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California Off-Road Vehicle Association
1500 El Camino #352 Sacramento, CA 95833
info@corva.org
AGENDA
California Off-Road Vehicle Association
Board of Directors Meeting Conference Call – February 22, 2016 7:00 PM
Phone Number: (857) 232-0158 • Access Code: #104206
I.
Call to Order - 7:00 PM
II.
Roll Call & Welcome Guests
III.
Review Agenda, m odify as necessary
IV.
Special Guest Presentation – Chris Real Update on CARB Red Sticker Off-Highway Recreational
Vehicle Assessment Update (Attached) and Other Related Issues Including Sound
V.
Review and Approval Minutes – January 25, 2016 (Attached)
VI.
President's Report
VII.
Legislative Report
1. Senator Feinstein Proposal for OHV Recreation Areas
2. Ed Stovin – Report on Various Elected Officials and Upcoming Electoral Races
VIII.
Finance Report
IX.
Review of Ongoing Issues
1. DRECP & BLM Update
2. Three New National Monument Designations Established in Mojave Desert
3. Changes to OHMVR Commission and Division
4. Ocotillo Wells SVRA Lawsuit Update
6. Carnegie Management Plan Update
7. Board Member Updates on Other CORVA Issues and Efforts
X.
Old Business
1. Family Fun Run – April 2, 2016 (Attached)
2. CORVA Annual Meeting Update
XI.
New Business
XII.
Adjournment
Adjourn meeting by 9:00 PM. Next CORVA regularly scheduled board meeting to be held
Monday, March 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Protecting public land for the people, not from the people, since 1970
California's Off Road Voice for Access
RED STICKER OFF-HIGHWAY
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
(OHV) ASSESSMENT UPDATE
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
KATIE GEORGE
CASSIE LOPINA
OHV COMMISSION MEETING
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
•  OHV Program Status Update
•  Population Evaluation
•  OHMC User Survey
•  Emissions Testing
•  Findings and Next Steps
9/25/2015
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INTRODUCTION
•  ARB Staff went to the Board in 2013 to propose evaporative
controls for OHVs
•  At that time, the Board approved the proposal for green
sticker evaporative controls and directed ARB staff to conduct
an assessment of the red sticker program
•  The purpose of the assessment is to investigate the
evaporative and exhaust emissions impact of red sticker
OHVs
•  This assessment includes a vehicle population evaluation,
emissions testing, and a user survey
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ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS
𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 = 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐩. × 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 × 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞
Exhaust
Emissions
Evaporative
Emissions
= # 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 × 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 × ​𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡/𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 = # 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 × ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 × ​𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡/ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 POPULATION
EVALUATION
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USER
SURVEY
EMISSIONS
TESTING
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
•  OHV Program Status Update
•  Population Evaluation
•  OHMC User Survey
•  Emissions Testing
•  Findings and Next Steps
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POPULATION EVALUATION
PROCEDURE
1. 
Received DMV data for red sticker off-highway motorcycle (OHMC)
assessment
• 
2. 
Found that the POLK VIN decoder used was not developed to
recognize off-road vehicles
• 
3. 
Used to select models in test matrix and survey participants
Only select models from major manufacturers were identified
Conducted analysis to further identify OHV population
• 
• 
Manually decoded and sorted 2.6 million DMV records
Digitized entire ARB certification database
4. 
Broke down population by sticker type and category using the
certification database
5. 
