RCD/BLM Trail Armor Project
Over the last 40 years, management of OHV recreation on
public lands has evolved into a highly complex and diverse “systems approach” concept
that is often at the core of successful programs. QWR believes it is important to highlight
those partnerships in order to illustrate the evolution of managed motorized
trail opportunities.
Last week, QWR was privileged to do an area review of
just such an effort at BLM’s Chappie-Shasta OHV Area near Redding,
California. The Western Shasta Resource Conservation District (RCD) and the Bureau of Land Management recently entered into a ten year
stewardship agreement to cooperatively manage the Chappie-Shasta Off-Highway
Vehicle Area.
RCD/BLM Agreement
RCD and the BLM will focus on projects related to road
and trail maintenance, forest health improvement, fuel reduction, education and
outreach and other efforts. For example,
trail armoring projects - as the result of this partnership - are being
implemented.
This collaborative effort with the support from the
Yamaha OHV Access Initiative Grant Program is also in the middle of an OHV staging
area enhance project to remove invasive plants that are impacting access and
use of the facility.
RCD/Yamaha OHV Access Initiative Enhancement Project
Yamaha OHV Access Initiative Grant Program
The aforementioned RCD/BLM agreement acts as a force
multiplier when combined with this unit’s long-standing partnership with
California’s Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division and Commission.
CA OHV Grant Funded OHV Bridge to Protect Watershed
This is a good case study of how a comprehensive “many-hands/partners”
systems approach to OHV trail and resource management is working in a
synergistic manner to protect our natural environment while providing
high-quality motorized trail opportunities.
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