Got the following from Del Albright. Perhaps the West Board can draft the letter representing the entire membership of LOST West. In any case get the letters going:

The Eldorado DEIS is out and due for comment by Sep. 4th – this includes the Rubicon Trail, Rock Creek, and many other great riding/trail areas. I have a sample letter you can use to make this SIMPLE (as it can be).

The good news is that with the help of www.pirate4x4.com and President/racer Lance Clifford, we have raised a nice chunk of change to help fight this DEIS and the degrees of CLOSURES it offers. Already the BlueRibbon Coalition has filed an official letter asking for an extension and pointing out that this thing is so flawed it stinks (my words).

But write a letter anyway – even if we get the extension, you can write more later if you want to. Get in the game. Let’s flood them.

The main thing you need to do, or do with your club, is to write about YOUR favorite trails/areas that you want left open, even if you only talk about a few, or a few areas like the camping area around Buck Island Lake on the Rubicon Trail, or the Mormon Emigrant Trail, or whatever. If you can’t wade thru the entire EIS, just do that much.

Here is how to do it and the sample letter: http://www.delalbright.com/Rubicon/eldo_deis.html

Del


Del Albright

Ambassador, BlueRibbon Coalition
Trail Boss, Friends of the Rubicon
State EA Coordinator, CA4WDC