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2 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com CONVENTION 2016 BY CHRIS COLLARD WHO ARE WE? The California Four Wheel Drive Association, Inc. (founded in 1959) is a non-profit organization comprised of member clubs, individuals and business INSIDE firms, united in a common objective — the betterment President’s Message 7 of vehicle-oriented outdoor recreation. C4WDA Contacts 4 We represent four-wheelers, hunters, fishermen, Meetings 3 and other outdoor recreationalists. Ours is the largest Safety Requirements 3 organization of its type in California. VP Reports 8-9 THROUGH A UNITED EFFORT WE: Natural Resource Consultants 10-11 • Promote responsible use of public lands. Slick Rock Road gets reroute 16 • Prevent legislation that would restrict off-road Cal4Wheel Foundation report 17 vehicles and vehicle use. Corral Canyon project gets help from foundation 18 • Develop programs of conservation, education Winter Fun Festival info 19 and safety. Fresno club wins outstanding trails award 20 • Encourage state and federal agencies to develop Convention info 21 new four wheel drive trails and preserve existing '54 Willy's 4T build 22-23 ones. Four bylaw changes proposed 24-25 • Distribute information to vehicle-oriented Nominate your favorite four-wheeler 25 recreationalists. Win-A-Jeep 26-27 • Promote statewide activities and four wheel drive Club Directory 29 events for the enjoyment of members. Calendar 31 Associate Members 32 MEETINGS ON THE COVER: Winter Fun Festival 2017 by Sherry Hawk. BOARD MEETINGS*: February 15-17, 2019 - Convention, Rancho Cordova, CA NORTH DISTRICT*: CAL4 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS January 12, 2019 April 6, 2019 All vehicles must be maintained to conform to highway safety standards, as well as CENTRAL DISTRICT: meet the minimum requirements listed below: January 5, 2019 - Riverland Resort, 38743 CA-99, Kingsburg 1. Roll bar or full cage or factory installed to repair/reinflate tire. April 20, 2019 - Location TBA hard top. 7. Fire extinguisher with gauge indicating 2. Emergency brake, parking brake, line-lock good/full, appropriately stored. SOUTH DISTRICT**: or other redundant braking system. 8. Seat belts for all passengers. January 26, 2019 3. Tow strap or rope (recommend rated at 2 9. Antennas must be rigid or restrained in a April 27, 2019 times the vehicle weight). manner to prevent injuries. 4. First aid kit. 10. Adequate attachment points front and rear, 5. Jack capable of lifting the vehicle and a tool i.e., tow hooks, receiver, etc. Tow balls are Board and district meetings are held each quarter and are open to all capable of removing lug nuts. not generally recommended. members. More info at cal4wheel.com/calendar 6. Spare tire within 3” diameter of other tires, 11. Battery hold downs (no bungie cords). *Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at the C4WDA Office at or, for tires 37” or larger, run-flats or tools 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA. **Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at Bass Pro Shop in Rancho Cucamonga. DECEMBER 2018-JANUARY 2019 / VOLUME 59 #5

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IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 3 e are entering our 60th year of operation at the start of the new year. Not many organizations reach this milestone, and it's an Waccomplishment we should all be proud of. Our mission then is the same as it is now: to preserve our access to public lands, provide family-oriented events, educate wheelers, coordinate with land use agencies and other organizations, perform volunteer activities, donate funds and more. Thanks to all members past and present who have helped us get here. With your support we'll be around for another 60 years! Please be sure to attend our annual Convention in February to help us celebrate this milestone. Shirley Bramham and her committee are planning an extra special event for us in Rancho Cordova. Even the kids are invited. We'll have a hospitality night, vendor and vehicle shows, seminars, conduct a little business, hold elections, honor our outstanding members at the awards banquet, give away the Win-A-Jeep (and other raffle prizes), and generally enjoy an opportunity to see each other again. Info is in this issue. Enjoy your family and friends this holiday season. — Suzy Johnson, Editor/Web Coordinator C4WDA CONTACTS STATE OFFICERS SECRETARY SECRETARY Phil Moreno Bonnie Ferguson PRESIDENT 559-901-2413 661-943-9744 Steve Egbert [email protected] [email protected] 559-685-1928 559-936-3030 (cell) NATURAL RESOURCES [email protected] NORTH DISTRICT OFFICERS CONSULTANT - SOUTH John Stewart PAST PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT 619-390-8747 Mark D. Cave Peety Woll [email protected] 559-623-5338 (cell) 707-489-5596 (cell) 559-733-4091 (home) 707-485-0346 [email protected] [email protected] NATURAL RESOURCES TREASURER MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN CONSULTANT - NORTH Jeff Blewett Nellie Malloy Glenn Reynolds [email protected] 916-973-9782 916-834-7547 209-210-7880 [email protected] [email protected] RECORDING SECRETARY SECRETARY MARKETING & Sherry Stortroen Kitten Chapman PROMOTIONS 209-602-4788 (cell) 209-274-4508 (home) COORDINATOR [email protected] 209-662-2308 (cell) David Jones [email protected] 530-367-2443 CENTRAL DISTRICT OFFICERS [email protected] SOUTH DISTRICT OFFICERS VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT IN GEAR EDITOR/WEB PAGE Mike McGarity Alan Bauer COORDINATOR 559-352-9780 502-379-1029 (cell) Suzy Johnson [email protected] [email protected] 4551 S. Paseo Don Rolando MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Tucson, AZ 85746 Bob Wagers Steve Moreno 805-550-2804 559-250-5095 909-217-1308 Fax 866-888-2465 1950'S FOUR WHEELING FROM THE ARCHIVES [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ALL BOARD MEMBERS: [email protected] MOVING? ALL MEMBERSHIP CHAIRS: [email protected] Send your change of address to C4WDA, MAIN OFFICE Bonnie Steele, Office Manager Inc., 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824-2304, (916) 381-8300, [email protected] 95824-2304 or change it online at cal4wheel.org/MyAccount PRINT MAGAZINE DEADLINES You may also fax your new address to 916-381-8726. Feb./March - January 1 June/July - May 1 Oct./Nov. - September 1 Be sure to include your membership April/May - March 1 Aug./Sept. - July 1 Dec./Jan. - November 1 number if it is available.

