There have been reports of our efforts being wasted, unappreciated, also a couple of our members have had negative experiences there. The recent reports that I have heard, are that the place is clean, is getting plenty of attention from other groups.
Bigger in my mind, is what are we trying to accomplish? Being a wheeling club, I would prefer to make a difference in a wheeling area, there is little, none of that at Fossil Creek. The way it has been explained to me is: We clean Fossil Creek real nice and it gives ammo to the other side; see, areas where wheeling isn't allowed stay clean, look at this area where wheeling is allowed, it's trashed. Agree that the goal is to help make a difference over political, but if we can do both even better. Especially with the pressures that are happening now.
I have been working with Tonto, they would appreciate some help are working on some suggestions. The first proposed is Queen Valley/Montana Mountain. Need to make a run out there and see what is needed, if it is a good fit for us? Totally open to suggestion, there are plenty of areas that can use help, but would prefer to coordinate it with Tonto.
Everything is changing, at one time you could travel/explore at will, this is going to be a thing of the past soon. Having a good relationship with the forest service will have some advantages? For example; some of the fire areas have been closed for a longtime, some areas have somewhat recovered from the fire. There is an evaluation group going in to see what to do, I tried to snag some spots in the group for us, but this group was full by the time I heard.
It's good to hear about this stuff, but would be better if we were closer, so get the call sooner. One of the sites rumored to be coming up is trail 42, I said we are in, would love to be the first to attempt to run it.
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