Do Survey to Help BlueRibbon Coalition Save More Trails

THE BLUERIBBON COALITION WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! TAKE OUR SURVEY AND YOU COULD WIN A NEW GPS

June 9th, 2009
Contacts:
Greg Mumm, BRC Executive Director
Phone: 208-237-1008
Fax: 208-237-9424
Email: brgreg@sharetrails.org
Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/staff/#GregM
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Survey participants will be entered in a drawing to receive a FREE GPS unit (pictured).Click image to enlarge. POCATELLO, ID (June 9) — The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is asking recreationists of all types to take part in our online survey. This is your chance to give input to help shape the future of our active organization. As an added incentive, by taking the survey, your name will automatically be put in a special drawing for a brand new GPS.

The survey takes only about ten minutes and has two versions designed for both members and for recreationists who are not members. We want to hear from everyone!

The BRC Board of Directors, staff and contractors know very well that our access battles will be won by a large united team of folks working toward common goals, with focused objectives. "BlueRibbon is the national grassroots organization that can continue to build the team that will win the fights," said Greg Mumm, Executive Director of the BlueRibbon Coalition. "This simple online survey and the information we get from it will help us build an even stronger team."So please take just a few minutes and fill out our survey online by visiting http://www.sharetrails.org/survey-intro.

Did we mention it's important and that you could win a brand new GPS? Take the survey—we've made it worth your while.
from the BlueRibbon Coalition team...

BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC.
MEDIA RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brian Hawthorne, Public Lands Policy Director BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 102 DATE: February 24, 2009
TRAIL-BASED RECREATION GROUP RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GAO SURVEY

The BlueRibbon Coalition, an off-highway vehicle (OHV) advocacy group, joined eight other off-highway groups in questioning the validity of a nationwide OHV survey of federal land managers. The groups made their concerns known in a February 5, 2009, letter to the Acting Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office <http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/Letter_To_GAO.pdf>

The GAO review of OHV use was originally requested by Arizona Congressman Raul M. Grijalva, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.

The survey is supposedly designed to determine trends in the amount of OHV use, potential environmental and human health and safety impacts and how federal agencies are managing OHV use and enforcing OHV regulations. Managers from the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service received the survey and were asked to respond. Preservationist groups and OHV access opponents aggressively petitioned President Obama to appoint Representative Grijalva to the Secretary of Interior cabinet post, but Obama declined, opting instead for moderate Ken Salazar of Colorado.

Read more on the BlueRibbon website: http://www.sharetrails.org/