There is an important Desert Advisory Council meeting coming up this Saturday, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm in Ontario. The meeting will be held in the Ontario Airport Hilton, located at 700 North Haven Avenue, in Ontario.
If you were heading to the Sand Car Challenge from out of town, head out earlier and stop in at the meeting.
These meetings occur from time to time and our presence isn't always terribly important. This time though, if we don't stand up for ourselves we could get stuck with something we don't want.
According to Roy Denner, an OHV representative on the Desert Advisory Council, among other things, Saturday's meeting will include:
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1) A discussion about, and the likely formation of, a Technical Review Team (TRT) to evaluate the Special Permit process for events held in the California Desert District. The TRT will review the permit process and develop standards and guidelines for permit applications. The TRT will also address the Cost Recovery requirement for special events (mandated by Congress) and develop standards and guidelines for event cost estimating and cost accounting for events held within the California Desert District.
2) A discussion about, and the likely formation of, Technical Review Teams (TRT's) for the OHV recreation areas of Dumont Dunes and El Mirage. These TRT's will advise the BLM on the disbursement and application of use fees collected in those areas. These TRT's will be composed of representatives from user groups that pay the fees and local community representatives that have an economic interest in the continuing operation of those recreation areas.
Members of the OHV community who are familiar with Dumont Dunes and El Mirage who would like to provide input on the formation of these TRT's and would like to be considered for participation on the TRT's for those areas are invited to attend the June DAC meeting.
2) A discussion about, and the likely formation of, Technical Review Teams (TRT's) for the OHV recreation areas of Dumont Dunes and El Mirage. These TRT's will advise the BLM on the disbursement and application of use fees collected in those areas. These TRT's will be composed of representatives from user groups that pay the fees and local community representatives that have an economic interest in the continuing operation of those recreation areas.
Members of the OHV community who are familiar with Dumont Dunes and El Mirage who would like to provide input on the formation of these TRT's and would like to be considered for participation on the TRT's for those areas are invited to attend the June DAC meeting.
Any and all that can make it, please do. We have a chance to get "our own" on these TRTs... members of the community that actually have a clue what our community needs. Let's seize this opportunity while we can!
Vicki
If there is anything I can do...
