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Walton Peak East Vegetation Management Project Comments
USFS Hahns Peak Bears Ears Ranger DistrictAtt: Samuel Hahn 925 Weiss RoadSteamboat Springs, CO 80487 RE: Walton Peak East Vegetation Management Project Dear Mr. Hahn; Please accept this correspondence as...
Three Peaks Travel Management Environmental Assessment Comments
Three Peaks Travel Management Environmental Assessment Comments Dear Planning Team Members: Please accept this correspondence as input on the Three Peaks Travel Management Environmental Assessment. Our Organizations have been...
2023 Fall Newsletter
Hello !We have mostly wrapped up another riding season in Colorado! The Holiday season is upon us, and 2024 is around the corner. It’s no wonder that we are left...
Manti-La Sal National Forest Land and RMP - TPA and RWR Comments
Manti-La Sal National Forest Supervisor’s OfficeAttn: Forest Plan Revision599 West Price River DrivePrice, UT, 84501 Re: Manti-La Sal National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan #50121 Dear Planning Team: Ride...
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument RMP
Bureau of Land ManagementGSENM RMP Project ManagerBLM Paria River District669 S Highway 89AKanab, UT 84741 RE: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument RMP (DOI-BLM-UT-P010-2022-0006-RMP-EIS) Dear BLM Planning Team: Please accept this correspondence...
Advocacy Awareness - Upshift November 2023
Reprinted with permissionUpshift Online, Issue 87by Chad de Alva Advocacy Awareness article Rider: Chad Hixon, photo: Angela Hixon Moab, Utah is a world class riding destination. Each year, riders come...
LOGE Partnership!
LOGE Camps, the new management group for the Wolf Creek LOGE in South Fork, CO, home of many Colorado 600 events, has made the Trails Preservation Alliance one of its 1%...
Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges (Moab, UT) TMP - Notice of Appeal, Petition for Stay and Declaration of Clif Koontz
Documents: Notice of Appeal PETITION FOR A STAY OF DECISION PENDING APPEAL DECLARATION OF CLIF KOONTZ J. Mark Ward (Utah Bar No. 4436)3004 W. Sweet Blossom DriveSouth Jordan,...
Objection to GMUG RMP - CSA, COHVCO and TPA
US Forest Service Rocky Mountain RegionAttn: Reviewing OfficerC/O Director of Strategic Planning 2nd floor1617 Cole Blvd. Building 17Lakewood, CO 80401 RE: Objection to GMUG RMP Dears Sirs: Please accept this...
BLM 21st Century Blueprint for Recreation Strategy & Community Engagement Strategy
BLMVia email at blm_hq_recreation_feedback@blm.gov RE: BLM 21st Century Blueprint for Recreation Strategy & Community Engagement Strategy Dear Sirs: Please accept this correspondence as the input of the above Organizations about...
2023 Colorado 600 Article in Upshift Magazine
Colorado 600 – Trails Awareness Symposium Written and Photos by Chad de Alva Republished with permission from Upshift Online: Issue 86 – October 2023 The story of off-road motorcycle riding...
2023 Colorado 600 was a Huge Success!
The 2023 Colorado 600 Trails Awareness Symposium (our annual fundraising and educational event) was hugely successful! Despite the rainy and cool weather, we got some great rides in, and attendees...
USFS Climate Sustainability Proposal Comments
US Forest ServiceAtt: Director-Policy Office201 14th St SWMailstop 1108Washington DC 20250-1124 RE: Climate Sustainability Proposal – RIN 0596-AD59 Dear Sirs: Please accept these comments as the support of the above...
Penrose Commons RAMP Comments
United States Department of the InteriorBureau of Land ManagementRoyal Gorge Field Office3028 E. Main StreetCañon City, CO 81212 SUBJECT: Public Comments, Penrose Commons Recreation Area Management Plan (RAMP) and Environmental...
Comments on BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Proposal
DOI: Bureau of Land ManagementAtt: Director (630); 1004-AE921849 C St NW, Room 5646Washington DC 20240 RE: Conservation and Landscape Health Proposal Docket # 1004-AE-92 Dear Sirs: Please accept these comments...
Letter of Support for HR3397 - Withdrawal of BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
Congressman John Curtis2400 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington DC 20515 RE: Withdrawal of BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, HR- 3397 Dear Congressman Curtis: Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous...
Objections to Ashley National Forest Land Management Plan FEIS and DROD
Submitted June 20, 2023 to: the Objection Review Officer of the Ashley National ForestSubmitted by: Ride with Respect, Trails Preservation Alliance and Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition Objection of Ride with...
