NOHVCC Newsletter

RUBICON TRAIL'S SPIDER LAKE AREA TEMPORARILY CLOSED

Sanitation problems cited as the reason
California's Rubicon Trail has become so popular that a serious sanitation problem has cropped up at it's busiest campsite. Where these kinds or problems exist, OHV riders should begin packing everything out...Read more>>

THREE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECOGNITION OF TRAILS AND GREENWAYS

American Trails sponsoring Trails Award, Photo Contest and Website Contest
Help celebrate our country's commitment to the thousands of quality hiking, riding and skiing trails we all enjoy year after year... Read more>>

AMA OPPOSES SHUTDOWN OF 4 MILLION ACRES TO OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES

California areas designated as critical habitat for desert tortoise
"This ruling completely ignores the fact that off-highway motorcycling and ATV riding have played little, if any, part in reducing the tortoise population," noted Nick Haris, AMA Western States Representative. "Motorized recreation is already extremely restricted on most of the tortoise habitat land. In fact, motorized vehicles are either banned entirely or restricted to using existing routes and ways in nearly every part of the desert".... Read more>>

GLAMIS RIDERS GET SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DUNES BACK

Proposal for milk-vetch closure is decreased by 60 percent
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently reduced by nearly 60 percent the amount of land in California's Imperial Valley considered essential to a broomlike plant's survival. Last year, Fish and Wildlife Service biologists in California proposed designating 52,780 acres of the Algodones Dunes (aka Glamis) as critical habitat for the Peirson's milk-vetch. In a final rule published Wednesday, the critical habitat was reduced to 21,863 acres...Read more>>

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

8/29 - Russ Ehnes

8/30 - Mona Ehnes

8/30- Steve Schaffer

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The end of what world event signified the start of off-highway motorcycle and Jeep recreation in America?

(see answer below)

Driving, riding and camping along Spider Lake on the Rubicon Trail is one of the most scenic off-highway experiences in the country. However, due to the fact that there are no proper sanitation facilities, the camping area has been temporarily shut down. (see story to the left)

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Soldiers coming back from World War II are generally credited with starting the off-highway motorcycle and Jeep craze which continues today. Of course the "dirt bikes" of the day were big street bikes with a few modifications.

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