benjrblant
Trail Ready
Greetings! My goal for '18 is to put forth as much effort as I can into logging and tracking the total hours the club spends out on our trails:
This information is valuable not just to us, but to the branches of government that manage our public lands. It shows that we maintain a presence outside of the forum and follow through with our verbal commitment to use, respect, and maintain public access lands. Our hours submitted the COA4WDCi, BLM, and NFS indicate this commitment and our tracks left behind indicate our use and passion- the most important defense to rely on in the event of an attempted trail closure or land seizure. Simply put, our documented use of trails is our best defense for keeping public access to the beauty that Colorado has to offer.
In continuing Travis's efforts, I'll quote is post from the original thread about trail hours:
Time spent on the trail DOES include time door-to-door apart from camping and eating inside establishments. This time is recorded as a donation, and your commute to the donation site (trail) is a valid contribution as well. I sincerely wish we could count hours spent sleeping or unconscious because that's what I think most politicians do but I've got other battles to fight. So sleeping doesn't count.
2018's hours are counted from October 1, 2017 through Sept 30th, 2018.
I'd like to request that trail leaders take note of the number of participants and log the hours spent. Please post the following on your trip report thread and/or in this thread:
Date:
Trails:
People:
Hours:
No amount of time is too small- logging every hour helps us, Colorado, and responsible 4WD access across the state.
Thanks for your efforts and Happy Trails!
This information is valuable not just to us, but to the branches of government that manage our public lands. It shows that we maintain a presence outside of the forum and follow through with our verbal commitment to use, respect, and maintain public access lands. Our hours submitted the COA4WDCi, BLM, and NFS indicate this commitment and our tracks left behind indicate our use and passion- the most important defense to rely on in the event of an attempted trail closure or land seizure. Simply put, our documented use of trails is our best defense for keeping public access to the beauty that Colorado has to offer.
In continuing Travis's efforts, I'll quote is post from the original thread about trail hours:
Time spent on the trail DOES include time door-to-door apart from camping and eating inside establishments. This time is recorded as a donation, and your commute to the donation site (trail) is a valid contribution as well. I sincerely wish we could count hours spent sleeping or unconscious because that's what I think most politicians do but I've got other battles to fight. So sleeping doesn't count.
2018's hours are counted from October 1, 2017 through Sept 30th, 2018.
I'd like to request that trail leaders take note of the number of participants and log the hours spent. Please post the following on your trip report thread and/or in this thread:
Date:
Trails:
People:
Hours:
No amount of time is too small- logging every hour helps us, Colorado, and responsible 4WD access across the state.
Thanks for your efforts and Happy Trails!
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