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If you are thinking about boats for a long, cross country trip, there are a few things to consider: - will you be leaving the vehicle unattended for significant periods of time? Boat theft is not a trivial issue. - paddling rivers, and especially ones with rapids, requires some sort of...

The number of comments that the Water Board received were enough to alter their usual way of issuing cleanup orders. Apparently these are issued by executive action without hearings, for example if they are telling some sewer district to fix a problem with their discharge, or telling a...

The newest document on the Water Board site is dated Apr 14 outlining the Hearing Procedure for the hearing on the 23rd.

Read this other Rubicon thread, and some of the Water Board documents before you get all hot under the collar. Try to understand this issues. Action alerts by national groups like this tell only part of the story. NORA is lying to you. The water board is not calling for the closure of this...

Here's a BLM report, apparently from around 1990, which recommends that the larger Cerro Gordo WSA not become Wilderness. It discusses the various criteria and how they apply, or not, in this case. There are also a couple of maps...

Various portions of the March bill released study areas. My guess is that released area was about 1/4 th of the newly designated area (i.e. areas transformed from WSA to full). That may have been part of the compromise needed to get local support for the respective sections. While it takes an...

I found a website calls rs2477roads.com It focuses on rs2477 fights, primarily between public access advocates and private lands rights. Apparently a lot of the cases where people are claiming public access under this Civil War era provision, it is against private land owners, ranchers and...

Here a collection of maps of BLM lands affected by the March Omnibus bill http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/NLCS/maps/2009_Designation_maps.html This page has links to a map of BLM lands, with Wilderness, and Wilderness study areas marked...

Some of the lower elevations on this map (particularly where the marked route approaches Keeler) are in the Cerro Grodo Wilderness Study Area http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org/foi/cgordo I haven't found a map for the Inyo Mountains Wilderness which probably contains the upland areas on your map.

Here's a chance to tell the NP service your thoughts about Wilderness areas within Death Valley NP. They are working on a Wilderness Stewardship Plan http://www.desertusa.com/desertblog/?p=5629 Here's a report about a court case in which Inyo County claimed the right to pave 3 routes through...

I am trying to understand why people act as though every Wilderness designation is an irreparable loss to their recreational interests and personal rights. Most places where I have looked, Wilderness boundaries deliberately exclude preexisting roads. I am learning from your examples, and a bit...

Apparently the Water Board staff took these 'I'll go elsewhere' affidavits as an attempt to claim that closing the Rubicon (even for part of the year) would have an adverse affect on the environment in other areas, and hence not allowed under CEQA (the Calif. Env. Quality Act). In effect...

Speaking of abuse spreading to unprotected areas, is there an implied threat in this Rubicon Trail Foundation form letter? http://www.rubicontrail.org/newstuff/ It almost sounds as though they are saying 'if I can't #$*@ on the Rubicon I'll go do it else where'. Such a letter ignores the...

Could you be more specific about which type of closure you have in mind? Few, if any of the Congressionally designated Wilderness areas were created because they were abused or trashed. In nearly all cases the designation was intended to prevent development, including the creation of roads by...

Speaking of attempts by Boxer etal to CLOSE all access to the California outdoors, what can you tell me about the propose Wilderness areas in Riverside Cty in HR369 (Boxer and Bono Mack)? That has language specifically preserving road access in one the areas...

I'm still waiting for an example where Wilderness designation has prevented you from driving to that kind of hiking destination. I don't expect photos, but I would like to see a map with wilderness boundary, and marked road. The best I can find is a pocket-wilderness just off of US395 that was...

Rubicon on 'the closure list'? Where can I find that list?

Here's a news article from January (Sacramento) abut http://www.sacbee.com/197/story/1578494.html Fix Rubicon Trail's problems or pay fine, water board tells El Dorado County and an editorial shortly after that article http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/1609334.html Documents related to this...

Most US tents that connect to cars, are essentially regular wall or dome tents with the sleeve added. I don't know what was in the original SkinSoSoft (the hand cream) that earned it the reputation for being a good repellent. Several years ago I bought some cream from the company that was...

At one time I tried to buy an UK Aztec AutoHaven tent to use with my Honda Element. The price was ok, but shipping from the UK would have doubled the cost, so I gave up the idea. Here's a description, with video of new version aimed at taller vehicles like Landrovers...