveries: 20471 Mountain View Road, El Mirage, CA 92301 (760) 388-4703 www.elmirage.org Conference call: 641-715-3286 Access Code 618478# Friends of El Mirage Days October 22, 2016 Spring Cleanup at El Mirage Visitor Center Check www.elmirage.org for specifics. Location is at El Mirage Visitor Center. Pre-Register to get your T shirt for clean up Friends of Jawbone: 3 rd Wednesday of each month 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. at the BLM Jawbone Station (off Hwy 14) P.O. Box 1902, Cantil CA 93519, Deliveries 28111 Jawbone Canyon Rd. Cantil, CA 93519 (760) 373-1146 www.jawbone.org Conference Call 641-715-3286 Access Code 618478# 19 th Annual Moose Anderson Days, April 29, 2017 Go to Web site www.jawbone.org for specifics. CTUC (California Trail User Coalition) National Forest Association Angeles, 2 nd Wednesday at 6 p.m. www.ctuc.info Meetings are at 3550 Foothill Blvd. Glendale, CA 91214 Conference call: 641-715- 3286 Access Code 618478# Visit our website www.ctuc.info. Inyo National Forest and Bishop BLM OHV leadership meetings. Next meeting : OHV Leadership meeting will be September 29, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Bishop Office of BLM and Inyo Forest confirmed 9/9/2016 1
We meet at 351 Pacu Lane, Suite 200 Bishop, CA 93514, 760-873-2400 Conference call: 641-715- 3286 Access Code 618478# San Bernardino National Forest OHV leadership meeting. Next meeting September 20, 2016 10 a.m. At Honda Colton Training center 1301 Via Venita, Colton, CA 92324 confirmed 9/9/2016 Conference call: 641-715-3286 Access Code 618478# Angeles National Forest OHV CTUC leadership meeting. Next meeting will be Then Face to Face meeting September 27, 2016 Forest Supervisor office. 1 p.m. Conference call: 641-715-3286 Access Code 618478# confirmed 9/9/2016 Angeles Forest Supervisors office at 701 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 90106. Contact edwaldheim@aol.com Los Padres National Forest OHV Leadership meeting. The next meeting will be September 22, 2016 at 6755 Hollister Ave. Suite 150 Goleta, CA 93117 (805) 968-6640 this meeting is not confirmed. CANCELLED NEXT MEETING WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON California Desert BLM OHV Leadership meeting. Next meeting September 28, 2016 10 a.m. (This is new time, please take note of it.) confirmed per Steve Razo. This is Regular OHV leadership meeting will be announced as soon as we get a new date. 22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno, Valley 92553 (951) 697-5200 Contact edwaldheim@aol.com Conference call: 641-715-3286 Access Code 618478# 2
Sequoia National Forest & Bakersfield BLM OHV leadership meetings. Next OHV leadership meeting will be September 15, 2016 9 a.m. at 105 Whitney Rd. Kernville, CA 93238 760 376 3781. Conference call: 641-715-3286 Access Code 618478# this is confirmed 9/8/2016 DRECP www.drecp.org http://www.drecp.databasin.org this is an incredible site to work from www.consbio.org also will be a site to make public comments from California Energy Commission Dockets Office, MS Docket No. 09-Renev E0-01 1516 Ninth Street Sacramento, CA 95814-5512 ------------------------------------------------- Public Lands Roundtable Ridgecrest, California 4th Thursday of each month at 6.00 p.m. location of meeting, 300 S. Richmond, Ridgecrest, CA 93555. This meeting is chaired by elected chairman of group whose members are elected by the body to represent all types of interest from Environmental to recreation, mining, ranching, and so on. Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission, Schedule subject to change. You have to monitor their web site. http://www.ohv.parks.ca.gov and go to Commission. Next meeting listed always check web site for confirmation of these date. OHMVR Commission meeting Dates 2016 3
November 3-4, 2016 OHMVR Grants Dates Work shop in Southern California Ontario will be January 9-10, 2017 and Northern California January 12-13, 2017 Preliminary Grants are due March 6, 2017 Final Grants are due May 1. 2017 At all our OHV leadership meeting Staff have been pushing for us to start thinking about grants for next year and what it is you want agencies or nonprofits to apply for. Get involved, it all is public land, and we have to be part of the solution so we can enjoy our sport. CORVA, more information go to www.corva.org. Desert Manager Group go to web site for next meeting http://www.dmg.gov Desert Advisory Council Meeting. Meet quarterly for dates check BLM Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/rac/dac.html Contact Steve Razo 951 697 5217 October 14-15 Palm Spring s Director BLM will be there to celebrate 40 th Anniversary of FLPMA and DAC December 2 3, 2016 Needles, December 2, 2016 Field Tour, December 3, 2016 Business Meeting, Location TBA Secretary Jewell announced her appointments to the Desert Advisory Committee today and we are excited to offer our congratulations to the following new members as well as our re-appointments! John Benoit (elected official) Nathan Francis (non-renewable resources) Robert Robinson (public-at large/tribal interests) Billy Mitchell (renewable resources / grazing interests) Randy Banis (recreation) reappointment Al Muth (wildlife) reappointment 4
Robert Burke (public-at-large) reappointment This is how the council looks at this point: Randy Banis Recreation Third Term Francis Al Muth Wildlife Second Term Robert Lee Burke Public-at-Large Second Term John Benoit Elected Official First Term Nathan Francis Non-Renewable First Term William Mitchell Renewable Resources First term Robert Robinson Public-at-Large First term James Kenney Public-at-Large First Term 5/30/2017 Raymond Castillo Elected Official First Term 5/30/2017 Leslie John Barrett Renewable Energy First Term 5/30/2017 Mark Algazy Public-at-Large First Term 5/30/2017 This puts us at 11 active members. Four members have termed out while this group was in the nomination process. We will soon be putting out the call for the following vacancies: (vis Shteir) Environmental Protection 2/06/2016 (vis Sall) Public-at-Large 11/21/2015 (vis O Boyle) Transportation/Rights-of-Way 11/21/2015 (vis Houston) Non-Renewable Resources 11/21/2015 The most recent members termed out can continue to participate, however, will not have voting rights. Stephen Razo -Dumont Dunes Sub Group quarterly meeting at BLM Barstow office at 2601 Barstow Rd. Barstow, CA 92311 (760) 252-6000 November 26 at Dumont dunes, Public notice will be send ty BLM Steve Razo to solicit comments by public. Contact: Randy Banis rbanis@sundancemedia.com Dumont Dunes Desert Mountain League of Cities Saynne Redifer 5
Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager City of Palmdale 38300 Sierra Highway.Palmdale, CA 93550 Tel: (661) 267-5115 Fax: (661) 267-5122 2016 Desert Mountain Division Meetings and Host Cities October 5 through 7 - League Annual Conference Long Beach Friday, November 18 - Organizational Meeting and Chimbote Public Service Awards Dinner Town of Apple Valley 6