indasand Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I am going, wanna hook up and split gas? Sure that sounds good... I'll pm ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 Heading right out now to Barstow. See you guys tomorrow at the meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptNkllm Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Heading right out now to Barstow. See you guys tomorrow at the meeting. dont forget to post up a review of whats up... cant go but would love to hear a short version Capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 i'll be headin out first thing after i drop off string @ kindergarten readiness @ 7 30 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sincity_blondie Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Good luck everyone at the meeting tomorrow. Wish I was able to attend. Everyone drive safe :peek: , and fill us in when you get home!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertskyz Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Well Chit! Had I been paying better attention, I would had driven down with someone with me and taken 200 lbs. of crushed cans to turn in to the locate recycling center and gone to the meeting. Damn it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Well Chit! Had I been paying better attention, I would had driven down with someone with me and taken 200 lbs. of crushed cans to turn in to the locate recycling center and gone to the meeting. Damn it! :?: :clown: This thread isn't about recycling! so......Anywayyyyys...... Barstow pretty much sucks but it's cool to be hanging out with Woody and OGP. I'm just waiting for richard cheese, ynot, and indasand to get in town. We're gonna grab some grub and then head over to the meeting. We'll definitley keep you posted on what happens, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertskyz Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 :?: :clown: This thread isn't about recycling! I am aware of that. Just could have killed two birds with one stone. Helped the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Just got in after a long and very boring drive from Barstow. Anyways here how it went today. I'll do my best to summarize it. Terry (ynot) and everyone else there today can add what they think is worth mentioning from the meeting. The meeting went really well. The BLM and William Presch are definitely working hard on this IN OUR FAVOR. It's looking good. We brought a bunch of good ideas to the BLM today which they were happy to hear from us. They were all ideas to help educate Dumont users about the critical habitat areas and to help keep duners from going into these areas. Other grant money and reserves will be used for this important item instead. The BLM is already planning on putting up a cable and post fence before the railroad burm out to the northeast of the dunes to keep people from going past this area. Note: this does NOT affect where we already ride and the cost of the fencing project will NOT be taken out of our fee money. The data from William Presch's studies was submitted to US Fish & Wildlife for review. Recently he has been studying the population of the lizard and how distinct it is in and around Dumont Dunes. I believe his findings actually ended up being in our favor. The only traces of Fringe Toed lizards in or around Dumont were in areas where we already do not ride. The lizard resides in areas of vegetation and only in a certain grain of sand (different from that of the dunes we ride on). So what this all means is that the lizard is basically not threatened by OHV's unless we go out of bounds into the areas where it lives. Between the lizard data present by Bill Presch and the conservation efforts that the BLM and we, as duners, are willing to make, hopefully the US Fish and Wildlife will not list the lizard as a distinct population or endangered species. The BLM stated that it will be another 6-12 months before US Fish & Wildlife actually finalize their decision. It's looking good though. I really don't think it will get listed. Everyone REALLY needs to help with this by staying in bounds. We can't stress that enough. It's not even that hard to do. There's no reason to ride out there anyways. It just tears up your paddles anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanddunesaddict Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I have been down that trail many times. It already has the no ohv markers but its not a fence. Hopefully the fence will keep the dunes open and keep people out of there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indasand Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 (edited) Thanks Pete.. Just to add a bit the BLM stated that they would be adding more staff to help patrol the out of bounds area if needed. And it sure seems to me that education is the key. We really need to get the word out there to stay in the designated riding areas. There was some discusion on how to do this but I'll save that for a different post / time. I'll just say that OGP had some great ideas and they were taking notes. It was nice to be a part of my first meeting @ the BLM. They really do look at us (F.O.D.D. & D.D.R.) for the "voice" of the riding community of Dumont. Or at least that was my impression... B Edited July 30, 2008 by indasand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior07 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thanks Pete.. Just to add a bit the BLM stated that they would be adding more staff to help patrol the out of bounds area if needed. And it sure seems to me that education is the key. We really need to get the word out there to stay in the designated riding areas. There was some discusion on how to do this but I'll save that for a different post / time. I'll just say that OGP had some great ideas and they were taking notes. It was nice to be a part of my first meeting @ the BLM. They really do look at us (F.O.D.D. & D.D.R.) for the "voice" of the riding community of Dumont. Or at least that was my impression... B nice to see you helping out education you can bring but the azzhats need to learn and retain it !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indasand Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 nice to see you helping out education you can bring but the azzhats need to learn and retain it !!! I didn't really help i don't think... just was a learning experience for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 I didn't really help i don't think... just was a learning experience for me... Yes you did Brian...just by being there. Just showing up shows the BLM we care and we support our riding areas. They really appreciate when duners show up...mostly for the reason you said, a learning experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sincity_blondie Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Well it sounds like it went well today. Im very glad to hear it. Sounds like its going to be a long process before anything definate happens. That could work in our favor. We definately all need to try and educate other duners when we are out and about. This website has so many people, and if we all just talk to people in the duning community when we are out there, could make a huge impact. Theres always going to be the that dont wanna listen. But I think for the most part, most duners are responsible and want to keep their riding areas open. Ill be adding some things to my signature on here, as well as adding some things to my myspace page. (yeah I know, you all hate myspace) Just another forum to get the word out to dune responsibly and stay in designated riding areas. I wanna say thanks to all that took the time to go down to the meeting!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Well it sounds like it went well today. Im very glad to hear it. Sounds like its going to be a long process before anything definate happens. That could work in our favor. We definately all need to try and educate other duners when we are out and about. This website has so many people, and if we all just talk to people in the duning community when we are out there, could make a huge impact. Theres always going to be the that dont wanna listen. But I think for the most part, most duners are responsible and want to keep their riding areas open. Ill be adding some things to my signature on here, as well as adding some things to my myspace page. (yeah I know, you all hate myspace) Just another forum to get the word out to dune responsibly and stay in designated riding areas. I wanna say thanks to all that took the time to go down to the meeting!!!! I had an idea for web banners for signatures, myspace pages, websites etc. I am going to make a couple different banners in different sizes, shapes, and colors etc and put them all on one page on the site with a copy/ paste code that everyone can use for wherever they'd like to link the banner(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior07 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I had an idea for web banners for signatures, myspace pages, websites etc. I am going to make a couple different banners in different sizes, shapes, and colors etc and put them all on one page on the site with a copy/ paste code that everyone can use for wherever they'd like to link the banner(s). ddr needs a my space page just to reach duners that don't reach ddr but that do reach myspace just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sincity_blondie Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I had an idea for web banners for signatures, myspace pages, websites etc. I am going to make a couple different banners in different sizes, shapes, and colors etc and put them all on one page on the site with a copy/ paste code that everyone can use for wherever they'd like to link the banner(s). That would help me alot actually. Thought I could just copy and paste some info with photos from here for myspace, not working so well. I appreciate it. Im willing to do whatever it takes to keep our dunes open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 ddr needs a my space page just to reach duners that don't reach ddr but that do reach myspace just a thought If they can reach myspace and they are a duner, then they can reach this site. I'm not building a friggen DDR myspace page. That's retarded. Besides the info is already on this site for duners to see. Just put up DDR's link on your pages. The important info and links are listed on our homepage. They don't even need to be a forum member to access it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Thanks you guys for going out there and representing the duning community. This is good news so far. You guys are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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