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| | | | 02/07/2010 | For Peaks Clean Up | dennissta | | #2538 | Four Peaks clean-up
AAR had a good turn out at the Four Peaks pickup. Members working were Ron Thornton, Sandy Moody and friend, Dennis Rawlins, Bob Maitzen, Chuck Murphy, Bev Murphy, Bob Maitzen, Bill Bonn, Tom Murphey, Dennis Stadel, Jan Wehrle, Alan Stallman, Brian Smith, and probably several more members I did not see.
Tim Huber, the organizer, directed the event like a master Super Bowl coach. It was exciting to watch such independent Off Road individual working toward one goal. I spent Friday night at the organizers camp fire, such dedicated individuals and 20 were from Tucson.
I have identified a BLM site (Black Canyon Trail #12 from Wells Trail Guide) AAR could adopt for a one time Major clean-up and then yearly cleanup , but it will be up to the board to select a site. I will be riding this trail on March 5, to check the changes caused by 5 foot of flood water. The Club Roles state that Members at Large will "Cooperatively oversee the organization and planning of the bi-annual cleanup".
Several hundred Jeep club members, ATV, UTV,and Motorcycle clubs along with an assortment of Tour Guide Companies hauled pick-up trucks and trailer loads after load, after load of garbage to six, 20 foot dumpsters. Every Off Road club from central Arizona were represented at the event. I did not hear complaints about the work, only about the shooters that left their garbage. If you have never helped at one of these clean-ups, you would not believe the dish washers, TV's , household furniture and garbage they shoot at, and leave.
If the Off Road community does not continue working on these projects and become more pro active, the government agencies could just lock the gates to the trails we want to ride.
The Tonto National Forest Management Plan will be completed this summer. It could have more effect on the off Road community than we can imagine. The camping regulations alone could restrict campers to within one cars length from the road. The Travel Management plan will eliminate travel on 70 to 80% of the trails for Jeeps and UTV's. This could eliminate many of the areas used by shooters. The Boulders is a model of what could happen, where campers are restricted to a staging ares, shooting has been controlled.
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