What will you do?

[SCOTT EVANS]

Maybe its to corny I dont know. But perhaps a small gift and a card to each adjacent Land Owner, thanking them for putting up with the club once a month. Maybe they would start thinking “Oh yea those were the people who sent those chocolates at Christmas”. 😉
Just an idea.

Scott e

[Jeffrey Joe HintonModerator]

For clarification purposes – NCR still does not have a signed Land Use Permit from the USFS although the paperwork has been in play for over five years. I can only speculate as to why it has taken so long but my sense of the process is that we are still better off without. We are just one of many users of the Grassland and have made great strides to remain on the positive side with the USFS. We have kept them in the know as to when and where we are wanting to go play and they have been more than accomodating to our many requests. We have been asked to please keep our vehicles on the authorized roads and to please park within 100 feet of the road at the launch site, and have been given verbal permission to occasionally exceed that limitation to deploy and recover launch equipment and in the event of an emergency a vehicle(s) could be used for fire mitigation and suppression. We are not supposed to go driving/four wheeling/biking around and about looking for our toys – we are supposed to stick to the authorized roads and established roads to employ foot recovery only. We have been granted premission to establish and maintian a single fire pit for our larger camping adventures.
TREAD Lightly. Travel and recreate with minimum impact. Respect the environment and the rights of others. Educate yourself, plan and prepare before you go. Allow for future use of the outdoors by leaving it better than you found it. Discover the rewards of responsible recreation.[/b]

[Bruce R. Schaefer]

That explains why Doug and others can drive out to set up their equipment. My sincere apologies if I made it look as if Doug were getting away with something or breaking the rules. He wasn’t.

[Anonymous]

Regarding discharge of firearms on USFS / BLM property… I indicated I’d follow up on this. Following is a summary of the comments from someone in the know:

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The Forest Service at one time banned “target practice” on all USFS lands, but that has been relaxed somewhat – probably because it is virtually unenforceable. Hunting is generally allowed. Certain high use areas disallow it, but now its OK in most areas where organized recreation is not present (eg. Campgrounds, picnic areas, boat docks, etc.). The rule to be mindful of is shooting too near and/or across any USFS road – the regs very clearly state you cannot discharge firearms on or near FS numbered roads.

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I think I captured the essence of this individual’s comments. Now you know…

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