When completed, this research will be utilized to build a VIN decoder
for OHVs
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2013 OHMC POPULATION
500,000
TOTAL: 505,221
TOTAL: 460,000
84,180
UNKNOWN
400,000
OHMC Population
3,197
47,160
204,985
300,000
HISTORIC
171,686
PRE-2003 GREEN
31,625
200,000
31,481
GREEN
61,448
112,946
PRE-2003 RED
100,000
137,550
78,963
RED
-
POLK Decoded
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Updated Estimate
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OHMC POPULATION BY
MANUFACTURER (2003-CURRENT)
RED Sticker OHMCs
GREEN Sticker OHMCs
Suzuki
3%
KTM
5%
Chinese Other
2%
3%
Chinese
Other
1%
1%
KTM
12%
Kawasaki
9%
Honda
60%
Yamaha
21%
Honda
31%
Suzuki
8%
Kawasaki
13%
Yamaha
31%
Total: 171,686
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Total: 137,550
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OHMC REGISTRATION BY
STICKER TYPE
Type License Code:
180,000
Green Sticker
On-road
12,040
1,568
160,000
OHMC Population
Red Sticker
2,425
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
158,078
122,099
2,004
441
7,190
40,000
20
59,009
20,000
39,950
13,019
0
PRE-2003 GREEN
GREEN
PRE-2003 RED
RED
Certification Sticker Type
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DISPLACEMENT COMPARISON
OHMC Displacement by Sticker Type
Displacement (cc)
≥451
PRE-2003
PRE03G
GREEN
251-450
GREEN
GREEN
150-250
PRE-2003
PRE03R
RED
91-149
RED
RED
49-90
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
Population
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2013 ATV POPULATION
500,000
TOTAL: 474,258
12,486
75,050
400,000
UNKNOWN
ATV Population
68,291
HISTORIC
300,000
PRE-2003 GREEN
200,000
278,320
PRE-2003 RED
100,000
0
GREEN
21,735
18,376
RED
Updated Estimate
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ATV POPULATION BY
MANUFACTURER (2003-CURRENT)
RED Sticker ATVs
GREEN Sticker ATVs
Chinese
Bombardier 6%
Kawasaki
1%
Polaris
5%
4%
Kawasaki
8%
Honda
36%
Polaris
14%
Yamaha
32%
Total: 278,320
Bombardier
2%
Honda Yamaha
0%
7%
Chinese
85%
Total: 18,376
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
•  OHV Program Status Update
•  Population Evaluation
•  OHMC User Survey
•  Emissions Testing
•  Findings and Next Steps
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OHMC USER SURVEY
•  Activity and usage survey being conducted by UC Davis
•  Collaboration between ARB and the State Parks OHV Division
•  Results will help us to understand rider preferences and to
quantify vehicle usage
•  Postcard invitation to participate in online survey randomly
sent to registered off-highway motorcycle and dual sport
owners
•  The survey will gather 2,900 responses from owners of 1,200
red sticker, 720 green sticker, 500 historic, and 480 dual sport
OHV owners
•  Minor revisions are being made and main survey is expected
to begin in October 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
•  OHV Program Status Update
•  Population Evaluation
•  OHMC User Survey
•  Emissions Testing
•  Findings and Next Steps
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EMISSIONS TESTING OBJECTIVES
AND SELECTION CRITERIA
OBJECTIVE: To investigate red sticker off-highway motorcycle
(OHMC) evaporative and exhaust emissions
•  Conduct emissions testing on 18 new and in-use OHMCs
•  Vehicles selected based on 2004 – 2012 DMV registration data
•  Evaluate emission differences between OHMC categories
•  Two-stroke/four-stroke
•  Carbureted/fuel-injected
•  Unmodified/modified
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EMISSIONS TEST FACILITIES
Evaporative Testing
Sealed Housing for Evaporative
Determination (SHED)
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Exhaust Testing
Motorcycle / ATV Dynamometer
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PRELIMINARY EVAPORATIVE
EMISSIONS TEST RESULTS
Evaporative Test Results for OHMCs
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* CARB = carbureted
** 4-stroke unless noted
18
16
TOG (g/test)
14
12
10
8
2018 TOG
Standard
6
4
2
0
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50cc
CARB
250cc
CARB (2)
450cc
CARB
450cc
EFI
150cc
CARB
250cc
EFI (2)
450cc
EFI (4)
250cc
CARB
2-stroke
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HC Emission Rate (g/km)
PRELIMINARY EXHAUST
EMISSIONS TEST RESULTS
8.00
HC
>30
>30
6.00
4.00
Europe Standard
0.1 g/km
HC Standard
1.2 g/km
2.00
NOx Emission Rate (g/km)
0.00
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0.00
50cc
250cc
450cc 450cc EFI 150cc 250cc EFI450cc EFI 85cc
250cc
300cc
CARB CARB (2) CARB
CARB (2)
(4)
(6)
CARB
CARB
CARB
2-stroke 2-stroke 2-stroke
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
Europe Standard
0.06 g/km
0.25
0.30
0.35
NOx
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
