Recent content by jeepndel

June 1st I was appointed interim Executive Director of Sharetrails/BlueRibbon Coalition. Here is my message to all members and supporters. ## I am happy to be your new (interim) Executive Director effective June 1, 2018, driving the Sharetrails/BRC boat! We appreciate all that Martin Hackworth...

My job and BRC's job is to keep trails open. We've done that for 30 years through MANY different Administrations. Talk is talk. Let's see what really happens. No matter the "ruler" me and BRC will be helping you figure out how we can keep wheeling. Thanks, Del

Today January 20th, 2017, Inauguration Day marks a new era for us off-roading/four wheeling types. But please allow me a slight caveat. While we may celebrate for our guns, our freedoms and our trails, DO NOT think the battles are over. First off, the new Administration will be pretty darn...

It is the giving time of year when the holiday/Christmas spirit urges us to do something for our favorite charities – like groups that save trails! I hope you will find it in your heart to help keep our motorized sports alive and our trails open. Please support on a national level and your...

THE DAYS OF RUNNING FREE AND RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET ARE ONLY FOR THE MOVIES! But Freedoms Still Exist and We Need to Keep Them. By Del Albright This story is about off-pavement motorized recreation and how the "cowboy" claim to fame of riding free is just not real anymore. Not for us as...

Helping Hands Building Bridges in Volunteerism THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THROUGH HELPING HANDS Is the Solution to Successful Volunteerism and a Better Future for All Presented on behalf of the BlueRibbon Coalition, Sharetrails.Org/BRC By Del Albright Volunteer efforts from churches to...

PURPOSEFUL VOLUNTEERISM: PUSHING BEYOND HOLDING OUR GROUND Only by escalating to more offensive strategies will we win the battles for access. By Del Albright, Ambassador Sharetrails.Org/BRC Do not just volunteer; but rather up-purpose your volunteerism! In today’s world when we are all...

FORMING STATE LEVEL MOTORIZED RECREATION COUNCILS Following the national NAMRC formula By Del Albright, BRC Ambassador OVERVIEW: The solution to a positive future for motorized recreation lies in more unity among users. Statewide cooperation and coordination between different modalities...

They Are Killing Our Access! How Egos and Personalities Could Be Our Downfall By Del Albright, BlueRibbon Ambassador Is your club ticked off at a neighboring club? Are you drifting away from your club because of the behavior of a few folks? Do you find yourself attending fewer club/group...

ACTION NEEDED in CA desert issues NOTE: As of today, 10/9/15, there is an OHV friendly legislation in front of Congress, HR 3668 that would create new national OHV recreation areas in the CA desert; yet at the same time, this “monument express” business is going on. Most groups like the 3668...

PROVEN FORMULA TO PROTECT ACCESS AND SAVE TRAILS By Del Albright Saving (and sustaining) a trail system, protecting access and keeping our off-pavement motorsports alive and well boils down to a proven formula: Engineering, Education, Enlisting and Enforcement. In the simplest of terms, that...

Don’t Be Cherry-Stemmed Out of Access Be In-touch; Informed; and Involved By Del Albright cherry-stem v. to extend a spur of unprotected non-wilderness land, especially a dead-end road or trail, through a protected wilderness area. Also as a noun and as the form cherrystem...

Are your memberships up to date? There is WAY too much going on with our access and trails for anyone to be waiting for a better time to join up -- everything that makes sense to you, starting with your national grassroots organization -- BRC. Eastern public lands, what little there are, are...

I’m honored to present the VLLS Class of 2015, Volunteer Leader & Land Stewardship (VLLS) Workshop. These folks graduated March 1, 2015 after an intense two and half days in training. The synergy and networking that took place were a huge success and undoubtedly made for the most powerful...