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6 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com I am just back from the we have more meetings to represent our members 2018 SEMA Show in Las attend. Off-Road Business and if elected will continue Vegas. SEMA week began Association (ORBA), to serve the association. with the South District United Four Wheel Drive Serving on our board of meeting on Saturday. After Associations and the Western directors has been a very the meeting we drove to Region of One Voice hosted rewarding experience for Las Vegas. On Sunday we a number of meetings where me. Though we always seem got the Win-A-Jeep into the people from various areas of to find dedicated individuals booth on the second floor the west were able to learn to serve on the board, I still of the South Hall. During set and interact. would like to encourage STEVE EGBERT up time at SEMA there are Cal4Wheel is a member more members to consider PRESIDENT large boxes everywhere and of ORBA, SEMA, United, running for an office on the no carpet in the alleyways. BRC and One Voice. ORBA board. The association’s Overnight on Monday the brings us connection and administration can be a erving on whole convention center is relationships with the off- complex undertaking at times transformed so when the road industry who support and it is easier to learn and Sour board of show opens on Tuesday our efforts and get a grow into a position. Starting morning everything is ready connection to the grassroots. as a district membership directors has been to go. Some issues require more chairman or secretary/ On Monday as the resources than we have treasurer gives a board a very rewarding vendors are all setting up, we but industry can help us member time to learn and experience for me. attended the North American on those issues since we later they can move up Motorized Recreation have built the relationship. to vice president or even Council (NAMRC) meeting. SEMA and United give us a president. Prior service is not NAMRC is an alliance of direct connection to what’s a requirement, but it helps on organizations that facilitates going on in Washington, the learning process. communications, shares DC. They are both national This January we will elect information, expertise and organizations that have the district vice presidents resources to enhance unity. access to issues with and the president in February NAMRC helps the organized congress and the land at Convention. At this time, I motorized recreation management agencies that know of no other candidates community and other we would otherwise not for president but looking to interested groups become know about or have direct the future, we continue to more effective in their input on. need new people to serve; efforts to maintain, improve At the October South new people often have and expand opportunities District meeting I was valuable input and fresh and experiences in our many nominated to run for perspectives. forms of recreation. president again. I have been As the SEMA Show your president since 2013. begins there are great cars That is three two-year terms. and products to see but I am proud to serve and

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 7 Cheerful Volunteerism We volunteer because we want to, right? I come across volunteers from time to time who are disgruntled and miserable helping the orga- nization they are volunteering for. Why continue to volunteer if you’re not enjoying yourself? Why give your time to an organization unless you’re going to do it with a cheerful attitude? Now, with that being said, there of course will MIKE MCGARITY be times when the organization you volunteer CENTRAL DISTRICT for are going through some issues. During those VICE PRESIDENT issues it could be tough. Could be hurtful if your intentions are good and these issues are making your volunteerism non-cheerful. So, what do you do? You must either work to fix the issues or flight. Not Fight or Flight, but instead Fix or Flight. Once volunteers start fighting, argu- ou must either ing, complaining; they are not fixing the issues. Issues can vary, so I’m staying very general in work to fix the talking about this topic. in my last article that I was going to attend the Y Marlin Roundup on the Rubicon. The trip was I can speak from my experiences. I have been issues or flight. Not a volunteer for many years. I spent seven years so much fun, hanging out with great friends and volunteering as a Rotarian. I loved that experi- spending time with the rock star himself, Marlin. Fight or Flight, but ence. I was a business owner at that time and We arrived at the trail head in the dark. The ride loved spending time volunteering with like-mind- to the top of Cadillac Hill was mostly in two- instead Fix or Flight. ed business owners and we got a lot accom- wheel drive. As we approach the parking lot in plished. I moved up through all the leadership the sky, two mildly built SUV’s were parked off positions. During that time, I truly learned what to the side of the trail and allowed us to pass by. being a volunteer with other volunteers was As we drove by, one of the drivers said it looks all about. I have volunteered as a Recreational bad up ahead. Well, that was the top of Cadillac Commissioner for five years. I have volunteered Hill. We took our time down and before long we as a Chamber of Commerce Chairman for two were rolling into the Rubicon Springs. We set up years. I’m no stranger to Volunteerism. I have the tents, opened up the cots and slept great learned many valuable lessons over these past that first night. The weekend was awesome. 