•  OHV Program Status Update
•  Population Evaluation
•  OHMC User Survey
•  Emissions Testing
•  Findings and Next Steps
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MAJOR FINDINGS
1.  The population of red sticker OHMCs is 2.5x larger than
indicated by utilizing the POLK VIN decoder
2.  Vehicles are not always issued the correct registration
3.  75% of red sticker OHMCs have displacements >150cc
4.  Findings from OHV user survey are expected in Winter 2015
5.  Larger displacement 2-stroke OHMCs emit levels of HC
exceeding instrument upper limits
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PROJECT TIMELINE
TODAY
OHV Commission Meeting
FEBRUARY
Board Update
2014
2017
2016
2015
OHMC User Survey
MAY 2014
UC Davis Selected to
Conduct Survey
MARCH 2015
Begin Pilot Study
OCTOBER 2015
Begin OHMC
Owner Survey
OHV Emissions Testing
MAY 2014
Begin New
OHMC Testing
AUGUST 2014
Begin In-Use
OHMC Testing
JULY 2015
Preliminary Test Data
Presented to Public
OHV Population Evaluation
JANUARY 2015
Received DMV
database
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SEPTEMBER 2015
Begin developing VIN
decoder
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NEXT STEPS
•  Continue emissions testing to complete test matrix
•  Evaluate responses from usage and activity survey
•  Build VIN decoder from newly decoded data
•  Acquire Model Attribute Matrix (MAX) model from MIC to
define OHV characteristics
•  Host technical working group meeting and a stakeholder
workshop to share final survey data
•  Update Board in February 2016
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ARB STAFF CONTACT
INFORMATION
Monitoring and Laboratory Division
Katie George – Air Pollution Specialist
(916) 322-4738, kathryn.george@arb.ca.gov
Cassie Lopina – Air Pollution Specialist – Red Sticker Project Lead
(916) 322-2411, clopina@arb.ca.gov
Scott Bacon – Manager
(916) 322-8949, sbacon@arb.ca.gov
For more information and to sign up for our list serve, please visit:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/offroad/orrec/orrec.htm
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QUESTIONS?
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California Off-Road Vehicle
Association
1500 El Camino #352
Sacramento, CA 95833
info@corva.org
California Off-Road Vehicle
Association
Board of Directors Meeting Conference Call – January 26,
2016 7:00 PM
Phone Number: (857) 232-0158 • Access
Code: #104206
I.
Call to Order - 7:00 PM
Board Members: Amy Granat, Linda W, Mike Moore, Ken Clarke, Bruce Brazil, Ed Stovin, Bob Ham,
Vinnie Barbarino, Diana Mead, Jim Woods
Guests: Ed Waldheim, Desiree Bates
VII. (Moved to beginning of meeting) Consideration of Board Appointment of Desiree Bates
for VP of Marketing : Bob Ham makes a motion to have Desiree Bates take over position of VP of
Marketing, second by Vinnie Barbarino. Motion carries unanimously!
II.
Roll Call & Welcome Guests:
III.
Review Agenda, modify as necessary
IV.
Review and Approval Minutes: Bob Ham made motion to approve, Ken Clarke
seconded, motion carried unanimously.
V.
President's Report: President’s report attached.
VI.
Legislative Report: Bob Ham: Not much since our last meeting, the desert bill is in
Congress, but nothing is happening. Nothing is happening in the House this week – everything on
the 2 desert bills and anything regarding monuments is unchanged. The legislature is back and
introducing bill, and this week all the holdover bill from last session have to be introduced. The
deadline for getting bills into leg counsel to be introduced is coming shortly. With the concern over
gasoline taxes, we have asked Brian Jones to introduce a bill (with a few potential co-authors) to
stop the take of the $10 million a year from the OHV Trust Fund. Cal Trans have been told to
expect less money from the transportation fund, because there is less tax money going into the
fund. With the knowledge that the money from the OHV Trust Fund isn’t changing anything the
time is ripe to introduce a bill to stop that take. A bill is being written with Senator Huff as a
Constitutional Amendment that will protect the OHV Trust Fund from any future takes, including
loans and borrowing. This will protect money from Boating and Waterways as well. If that
happens, we will protect the funding for the division. Bob and Ed S have been meeting with the
Farm Bureau, etc, to make sure the flat-tailed horned lizard is not listed. Sadly, there is a meeting
of the Fish and Game Commission this week, but the staff report is not ready and they have asked
for a 6 month extension. This is likely to be approved under the consent calendar, but it puts the
decision out further as well, affecting events in Ocotillo Wells and Imperial County.
