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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 2022 www.ridewithrespect.org In 2022, Ride with Respect’s work progressed in every direction, literally and figuratively. Our advocacy of access for responsible...
2023 LWCF / Non-motorized Grant Applications
CPW Trails Program Via Email only @ Trails@state.co.us Re: 2023 LWCF / Non-motorized Grant applications Dear Committee Members; Please accept this correspondence as the comments of the above Organizations regarding...
Scoping Comments for the Penrose Commons Recreation Area Management Plan
Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office Attn: Linda Skinner 3028 E. Main St. Canon City, CO 81212 SUBJECT: Scoping Comments for the Penrose Commons Recreation Area Management Plan...
Mad Rabbit Trail Proposal Comments
Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District Attn: Mad Rabbit Trails Project 925 Weiss Drive Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 RE: Mad Rabbit Proposal Dear Sirs: Please accept this correspondence as the opposition...
Bears Ears Monument Planning Assessment Comments
BLM Monticello Field Office ATTN: Monument Planning 365 North Main Monticello, UT 84535 RE: Bears Ears Monument Planning Assessment Dear Planning Team: The above Organizations are submitting these comments to...
Bears Ears National Monument Comments from Ride with Respect
Note: This is a letter from Ride with Respect, a local OHV group that has been supported by the TPA since 2007. Shared with permission. Bureau of Land Management Monticello...
Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges - Moab, UT - Travel Management Plan Comments
BLM Moab Field Office Attn: Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel Management 82 East Dogwood Moab, UT 84532 Re: Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan EA #DOI-BLM-UT-Y010-2020-0097-EA Dear Planning Team Members: The Trails...
Camp Hale Proclamation is a Big Win for Recreation
On October 12, 2022, President Biden signed a Proclamation designating more than 53,000 acres outside Minturn, Colorado as the Camp Hale/Continental Divide National Monument. In this Proclamation, summer and winter...
Chaffee County Camping Plan and Travel Management Environmental Assessment Comments
Royal George Field Office Att: Kalem Lenard 3028 E. Main St. Canon City, CO 81212 Chaffee County Camping EA Comments from TPA, COHVCO and CORE Dear Project Team: Please accept...
EXTENDED DEADLINE! Save access to the Labyrinth Rims and Gemini Bridges roads and trails - Moab, UT
Extensive closures are proposed to world-class trails in the Labyrinth Rims and Gemini Bridges area. The BLM needs your input to protect them! – Comments are due Friday, October 7th...
Pike and San Isabel National Forests Motorized Travel Management (Final) Record of Decision
The Final Record of Decision (ROD) has finally been made for the long-awaited Pike and San Isabel National Forests (PSI) Motorized Travel Management (MVUM) Analysis project. The Trails Preservation Alliance...
BLM Big Game Habitat and Migration Corridor Amendment - Comments
BLM Colorado State Office Attn: Big Game RMPA/EIS 2850 Youngfield Street Lakewood, CO 80215 RE: BIG GAME HABITAT AND MIGRATION CORRIDOR AMENDMENT Dear Sirs: Please accept this correspondence as the...
Reconsideration of 2020 San Rafael Desert Travel Management Travel Management Plan - Comments
Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office 125 South 600 West Price, UT 84501 RE: Reconsideration of 2020 San Rafael Desert Travel Management Travel Management Plan Dear BLM Planning Team:...
August 2022 Newsletter
Update from the Trails Preservation Alliance Hello Friends! We are in the midst of our peak riding season in Colorado and with any luck, this message will find its way...
Black Canyon Corridor Travel Management Plan Comments
BLM Hassayampa Field Office VIA: Comment now Portal RE: Black Canyon Corridor Travel Management Plan Dear Sirs; Please accept these comments as the vigorous opposition from a broad spectrum of...
USFWS Wolf Scoping Comments
Public Comments Processing Attn: FWS–R6–ES–2022–0100; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 RE: Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of the Gray Wolf...
2022 COHVCO Legislative UPDATE
Colorado General Assembly 2022 Session Legislative Report This year the session was distinguished by four key issues impacting the OHV, snowmobile and 4wd communities. The issues include: Colorado Rule 20...
Welcome Monarch Investment and Management Group
Thank you Monarch Investment and Management Group for your support of a strategic planning process that the TPA has underway. Monarch Investment and Management group owner Bob Nicolls is an...
Revisions to Forest Planning Process - Letter of Concern
United States Forest Service Att: Chief Randy Moore 1400 Independence Ave, SW Washington DC 20250 RE: Revisions to Forest Planning Process Dear Chief Moore: The above Organizations are contacting you...
The Wildfire Response & Drought Resiliency Act
Congressman Joe Neguse 1419 Longworth HOB Washington DC 20515 RE: THE WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND DROUGHT RESILIENCY ACT HR 5118 Dear Congressman Neguse; Please accept this correspondence as the opposition of...
USFWS Silverspot Butterfly Comments
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R6–ES–2021–0134, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 RE: Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for the Silverspot...
Keep Routt Wild - Halt the RNF Rainbow Family Gathering
U.S.D.A. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region Attn: Frank Beum, Regional Forester 1617 Cole Blvd Lakewood, CO 80401 Rainbow Family Letter Dear Mr. Beum: The Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) calls on...
Moab Camping Management
Moab Camping Management & Wildlife Report – RWR, TPA, CORE & COHVCO Labyrinth Rims Camping Proposal – ORBA, UFWDA & One Voice Utah Rims Camping Proposal – ORBA, UFWDA &...
