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Off-road fans to pitch in on land cleanup

Published: Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 12:32 a.m. MDT
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U4WDA encourages people to get involved by joining one of the projects already planned or organizing a project with local land managers. For help organizing a project or for more information about NPLD, contact Steve Jackson at 801-376-3332 or volunteer@u4wda.org.

The following projects will take place on Saturday:

  • American Fork Canyon: Members of 10 local clubs, representatives of Tread Lightly, and several U4WDA sponsors will be working on a project with the Pleasant Grove Ranger District of the Uinta National Forest. The project will involve a canyonwide cleanup, fence construction and a public-relations initiative to inform canyon users about Tread Lightly and minimizing impact. Contact Steve Jackson at 801-376-3332.

  • Five Mile Pass: RockyMountainExtreme.com will be hosting a cleanup project at the Five Mile Pass Recreation Area with the Salt Lake BLM Field Office.

  • Logan: Wasatch Outlaw Wheelers will be working with the Logan Ranger District of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest to remove unneeded fencing and do a forestwide cleanup. Contact Larry Olsen at 801-791-8446.

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  • Delta: Notch Peak Desert Dogs will be working with local BLM officials at Amasa Basin on a cleanup and sign-repair project. Contact Les Keet at 435-864-4910.

  • Richfield: Unlimited 4x4 Club will be working with Manti-La Sal National Forest on a cleanup at Gooseberry Reservoir. Contact Nate Curtis at 435-893-8655.

  • Price: Castle Country King Crawlers 4x4 will be installing signs on some area trails, in cooperation with the Price BLM Field Office. Contact Scott Edwards at 435-613-0204.

  • Cedar City: A group from Utah 4x4 Club will be working with the Cedar City BLM Field Office on a cleanup at Three Peaks Recreation Area.

  • Kanab: Canyon Country 4x4 Club will be doing a cleanup and trail-repair project in Hog Canyon, in cooperation with the Kanab BLM Field Office. Contact Dave DeVooght at dave@xpressweb.com.

  • St. George: Members of Utah 4x4 Club will be working with land managers from the St. George BLM Field office on a River Road cleanup.

  • Moab: Moab Friends-For-Wheeling will be working on the Kane Creek Canyon trail doing some trail marking and building some fencing to close illegal routes. Contact Jeff Stevens at 435-259-6119. Red Rock 4-Wheelers will be working on the Poison Spider Mesa trail with the local BLM Field Office. RR4W will be marking the route, repairing trail damage, raking out off-trail tracks, and installing signs. Contact Dave Adams at cojeep84@yahoo.com.


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Ellis Robinson looks over the rusted-out shell of a vehicle in the foothills above Bountiful. He and other off-road enthusiasts will clean up the hillside Saturday.

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