VIII. Finance Report: Mike Moore: we are sorely missing the income from our events. We need
to try to get donations
IX.
Review of Ongoing Issues
1. DRECP Update: Still an ongoing issue and CORA will be meeting with the BLM and
expressing our concern about numerous aspects of the plan and how they will be enacted.
Up to now, there is no sense regarding how this plan with actually be put into place on the
ground and we need answers to determine how this will affect our roads and trails.
2. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit: CORVA is part of a collaborative team working on
an effort to determine what work needs to be done on the ground, and what grants they
need to improve conditions on the ground for OHV. CORVA is part of a group that includes
Cal4, BRC and local groups.
3. OHMVR Grants Update: Ed W: it is time for all the agencies to get serious about
applying for grants and getting money to put into efforts on the ground. We would like
Senator Feinstein to ask for more money for law enforcement on the ground. As nonprofits, we have to get into the business of getting more law enforcement on the ground.
Agencies would sometimes rather close trails rather than keep them open. We have to get
into the business of making them ask for grants and get more money in on the ground. It
is incumbent on the agencies to answer our comments. Agencies need to have their feet
put to the fire to point out their weaknesses so the applicants have to answer.
4. Forest Plan Revisions: CORVA has been asked by the lead planner for the Forest Service
to let them know what isn’t working with Forest Plan Revisions, and we have been
spreading the word through our contacts to let us know what has been wrong with the
process. Right now, there has been a lot of misunderstanding about the new criteria with
the 2012 Planning Rule. Sequoia, Inyo and Sierra are the 3 early adopters for the Forest
Service, and depending on how it goes with these 3 forest will depend how well it goes for
the rest of the forests in California.
5. Ocotillo Wells SVRA Lawsuit Update: Our attorney went to a meeting where a first
deposition was filed by the plaintiffs for more information. PEER’s attorney agreed to re-file
the request and a meeting has been set for February 18th. At that time, some material will
be turned over to PEER, but other material deemed sensitive or cultural will not be
released. The AG will file for a stay of deposition and the matter will go before the judge in
2 or 3 months, when he will rule on whether Parks need to turn over more material – or
not. Depending on what happens at that time, the date for the administrative trial will be
set for sometime later this year.
6. Carnegie Management Plan Update: Ken & Diana: the next commission meeting was
planned for a vote to approve the General Plan for Carnegie that would approve the SVRA
expansion. The vote has now been delayed for reasons beyond what we understand.
Diana: the kinds of things the opponents to the expansion have employed have been ugly,
perhaps discriminatory. They have made the decision divisive. There will be tour on
February 4, and Commission meeting on February 5. Bob Ham: The decision is a NIMBY
decision, and has fired up opponents to the issue, but it is not the local who get to make
the final decision. It looks bad when letters come out against the expansion from local
governments, but it is the responsibility of the Commission to ferret out the truth and vote
according to the facts. The merits favor the project, so it may have been smart for the
division to delay the vote.
7. Board Member Updates on Other CORVA Issues and Efforts
Ed Stovin: a few months he applied for a grant from Yamaha, and the coordinator called
about a week or so ago. She needs a proposal for what we want to do, find the lobbyist for
what we want to do and get a quote. There is a possibility to get up to a $1000.00 a month
for a year. The next grant period ends in March, so we have a little time to find someone
who will be the right person to work on it, and make a proposal we can share with
Yamaha. SDORC already has a grant from Polaris with $10,000 in the bank, and if all these
grants are put together, we can get a lobbyist to run with this and lobby for this bill. This
person could work together with Terry McHale.