TPA Intervenes in Rio Grande Forest Litigation to Protect Public Access
On, November 8, 2021 Environmental groups challenged the U.S. Forest Service over the Rio Grande National Forest Plan. TPA has intervened to support multiple uses and give motorized recreation a...
Roadless Area Conservation Act Comments - HR279
Congressman Ruben Gallego 1131 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 RE: Roadless Area Conservation Proposal of 2021 HR279 Dear Congressman Gallego: Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous opposition...
TBK Bank Donation News release
Thank you to TBK Bank – they have just become our newest supporter!! We would also like to extend a thank you to David Gardner, Senior Vice President of TBK...
CORE Wilderness Proposal - CORE Act S. 173
Senator Joseph Manchin 306 Hart Senate Office Bldg Washington DC 20510 Re: CORE Act S. 173 Dear Senator Manchin; The above Organizations are contacting you to express our vigorous opposition...
2021 TPA Annual Report Available!
The 2021 TPA Annual Report is now available on the Annual Reports page!
Salida/Leadville Forest Service Districts Camping Plan Pre-Scoping Comments
RE: Pre-Scoping Salida/Leadville Forest Service Districts Camping Plan Dear Planning Team Members: Please accept this correspondence as to the input on the Pre-Scoping Salida/Leadville Forest Service Districts Camping Plan. The...
Ashley National Forest DEIS Comments
Ashley National Forest Att: Forest Plan Revision 355 North Vernal Ave Vernal, Ut 84078-1703 RE: Forest Plan Revision Dear Forest Plan Revision Team: The above Organizations are submitting these comments...
EPA Revised Waters of the United States
US Environmental Protection Agency/ Army Corp of Engineers Via Electronic Portal Re: Revised Waters of the United States Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-20210602 Dear Sirs: Please accept this correspondence as the...
HR 1755 - Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Comments
HR 1755 – Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act Dear Mr. Keenan; Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous opposition of the Organizations above to the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act...
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act HR3128/S736
Specialty Equipment Market Association Att: Stuart Gosswein, Sr. Dir. Government Affairs Via Email Only RE: Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act HR3128/S736 Dear Mr. Gosswein: Please accept this correspondence as...
2021 Ride With Respect Year in Review
Reprinted with permission Ride with Respect Year in Review 2021 www.ridewithrespect.org 2020 had been a tough year for most people, and 2021 was more of the same in some ways....
American Discovery Trail Act HR4878
Congressman Mark DeSaulnier 503 Cannon Office Building Washington DC 20515 Congressman Jeff Fortenberry 1514 Longworth Office Building Washington, DC 20515 RE: American Discovery Trail Act HR4878 Dear Congressman DeSaulnier and...
Outdoor Recreation Act S.3266
Senator Joe Manchin 306 Hart Office Bldg. Washington DC 20510 Senator John Barrasso 307 Dirksen Office Bldg Re: Outdoor Recreation Act S.3266 Dear Senators Manchin and Barrasso: The above Organizations...
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 Forest Att: Forest Plan Revision 2250 South Main Street Delta, CO 81416 Re: GMUG Draft RMP Comments Dear Sirs: Please accept this correspondence as the comments of the...
Fisher Peak Stakeholder meeting follow-up
Mitch Martin Mitch.martin@state.co.us Fisher Peak development team Info@fisherspeakstatepark.com Jeni Jackson Jeni.Jackson@trinidad.co.gov Lucas Svare Lucas.svare@state.com.us RE: Fisher Peak Stakeholder meeting follow-up Dear Mitch, Jeni and Team: We wanted to say thank...
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 Commissioners P.O. Box 699, 104 Crestone Avenue Salida, Colorado 81201 From: Rob Roy Ramey II, Ph.D. Wildlife Science International,...
TPA, COHVCO, CORE and CSA Provide Input to Keystone on Wolf Reintroduction Planning
Keystone Facilitation Att: Julie Shapiro 1628 Saints John Road Keystone, CO 80435 Re: Gray Wolf Stakeholder Meeting Dear Julie: The Organizations deeply appreciate Keystone’s development of a mechanism for written...
Book Cliffs (Utah) Travel Management Area Comments
Book Cliffs Travel Management Area Comments Bureau of Land Management Vernal Field Office 170 South 500 East Vernal, UT 84078 Dear BLM Planning Team: We appreciate the opportunity to comment...
TPA Suggests Revisions to the GMUG Resource Management Plan
GMUG National Forest Att: Chad Stewart, Forest Supervisor 2250 South Main Street Delta, CO 81416 Re: GMUG Resource Management Plan Revision Dear Chad: Please accept this correspondence as a continuation...
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 Boebert 1609 Longworth Building Washington DC 20515 RE: The Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act Dear Congresswoman Boebert: Please accept this correspondence as the vigorous...
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: 2400 Date: June 17, 2021 Mr. Scott Jones scott.jones46@yahoo.com Dear Mr. Jones: Thank you for your letter of April 18,...
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 Interior Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office 3028 E. Main Street Cañon City, CO 81212 SUBJECT: Pre-Scoping Public Input – Chaffee County Camping...
Adventure Rider Article - Access and Advocacy
Reposted with permission from Adventure Rider Magazine – December 2020 Ned Suesse is a member of the TPA Board of Directors Access and Advocacy The challenges faced when connecting beautiful...
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)...