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Outdoor Recreation Act S.3266
Senator Joe Manchin306 Hart Office Bldg.Washington DC 20510 Senator John Barrasso307 Dirksen Office Bldg Re: Outdoor Recreation Act S.3266 Dear Senators Manchin and Barrasso: The above Organizations welcome the opportunity...
TPA receives donation from the “P.S. I Love You Philanthropic Fund of the Southwest Community Foundation”
In November 2021 the TPA received a very generous donation from the Trustees of the Southwest Community Foundation (an affiliate of the DJCF), and as recommended by the advisors of...
Win This Bike! TPA Announces KTM 500 EXC-F Sweepstakes!
We are excited to announce that the TPA is giving away this Special Edition KTM 500 EXC-F! Enter to win and you will help the Trails Preservation Alliance continue to...
Draft GMUG RMP Comments
GMUG National ForestAtt: Forest Plan Revision2250 South Main StreetDelta, CO 81416 Re: GMUG Draft RMP Comments Dear Sirs: Please accept this correspondence as the comments of the above Organizations with...
Fisher Peak Stakeholder meeting follow-up
Mitch MartinMitch.martin@state.co.us Fisher Peak development teamInfo@fisherspeakstatepark.com Jeni JacksonJeni.Jackson@trinidad.co.gov Lucas SvareLucas.svare@state.com.us RE: Fisher Peak Stakeholder meeting follow-up Dear Mitch, Jeni and Team: We wanted to say thank you for the October...
GMUG Details - TPA endorses Alternative C
Background The Grand Mesa Uncompahgre Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest released its Draft Forest Plan and Draft Environment Impact Statement (DEIS) and your input is requested. This Forest Plan provides a...
Colorado 600 Article in UPSHIFT Magazine
This article is republished with permission from UPSHIFT Magazine from their October 2021 issue. Words and photos: Chad De Alva Public land is public land. It’s land that should be...
Foundational Issues Identified in the GMUG Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Alternative A
GMUG National Forest 2250 South Main Street Delta, CO 81416 Re: Foundational problems with Draft GMUG RMP Dear Sirs: The above Organizations are contacting you to provide a more detailed...
The Motorized Community Needs Your Help - The GMUG Forest Plan is Open for Comments
On August 13, 2021, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forest released a Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for its new Forest Plan. The last plan for the...
Peer Review of the Chaffee County "Wildlife Decision Support Tools for Recreation"
20210730 Ramey Peer Review Chaffee Tool and Plan To:Chaffee County CommissionersP.O. Box 699,104 Crestone AvenueSalida, Colorado 81201 From:Rob Roy Ramey II, Ph.D.Wildlife Science International, Inc.P.O. Box 386 Nederland, CO...
TPA, COHVCO, CORE and CSA Provide Input to Keystone on Wolf Reintroduction Planning
Keystone FacilitationAtt: Julie Shapiro1628 Saints John RoadKeystone, CO 80435 Re: Gray Wolf Stakeholder Meeting Dear Julie: The Organizations deeply appreciate Keystone’s development of a mechanism for written public comment and...
Book Cliffs (Utah) Travel Management Area Comments
Book Cliffs Travel Management Area Comments Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office170 South 500 EastVernal, UT 84078 Dear BLM Planning Team: We appreciate the opportunity to comment on your...
TPA Suggests Revisions to the GMUG Resource Management Plan
GMUG National ForestAtt: Chad Stewart, Forest Supervisor2250 South Main StreetDelta, CO 81416 Re: GMUG Resource Management Plan Revision Dear Chad: Please accept this correspondence as a continuation of the on-going...
Off-Road Business Magazine - TPA Article - July 2022
Reprinted with permission from Off-Road Business See the full July 2021 Volume 4 Issue 7 here. Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) board members have over 125 years of trail riding experience...
TPA supports proposed Active Forest Management Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert1609 Longworth BuildingWashington DC 20515 RE: The Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act Dear Congresswoman Boebert: Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous support of...
CNSA Response to the Stanislaus National Forest Over Snow Vehicle Record of Decision - Pacific Crest Trail Corridor
California Nevada Snowmobile Association (CNSA) letter of response to the Stanislaus National Forest Over Snow Vehicle (OSV) Record of Decision (ROD) regarding OSV travel in relation to the Pacific Crest...
USFS Commends Motorized Groups for Improved Trail Conditions (10-Year Trail Shared Stewardship Challenge)
Letter from United States Forest Service (USFS) Washington File Code: 2400Date: June 17, 2021 Mr. Scott Jonesscott.jones46@yahoo.com Dear Mr. Jones: Thank you for your letter of April 18, 2021, regarding...
Rider Feedback Needed!
A citizen planning group, Envision Chaffee County, has produced a Draft Recreation Plan for the Salida and Buena Vista areas in Central Colorado. Within this plan, we have identified some...
Comments from TPA, CORE and COTD - Envision Chaffee County Plan
The Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA), Colorado Off Road Enterprise (CORE) and the Colorado Off Road Trail Defenders (COTD) submitted letters concerning issues with Envision Chaffee County’s Recreation in Balance Recreation...
2020 TPA Special Edition KTM 690 Sweepstakes WINNER!
And the winner is…ANDRE BOSSE! Congratulations once again to Andre Bosse the winner of the TPA Special Edition KTM 690. Executive Director Chad Hixon handed over ownership of the new...
Monetizing the Scenery
Most of you are familiar with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance – but if you are not you should be. SUWA is behind efforts to continually restrict access to public...