Cleveland National Forest is looking to close some roads and trails that are not on the legal
system because of strange reasons that don’t make sense. We called a meeting with
SDORC, and a member of the Sierra Club came to our meeting and supported keeping the
roads open. The comment period ended last Tuesday, but the website page was down and
it was impossible to comment.
Bruce Brazil: Clear Creek: Has been in contact with Terry Trent in Auburn, who has been
very involved with asbestos issues. He has noticed that the OHV community was getting a
raw deal, and has pursued some of the information pursuant to Clear Creek. The paper
from IERF has been submitted for publishing, and is likely to annoy people with the EPA
and BLM. Wondering when the Commission is going to hold a meeting regarding Clear
Creek.
Linda W: Family Fun Run coming up, can everyone please help find raffle prizes and help
with the event.
*Action Item: Set up web page for all the comments that CORVA has submitted.
X.
Old Business
1. CORVA Bylaws - Proposed Updates and Process (Attached)
Bruce Brazil: Submitted ideas for bylaw changes.
Is it important for us to change the bylaws at this time? If people aren’t interested in
attending the meeting, they will be less interested in attending if they have to sit through
bylaws. But there are changes that will need to be made. The bylaw change for term limits
is good – they must be removed. Ed W: we need to identify positions that have to have
term limits – maybe President has to have term limits.
2. Pledge Drive for Truckhaven Challenge: Motion was made to contact people who have
responded to our Truckhaven Petition and ask them to become members. Motion was
seconded and carried unanimously. Vinnie: went out to Truckhaven and raised over
$500.00 in donations.
XI.
New Business
1. CORVA Opportunity to Support an OHV Manufacturer: This goes to Desiree, Motion
made to go ahead with this, made by Bruce Brazil, seconded by Bob Ham. Motion carried
unanimously.
XII.
Strategic Planning
1. Developing Goals for 2016
XIII.
Adjournment
Adjourn meeting by 9:00 PM. Next CORVA regularly scheduled board meeting to be held
Monday, February 22, 2016 at 7:00 PM
*Reminder - Please submit articles for next issue of the ORIA by January 31, 2016
I have one suggestion I would like to make for an amendment to the bylaws, and that
is the removal of Article VI Section 8 that establishes a limit of three consecutive
terms in the same position for board members. I think the last couple of years have
shown that this limit is not necessary as several CORVA board positions have been
uncontested and currently several positions remain unfilled, and have been for a
while. Some board members would be prohibited to volunteer to run for a 4th term in
their current positions with the term limits in place, even though they are highly
qualified to the task and it is questionable as to whether or not any other CORVA
members would like to run for the position. It appears that continuing with term
limits would hurt CORVA more than it would help at this time.
Submitted by Clayton Miller
President’s Report, Diana Mead – January 2016
Another busy month and a half behind us. Feeling effective.
December and January included a visit to Ehernberg AZ and Mojove desert riding then
Glamis over New Years. I have attached the link to an article written about Glamis and
New Years by an environmental reporter from the San Diego Union Tribune. Ed Stovin,
Amy and I had a chance to speak with him prior to his visit to Glamis. I had also
arranged to accompany him to review the closed areas with BLM staff but he got too
busy with our colleague from ASA, Nicole Gillies and we never did connect. Although
they weren't contacted initially, ASA was the most effective advocacy group to liaison
with the press at Glamis and CORVA facilitated this link. The article is a wonderful
snapshot of a holiday weekend and very fair. I especially enjoyed the stats cited about
our community and have already found them valuable in meetings with legislators.
The fight in Octotillo Wells continues. CORVA and SDORC member Desire Bates
initiated the Go Fund Me effort on Facebook to pay our attorney to attend a special
meeting in Oakland, above and beyond what we had anticipated. The money was
raised within three days, and as Amy will report, our attorney attended the meeting.
Given the outcome, it is good that he was there.
