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RAF Newsletter 17 Winter 2016 RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION NEWS • ACTION WINTER 2016 WWW.THERAF.ORG ISSUE 17 The Recreational Aviation Foundation preserves, maintains and creates airstrips for recreational access. U.S. Forest Service commits funds for airstrips The Recreational Aviation Foundation is pleased to year; the result being the formal inclusion of aviation announce that language was included in the Omnibus Bill within the new USFS Planning Directives. supporting report and signed by the President that “Mark made the point to the USFS folks that we were allocates $750,000 for airstrip maintenance on U.S. literally just trying to help them do the job they could Forest Service (USFS) lands. In spite of cuts to the USFS never seem to get done,” McKenna added. budget, the RAF made the point that backcountry “A number of aviation groups had asked for this for a airstrips are valuable and deserve funds that the USFS good long time, and it never made it past staffers in the allocates to maintain recreational assets. House. The Big Creek Four come to mind. If this doesn’t The bill further stipulates that the Forest Service is to help, I will be surprised,” McKenna said. consult with Congress, state and local officials, and How will implementation begin? Spencer says, affected stakeholders before making a determination to “They'll be asking for needs through their teams in the close or terminate the use of any rural airstrip. field, and then I believe we'll get to give some input on “These two pieces go a long way towards advancing projects that will benefit backcountry aviation assets and the RAF mission,” RAF president John McKenna said. experiences. Our job will be to let our partners know the “Our foot-time, meetings with the Committee members money is available, and encourage them to begin and staff, and formal testimony did some good.” prioritizing projects.” “This goes to show that perseverance pays off,” said “Finally, this should be a door opener to Forest RAF Public Lands Liaison Mark Spencer of Arizona who Service staff who haven’t yet seen how aviation folks can accompanied McKenna on multiple trips to Washington, cooperate successfully on our mutual goals,” McKenna D.C. RAF delegates had laid important groundwork last concluded. RAF partners with Friends of Arcadia Airport– RUS Success Florida christens “Aviation City” Liability protection for airstrip Join the RAF at Florida’s Arcadia shelter, brick fire pit and plumbed owners is a key RAF initiative. Municipal Airport (X06) for a week- water,” Jack Tyler, RAF Florida RAF delegates have worked with end of hospitality and Arcadia's 87th Liaison said. state legislatures to accomplish annual Championship Rodeo, March This will be the RAF's third this. To date, 27 states (in green) 11-13. Arcadia has both paved and Rodeo Weekend at Arcadia and now include non-commercial grass runways. Come and see why “each time it's been more enjoyable aviation in their Recreational Use Arcadia has been christened and better attended,” Tyler added. Statutes; three states list “Aviation City.” FOAA has also arranged a river recreation broadly – recreational “The Friends of Arcadia Airport cruise on the nearby Myakka River. aviation is implied. States shown (FOAA) built a welcoming on-airport Blackwater plans in green now include recreational campground complete with pilot The annual Blackwater (8FD3) aviation. Celebration is April 22-24. See See www.theraf.org for updates Blackwater River State Forest. An on each state and how the RAF is interpretative hike with the Santa working to protect landowners in Rosa County Forester is planned to order to open up more learn more about this special place recreational flying destinations. to visit. View the RAF Event Calendar for all the events with RAF involvement scheduled for the Southeast in 2016. At left: RAF Florida Liaison Jack Tyler (in orange) joins George Chase to celebrate cooperation between the RAF and Friends of Arcadia Airport – RAF photo. RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION President’s Message – 1711 WEST COLLEGE ST, BOZEMAN, MT 59715 406-582-1RAF (1723) www.theraf.org Just Tricia McKenna Administrative Director: [email protected] Sarah Chandler, Volunteer Coordinator: [email protected] show me All the following serve on a volunteer, unpaid basis: DIRECTORS the baby John McKenna, President: Montana [email protected] Tim Clifford, VP: Florida [email protected] –John McKenna Rol Murrow: New Mexico [email protected] Peter Bunce: Washington, DC/Wisconsin [email protected] on’t tell me about your Steve Johnson: Missouri [email protected] labor pains, just show me the Alan Metzler: Pennsylvania/Montana [email protected] Dbaby is a statement I occasionally mu7er. Mike Perkins: Colorado/Montana [email protected] My son once said, “Dad, you're not really a boring guy, Jerry