Pre-Scoping Public Input - Chaffee County Camping and Travel Management Plan
United States Department of the InteriorBureau of Land ManagementRoyal Gorge Field Office3028 E. Main StreetCañon City, CO 81212 SUBJECT: Pre-Scoping Public Input – Chaffee County Camping and Travel Management Plan...
Adventure Rider Article - Access and Advocacy
Reposted with permission from Adventure Rider Magazine – December 2020Ned Suesse is a member of the TPA Board of Directors Access and Advocacy The challenges faced when connecting beautiful places...
Rio Grande National Forest Response to Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Corridor Issues
Rio Grande National Forest response to the request of clarification on Supreme Court ruling USFS vs. Cowpasture River Preservation Association and its relationship to Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST)...
5 Million in Grant Money Returned to Colorado OHV Program
The Colorado OHV Grant fund will have $5 million in surplus money returned to the program! Additionally, the program will receive an increase in funding of almost $2 million annually....
Ride With Respect Noise Letter to Grand County and Moab City
This letter is being reprinted here with permission from Ride with Respect (RwR). This letter was written by RwR to Grand County and Moab City regarding sound regulations. In the...
Public Scoping Comments Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan
Ride with Respect, COHVCO and the TPA comment in the scoping phase for the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan near Moab, UT. Submitted through the BLM EPlanning Website...
Input on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Department of InteriorVia email only @ oiea@ios.doi.gov Re: EO 14008 – Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad Dear Sirs:Please accept this correspondence as the input...
MOAB Ongoing Travel Management Plan Update
A lot of information is being shared about the Travel Management Plan (TMP) in Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges area North West of Moab on social media right now. It’s great to...
National Sustainable Trails Phase 1 Guidebook Comments
US Forest ServiceAtt: Brenda YankoviakVia email only Re: National Sustainable Trails Strategy Phase 1 Launch and Learn Guidebook Dear Brenda:Please accept this correspondence as the input of the motorized community...
Proposed Beaver Creek Restoration Project in the La Sal Mountains Comments
Balance ResourcesUtah Nonprofit Corporation3004 W Sweet Blossom DriveSouth Jordan, UT 84095801-783-7643mark@balanceresources.org Louis (Ted) Neff, Deputy District RangerMoab-Monticello Ranger DistrictManti-La Sal National Forest62 East 100 North,P. O. Box 386Moab, Utah...
Upshift Magazine Article: Strength in Numbers
Republished with permission By Chad de Alva There is no greater tool for trail advocacy than the local motorcycle club and their boots-on-the-ground presence. Yet different clubs enjoy varying...
Bureau of Land Management National Headquarters Grand Junction Comments
Representative Lauren BoebertAtt: Ashley Higgins1609 Longworth BuildingWashington, DC 20515 RE:The LOCAL Act Dear Ashley: Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous support of the above organizations for the LOCAL Act...
2020 TPA Annual Report Available!
The 2020 TPA Annual Report is now available on the Annual Reports page!
Comments BLM Scoping Document in the San Rafael Swell Travel Management Plan
Submitted through the BLM EPlanning Website on the BLM National NEPA Register ATTENTION:Daniel KauffmanProject LeadGreen River DistrictPlanning and Environmental CoordinatorBureau of Land Managementblm_ut_pr_comments@blm.gov RE: Comments by Ride with Respect, Colorado...
Wolf reintroduction in Colorado SB 21-105
Senator Don Corum200 East Colfax, Rm 346Denver CO 80203 Representative Perry Will200 East Colfax, Rm 307Denver CO 80203 Re: Wolf reintroduction in Colorado SB 21-105 Dear Senator Corum and Representative...
Article Featuring the TPA in February Off-Road Business Association (ORBA) Magazine
We would like to thank our friends at ORBA (Off-Road Business Association) for this article about the TPA in the February Off-Road Business Magazine as well as Chad de Alva...
Funding wolf reintroduction in Colorado HB 21-1040
Representative Perry Will200 East Colfax, Rm 307Denver CO 80203 Re: Funding wolf reintroduction in Colorado HB 21-1040 Dear Representative Will: Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous support for HB...
2021 Omnibus Wilderness & Amendments
Congresswoman Lauren BoebertAtt: Jeff Smalls & Ashley Higgins1609 Longworth HOBWashington DC 20515 Re: 2021 Omnibus Wilderness & Amendments Dear Jeff and Ashley; Please accept this correspondence as the comments of...
Manti LaSal National Forest - Forest Plan Revision Comments
Manti LaSal National ForestAtt: Supervisor’s Office599 West Price River DrivePrice UT 84501 January 25, 2021 RE: Forest Plan Revision Dear Supervisor Nehl: The Organizations (Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA), Colorado Off-Highway...
Methow Valley Closure Objection Letter
Methow Valley Objection Letter Okanogan – Wenatchee NFATT: Kristian Bail, Forest Supervisor215 Melody LaneWenatchee, WA 98801 RE: Emergency Order 06-17-04-20-25 Dear Supervisor Bail: The Organizations are writing to express our...
Emergency Closure Order on the Methow Valley Ranger District Objection
Okanogan – Wenatchee NFATT: Kristian Bail, Forest Supervisor215 Melody LaneWenatchee, WA 98801 RE: Emergency Order 06-17-04-20-25 Dear Supervisor Bail: The Organizations are writing to express our vigorous opposition to the...