About those meetings mentioned above, the first business day of the new year I
attended a meeting set up by newer member and advocate for Carnegie, Matt
Musgrove, with the state senator representing the expansion area. The expansion of
this SVRA has become extremely contentious, in fact ugly. Each of these face to face
encounters offer a chance to build the kind of relationship that gives us credibility. We
hope this credibility will lead to support for the expansion. I felt this meeting went
better than the one Amy and I had last fall with the same staff member, but we have
a long way to go to get this senators support.
Mid month, I was invited to meet with the Assemblywoman whose district is also
partly in the expansion area. She initiated the meeting and encouraged me to include
others, a tribute to the relationship CORVA has built. Four of us attended, and each of
us made a unique contribution to the meeting.
Amy and I also attended a meeting of the California Biodiversity Council in
Sacramento this past week and a reception for RCRC (Rural Counties Representatives
of California) that same evening. Amy will report on both, but I want to point out that
she has positioned CORVA as an OHV resource for these two groups as well as several
others. Last week, when I mentioned that two long time CORVA couples were
vacationing in Quartzite, she asked if they might attend the Rock Hound meeting
there on Friday. They did. One more time CORVA was in the house.
Rick and I squeezed in a work day at Carnegie on the 10th. About 25 volunteers came
out in the mud to spread seed and hay over the MX track side hill. CORVA had a great
turnout of members, some of whom also belong to other advocacy groups.
Next week several of us will be representing CORVA at the King of the Hammers. Ken
is putting together a handout for us, Linda has advised us on collecting raffle prizes for
Family Fun Days, Jim W. will be on site as a Genright pit crew member. All of us
together will represent our association to the best of our ability, juggling tasks and
making it happen.
Effectiveness is a concept as much as a skill. I believe we are becoming more and
more effective because we are present when we need to be. We are learning along
with our community and we are great networkers. We are not afraid to recognize
competing advocacy groups. I believe we are also teaching them that we must be able
to trust one another in order to gain the power of a united advocacy. I suspect this
will become even more difficult during this presidential election cycle. I need you to
keep in mind:
* what we have in common is where we connect.
* our community has plenty of diversity though there are generalizations that some
will make.
* some "facts" are decided by the powers that we must recognize and we have no
time or resources to debate them.
One of the next questions I pose to all of you is how do we best market California Off
Road Vehicle Association. Unfortunately, our effectiveness is limited by our funding.
Managing Directors Report – January 2016
1. I had a great opportunity to work with the Sierra Institute on a proposal for
socioeconomic monitoring for the Dinkey Collaborative. The Dinkey Collaborative. The
Dinkey Collaborative is a large landscape collaborative that CORVA has been involved
with for the last two years. It is an experimental exercise that is being very closely
watched by Region 5 and Washington DC as it has brought together people with
varying viewpoints to work within a framework to solve issues and problems . We 've
managed to move ahead on a consensus basis most of the time, although at times
there have been issues.
The socioeconomic monitoring is critically important to recreation interests because it is
a chance to prove that recreation and tourism associated with recreation brings in
considerable amounts of money benefiting local communities. We already know this is
true, because we're the ones spending the money when we recreate, but we need to
prove this is so in a scientific manner that the Forest Service will accept as "Best
Available Science". The Sierra Institute has been called on to perform this monitoring,
but it is all important what questions are asked and how they are worded. I was able to
influence the process positively for OHV recreation. This methodology will then be able
to be used in other areas to prove recreation's benefits to local communities.
2. I was honored to attend a meeting with Assemblywoman Catherine Baker with our
president Diana Mead, and members Jim Nejedly and Matt Musgrove. We were able to
give the Assemblywoman our perspective about the Carnegie expansion, and it was a
positive meeting. We talked directly to the Assemblywoman and her Chief of Staff.
Thanks to Diana for arranging the meeting and her leadership with all things Carnegie.