Thompson Divide Withdrawal Comments
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National ForestsAnthony Edwards, Deputy Forest Supervisor2250 South Main StreetDelta, Colorado 81416 RE: Thompson Divide Withdrawal Dear Mr. Edwards; Please accept this correspondence as the input...
Phase 2 - Penrose Commons Recreation Management Plan - Send your comments to the BLM now!
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK UP (AGAIN) FOR PENROSE COMMONS RIDING OPPORTUNITIES! Your Comments are Needed – Due Friday July 7th, 2023. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal...
Proposed New BLM Rule - Make Your Comments Now!
The Bureau of Land Management has proposed a new rule that would be a major alteration to their land management policy. The BLM is proposing to allow for the creation...
Clive Heller Joins TPA as Newest Board Member
Clive Heller has been unanimously voted in favor of being inducted as a TPA Board Member! Clive has been active in protecting and preserving Motorized Access in Colorado for far...
2023 Sweepstakes Winners Announced!
Hello Everyone! The 2023 TPA Bike Sweepstakes has come to an end! From all of us at the TPA – Thank You! We couldn’t do this without your donations, the...
4th Annual TPA Partner Club Meeting a Success
The 4th Annual TPA Partner Club Meeting was held in early April in Grand Junction, CO. We hosted 22 different organizations with 42 representatives from clubs around Colorado and Utah,...
2023 Colorado 600 Registration is Now Open!
Event Date Sunday September 10th – Friday September 15th, 2023 Event Location South Fork, Colorado Check out all of the information about the Colorado 600! Register Now! Colorado 600 Sponsors...
Scott Bright Named New Board President
We are happy to announce that Scott Bright, who has been a part of the TPA Board of Directors since 2017 has been named Board President! Scott brings years of...
Ned Suesse Steps Down as Board President
Ned Suesse has stepped down to focus on personal business endeavors. Since 2017, Ned has been a part of the TPA Board of Directors and served as President from 2021...
Labyrinth Rims, MOAB Camping Management Plans Comments
Bureau of Land ManagementMoab Field Office82 East DogwoodMoab, UT 84532Attention: Camping Proposals RE: Managing Camping within Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges SRMA (DOI-BLM-UT-Y010-2021-0094-EA) Dear BLM Planning Team: Please accept this correspondence from...
Red Cliffs/Warner Valley Land Swap Comments
Red Cliffs/Warner Valley Land ExchangeBureau of Land ManagementStephanie Trujillo, Realty Specialist 345 East Riverside DriveSt. George, UT 84790 Re: Red Cliffs/Warner Valley Land Swap Project #2022389/510 Dear Planning Team Members:...
Recreational Trails Program - Letter of Concern
Federal Highways AdministrationVia Portal @ http://www.regulations.gov, Docket: DOT-OST-2022-0124. RE: Notice of Proposed Waiver of Buy America Requirements for De Minimis Costs, Small Grants, and Minor Components – Docket # DOT-OST-...
USFWS Wolf 10j Draft Rule Comments
Public Comments ProcessingAttn: FWS–R6–ES–2022–0100;U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg PikeFalls Church, VA 22041–3803 RE: Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the Gray Wolf in the State of...
Letter of Concern - House Bill 23 -1294
The Honorable Jennifer Bacon and the Honorable Jenny WillfordColorado House of RepresentativesColorado General Assembly RE: Letter of Concern House Bill 23 -1294 Dear Representatives Bacon and Wilford: The Organizations must...
2022 TPA Annual Report Available!
The 2021 TPA Annual Report is now available on the Annual Reports page!
Salida Leadville NOPA Camping
RE: Salida Leadville NOPA Camping Dear Planning Team Members: Please accept this correspondence as comments on the Notice of Proposed Action (NOPA) Salida/Leadville Forest Service Districts Vehicle Based Dispersed...
Rio Grande National Forest Case Win
MSLF announces first win in Rio Grande National Forest case Republished with permission from Mountain State Legal Foundation Mountain States Legal Foundation continues to rack up victories early in 2023...
Wolf Reintroduction Plan
CPW CommissionSubmitted electronicallyhttps://engagecpw.org/comment-form Re: Wolf Reintroduction Plan Dear CPW Commissioners: The Organizations thank the Commission for this opportunity to provide public comment on the draft CPW Wolf Reintroduction Plan (Hereinafter...
Seasonal Trail Closures - Salida Ranger District Trails # 1434, 1412 & 1336
Re: Seasonal Trail Closures – Salida Ranger District Trails # 1434, 1412 & 1336 To whom it may concern, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on updates to the...
2022 Ride With Respect Year in Review
Reprinted with permission Ride with Respect Year in Review 2022www.ridewithrespect.org In 2022, Ride with Respect’s work progressed in every direction, literally and figuratively. Our advocacy of access for responsible recreation...