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CA4WDC NRC South Report - April 30, 2012 |
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Monday, 30 April 2012 13:15 |
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CA4WDC NRC South Report - April 30, 2012
Los Padres NF - The Los Padres Conservation and Recreation Act of 2012 (H.R. 4109) provides for the designation of Ballinger Canyon and Mount Pinos as OHV Areas.
In addition, the legislative language is clear that there “…shall be no net loss of recreational values, including off-highway vehicle recreational values…” in the two areas and sections 401 and 403 in H.R. 4109 adds particular roads and trails to the Los Padres National Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map and call for a feasibility study on the construction of specified new trails.
Existing language in the bill provides for boundary adjustments as necessary to keep existing trails outside the new designated wilderness.
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NRC South Report - March 2012 |
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Monday, 02 April 2012 18:24 |
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NRC Report - March 2012
With March, a couple of important and long stalled projects have moved into active status. The long awaited Forest Service Planning Rule has been formally released and (to date) survived legal challenges.
This effort may seems minor but it does have significant implications for those that recreate in national forests. Each national forest is required to have a management plan. The plan is known as “forest plan”, “land and resource management plan”, or “resource management plan”. By which ever name, the forest plan is supposed to be updated at specified intervals. With the exception of four national forests (Los Padres, Angles, San Bernardino, and Cleveland) in California, all other national forests have plans that are more than 15 years out of date.
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CA4WDC Statement on Eldorado NF |
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Friday, 13 April 2012 12:55 |
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For background, the Center for Sierra Nevada Conservancy and their partners (PLAINTIFFs) filed a lawsuit against the Forest Service (DEFENDANTS) to CLOSE routes in the Eldorado National Forest due to inadequate NEPA analysis during the Travel Management process. BlueRibbon Coalition, CA4WDC and AMA-D36 filed as INTERVENORS on the side of the Forest Service to keep the routes OPEN. BRC, CA4WDC and AMA D36 stepped in and represented OHV interests. NO OTHER GROUP WAS WILLING TO STEP IN AND BECOME INVOLVED.
At a hearing in April 2011, the judge ordered the parties named in the lawsuit to enter into settlement negotiations and reach a mutually agreed settlement.
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OHMVR LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARY |
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Friday, 16 March 2012 12:50 |
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OHMVR LEGISLATIVE BILL SUMMARY REPORT 3/16/2012
BY AARON READ & ASSOCIATES for California Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs
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AB 1535
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(Halderman R) Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
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Current Text: Amended: 3/14/2012 pdf html
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Introduced: 1/24/2012
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Last Amend: 3/14/2012
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Status: 3/15/2012-Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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Location: 3/15/2012-A. TRANS.
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Calendar: 3/19/2012 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202 ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION, LOWENTHAL, Chair
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Summary: Current law directs the Department of Transportation and certain local authorities to erect and maintain signage along state and county highways that designate certain traffic lanes as high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and specify conditions for their use. This bill would require the department or a local authority, when replacing signs designating HOV lane use in an area that permits motorcycles to use those lanes, to include language on the new sign stating that motorcycles are permitted in the HOV lanes. This bill contains other related provisions and other current laws.
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Civics 102 (Legislation)