3. There has been a lot of movement in the Ocotillo Wells lawsuit. Simply put, PEER has
now filed a second request for documents after being turned down for the first by
Parks. This time, PEER is asking for a number of documents including archaeological
and cultural material that my be of a sensitive nature. PEER is also asking to depose
witnesses including a state archaeologist. There will be a brief meeting on February
18th when Parks is likely to hand over some of the documents requested, but not
anything deemed to be sensitive, then file and ask the judge to deny PEER any more
access to documentation. There will be a hearing in 2-3 months time with the judge to
determine the result of the request, and then a trial date will be set. The trial is an
administrative effort, not a trial as popularly understood. The money raised by Desiree
and Fight for Ocotillo Wells is critical to the continuation of our efforts, and as we
progress, more money will have to raised. There are rumors that Ecologic's attorney
believes PEER is running out of funds to pursue this lawsuit, but this is not based on
fact or evidence. I recently talked with Karen Schambach, PEER representative in
California, and she seemed happy with the pace of the lawsuit. PEER is a national
organization with many resources.
4. I met with representatives from the Cold Springs Band of Mono Indians who received
were the first tribe to receive a grant from the OHV Trust Fund. They are planning a
new OHV destination park on tribal land, which is great news for everyone. We will
have further meetings to hash out, and I reassured they would have CORVA's support.
5. I have been working with a group that will now be called the "Stewards of the
Stanislaus National Forest" and pursuing OHV opportunities in the Stanislaus. This was
one of the forests decimated by Travel Management and a resulting lawsuit, and
opportunities are sorely needed. We have a meeting set for January 26th at the
Supervisor's office.
6. Diana and I had a very long but productive day first attending the California
Biodiversity Council meeting in Sacrament, chaired by John Laird and co-chaired by the
new State Director of the BLM, Jerry Perez. We both got to meet the new state director
as well as talk with Forest Service planners and the Deputy Regional Forester. It was a
very productive meeting, and CORVA was the only organization representing OHV and
off-road access. It pays to show up!
7. The same day, Diana and I attended the Rural County Representatives of California
Installation of Officers. There were many County Supervisors and others in attendance
CORVA has worked with since the bulk of our opportunities are in rural counties. I often
work with RCRC representatives at Forest Service meetings.
8. At the most recent Dinkey Collaborative meeting, plans were solidified for a
symposium which will take place in February, and has many well-known scientists that
will be coming to speak to the collaborative. Members of the collaborative can invite
others, so if anyone has an interest, please contact me and I will share the details.
9. The Plumas lawsuit has also had some developments, with the Forest Service
objecting to turning over some of the documents we have requested. There is a hearing
on February 18th,
Timeline:
Thursday, January 14th - Grant Workshop/Meeting with Assemblywoman Baker
Friday, January 15th - Grant Workshop/Meeting with LTBMU, Stewards of the Sierra &
Stanislaus
Wednesday, January 20th - California Biodiversity Coalition
Wednesday, January 20th - Rural County Representatives of California Officer
Installation
Thursday, January 21st - Dinkey Collaborative, Fresno
Sunday, January 24th - International Sportsmen Expo
Monday January 25th - Stanislaus National Forest Subpart C Meeting, Sonora
Monday, January 25th - CORVA Board Meeting
Tuesday, January 26th - Stewards of the Stanislaus National Forest, Sonora
Wednesday, January 27th - BLM Section 106 WEMO Meeting
Wednesday, January 27th - Sierra Nevada Conservancy meeting w/CA Dept. of Fish
and Wildlife
Thursday, January 28th - BLM DRECP meeting
Thursday, February 4th - OHMVR Commission Tour, Carnegie SVRA
Friday, February 5th - OHMVR Commission Meeting, Tracy
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Registration at Aliklik Campground, Follow signs from either entrance.
Registration 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday 4-2-16
Pre-Registration available at www.corva.org
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Rider meeting 9:30 a.m. at Aliklik Campground. Poker Run starts at 10:00 a.m. Last participant starting course
12:00 p.m. Games at check points on Poker Run, Off Road Games at campground, Dinner 5:00 p.m.
Raffle 6:00 pm and Camp Fire following dinner
CORVA FAMILY FUN- POKER RUN (5 cards per hand)
CORVA family members: $20.00 1st hand and registration
Dinner: $10.00
Raffle & 50/50 Tickets $1.00
Non-members
POKER RUN- BEST 5 CARD HAND WINS
Games- Highest total points wins
1st, 2nd, 3rd, Place Prizes Awarded
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT OF CORVA
$30.00
Extra cards $5 each
Contact
Linda Wucherpfennig
626-483-1891