Cain, Chuck Jarecki, Dan Prill, Directors Emeritus Bill McGlynn, Development Director: [email protected] it’s just that you talk about boring things.” Hopefully he was Safety and Education Coordinator: Alan Metzler, referring to my day job of being a life insurance agent and [email protected] not about my life in general. With that backdrop, it is Environmental Science Advisory Committee: perhaps why I enjoy the RAF to the degree I do. The work is Ric Hauer, Andy Turner, Mark Novak and Roger Blew interesHng, we are doing some fun things, and good is Newsletter Editor: Carmine Mowbray [email protected] happening as a result. STATE LIAISONS Here are a couple RAF babies we are pre7y proud of. AK – Al Clayton [email protected] This month the RAF signed a first-of-a-kind agreement AZ – Mark Spencer [email protected] with the Nature Conservancy to construct a new airstrip in AR – Dave Myrick [email protected] CA – Chris Berge [email protected] Arkansas. With this first success we believe there will be CA – Rick Lach [email protected] addiHonal ones to follow. We anHcipate construcHon to be CO– Patrick Romano [email protected] complete in the next couple months and opening this CO – Tom Haefeli [email protected] FL – Jack Tyler [email protected] summer. GA – Eric Davis [email protected] The RAF received official noHce that the budget that GA – Brett Wilkes [email protected] Congress just passed includes $750,000 for maintenance of ID – Mike Hart [email protected] rural and backcountry airstrips on USFS lands. This is a first- IL – Mike Purpura [email protected] KY– Jeff Smith [email protected] of-its-kind line item specifically applying to aviaon assets on ME – Andy Rowe [email protected] the ground. This allocaon can go a very long way when MD – Craig McCullough [email protected] combined with the cost sharing and volunteer labor that the MI – Brad Frederick [email protected] MN – Kirk Hiner [email protected] RAF and its partners provide. It will certainly go further than MO – Sarah Dickerson [email protected] the $0 that has been available in the past, not to menHon MO – Jim Dickerson [email protected] the ripple effect this could have across other agencies, both MT – Ron Normandeau [email protected] MT – Jon Hudson [email protected] federal and state. This is a very important milestone and NM – Larry Filener [email protected] something the RAF has been working with the USFS to NY – Rus Holland [email protected] implement for a good long Hme. A fair bit of D.C. shoe NC – Susan Dusenbury [email protected] leather was used up geng this accomplished. Details of ND – Brian Rau [email protected] OH– Freeman Swank [email protected] how the funds will be available are being worked out as of OK – Steve Thompson [email protected] this wriHng. PA – Lloyd Babcock [email protected] Congress included this language in the 2016 Budget PA – Chris Groshel [email protected] SC – Kathy Hegenberger [email protected] Report which we believe has significant value to our TN– Steve Lewis [email protected] community: “The Commi7ee directs the Forest Service to TX – Chase Snodgrass [email protected] consult with Congress, State and local officials, and affected UT – Steve Durtschi [email protected] UT – Wayne Loeber [email protected] stakeholders, prior to making a determinaon to close or VT – Bob Burley [email protected] terminate the use of any rural airstrips.” This one sentence VA – Randall Burdette [email protected] should send the message to local USFS staff that we are WA – Dave Whitelaw [email protected] serious about this business of keeping these assets available WI – Jeff Russell [email protected] BLM Liaisons: Pete Smith; Craig McCullough Continued . The Recreational Aviation Foundation is a non-profit 501(c) (3) public charity, Federal EIN 42-1613294; Montana State ID D-128852. Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers and gifts are deductible for federal estate and gift tax purposes. Please provide your current email address to [email protected] to receive the newsletter digitally. Newsletter flag photo: LaSalle Mountains from Delores Pt., Colorado, Patrick Romano. 2 Radio Chatter Thanks for the hard work. You deserve recognition! Notes from our supporters . • • • Wish I had more time!! You guys did a great job opening (North Fox Island) runway • • • back up, very impressive. We hope to make it back to camp Please keep up your personalized touch, we thank you. at some point. What a beautiful place!. I am going to • • • check out a membership in RAF. Feel free to let me know I'd like to make a donation for the holidays in my father's about volunteer opportunities. name. He's a member of RAF, and gets to fly in the back • • • country a lot more than I do. I can’t think of a better gift. I have limited experience flying in the backcountry, and • • • understand the importance of backcountry airstrips and maintaining them.
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