When I go off-road, it’s always on designated trails. The group I go with takes garbage bags to help keep the trails clean, pick up trash when we see it, and take our own. BUT not everyone is as respectful. A couple years ago, a few friends and I went on a Halloween run to Brown’s Camp in TSF. The event was fantastic, there were a lot of people and fantastic rigs to look over. The trails were fun, and the events well-planned. Towards the end of the event during the raffle, a ranger rolled up informing us that he had just ticketed a handful of people who weren’t staying on designated trails, and threatening plant and animal habitat. This single act by a few threatened the event for the whole. The host club responded, big time. They said they would come and fix the damage. A ton of people on the spot were already scheduling times to come. Taking their personal time to come fix what others broke, without being paid and without being compensated. Ensuring the event for the future, and helping to keep TSF open to all. And recently, reading my issue of Four Wheeler Magazine (Jan ‘08), I read how Raven Off-Road Club was rewarded by BRGoodrich Tires for their work in keeping Crusher Trail in TSF open. And instead of putting the $$ in their club, they are putting it back into the trail! Raven Off-Road donates tons of man hours and their own money to keep the trail open for all of us. This prompted me to want to communicate with everyone that if we all do our part, we can keep our sport going for generations to come! So please, Tread lightly! www.treadlightly.org

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