SE TLCA Chapter...Tellico needs your help

[k9crazy]

This is a way that you can help in the effort to keep Tellico open!!! This takes place every year. If you can spare the time, please join in. It's a good time and good for you too!

Meet at State Line entrance to the OHV area/ 8:30 AM 10 march 2007

We need as many people as possible to show up and help clean up the area. The clean up is a joint effort of the USFS, SFWDA and Trout Unlimited.

If you have questions, please see SFWDA's website and contact information. Also, Roger (DSLTOY) and Rob (Tellico Rob) will surely be there, so you can contact them as well.

www.sfwda.org

[chattfj40]

I'll be there too (with Roger and Rob) If anyone's wants to ride up with me from Chattanooga PM me ...I think we're gonna ride on Sunday but I'm not sure yet

[k9crazy]

Bump for the Tellico River Clean up this Saturday!

[tellicorob]

The best way the average off roader can help to keep our ( yes, it belongs to ALL of us , not just the government) OHV area open is to support the organizations that help with the maintainance and operations. Currently this is Southren Fourwheel Drive Assoc.(and it's member clubs) and STLCA. Most of the funding to run this area comes from donations from Southren and federal grant money. The grant money is based on the amount of contributions from the user groups. Southrens contributions come mainly in the form of Equiptment, matieral and voulnteer labor. Last year Southren donated around $55,000. We hope to increase that this year. This brings me to the reason that I'm on my soapbox today. Our budget for equiptment, equipt. Maintainance, and matierals comes from money raised at SFWDA's Dixie run and STLCA's GSMTR. Over the last several years most of the profits from GSMTR have been put to use in the OHV area. Curently low registration numbers are causing us to consider not having a 2008 GSMTR. Some of our low numbers are caused by individuals comeing to Tellico during GSMTR and not registering.I've heard the arguement that "I just came to ride and wanted to see some of my friends". It's a free country and this is your choice, even though you are hurting our effort to keep this area open. In the old days, when we were on the Tennessee side, I could see this attitude since all your registration really got you was a sticker and a shirt. Since then we've tried to add more benefits and make GSMTR an Event rather than just a big trail ride. We've also changed our club operations to try to better support SFWDA's efforts to keep our trails open. Another way that YOU can help with our trail efforts is that if you are riding here at Tellico and you do any trail work, picking up trash, sawing downed trees etc. send me a PM here on mud and tell me what you did,how many people and vehicles you had. This goes into Southrens voulnteer time and helps with the yearly contribution numbers. I've spent enough time on my soapbox today so I'll hop down now. Keep the rubber side down, and I'll see you out there. ROB