20 years of being a volunteer in a wide variety We hiked across the Rubicon Springs private of positions. property. We were treated with a special guest I have learned that when a volunteer gets speaker: Steve Morris himself was in attendance. either too comfortable, burnt out or a sense of He eloquently told us the entire history of the entitlement, they can become difficult to work Rubicon Springs. What a fascinating story and with or be around. Once at this point, one can we have so much to be grateful to him and either fix or flight. If they try to fight, it usually the others who purchased the springs. They ends up where they eventually resort to flight. purchased it just in the nick of time. I don’t Fixing issues must happen prior to any fighting. want to ruin the story, so you’ll need to hear it When issues arise, try your best to fix. Come up for yourself on what would have happened if with solutions. Bring alternatives to the table. it wasn’t for Steve and the other partners who Explain the pros and cons to fix the issue. If the bought it. issue is just yours alone, then you’ll need to In October we had our Central District make a choice. Live with or leave. The majority Meeting. Thank you to the Four Wheel Drive will usually prevail in any volunteer situation. Club of Fresno for hosting. We had a lot on Volunteer cheerfully and when you catch me on the agenda to discuss. The Central District a grumpy day, please remind me to cheer up!! club are all busy with their adopt a trails and There has been a lot of cheerful volunteering campgrounds. It was a very productive season happening since my last In Gear article. I said „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

8 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com SEMA offered great opportunities Hello everyone! I am still attending SEMA as Another very important item was discussed: I begin this article. I would just like to thank all there is a need for a policy to provide advance the other volunteers who were there to work notice for use of the Sacramento office building the Win-a-Jeep booth. These volunteers take or any state equipment. Last minute requests time out of their busy schedules to work this make this very difficult for everyone involved. event, not to mention the amount of $$ it takes each of us to stay in Las Vegas — Cal4Wheel does not reimburse us. Please don’t take this as a complaint, mainly because we all are very pas- PEETY WOLL sionate about the success of this program and NORTH DISTRICT are happy to help. I’ll get back to SEMA later in VICE PRESIDENT the article. October 26, Bonnie Steele, Kitten and Jack Chapman, Kathy Medley and I spent the after- pplications for noon and evening decorating the Cal4Wheel scholarships meeting room for our Halloween-themed North A District meeting that was the next day. For those who did not dress up in costume — well Nominations were also brought up by from the foundation that would be everyone except Kitten, Glenn Don Spuhler; Steve Egbert was nominated Reynolds, Bonnie and me — got to take a photo for president, I was nominated for North are due by with one of the many hats and masks that District vice president, Sherry Stortroen and Bonnie provided. Bonnie got some great pix! Dave Douglas were nominated for individual December 31, 2018. The North District meeting had 16 delegates member/life member delegates. Dana Holland and a few guests in attendance. There were a was nominated for the North District associate few things that we were not able to go over member delegate. due to some last-minute emergency absences. Just a note: any applications for scholarships We will cover at the next meeting in January. from the foundation are due by December The most important discussions were regarding 31, 2018. If you or your child are interested, the three new bylaw change proposals. There is please refer to the Foundation section of the more information on those found elsewhere in „ this edition. „ CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Elections at next district meeting We are seven days into November, meaning Karen and I got involved in five years ago. It was I’m seven days late on writing my article again started 21 years ago by a group of individuals this month. By the time I’m done, I’ll probably be who had an idea to expose under-privileged another couple of days later. city kids to off-roading and the San Bernardino We just finished up a couple of busy months Forest. It brings kids from the Anaheim YMCA between work and off-road activities. It started and Cops 4 Kids programs for two days. After in mid-September with the Sand Sport Show, 21 years the core group has aged, retired or Kids On Public Land, Lucas Off-Road Expo, wanted to move on so the program was going Morongo Search and Rescue Poker Run, Victor to fold after this year. Thanks to last minute Valley’s Fun in the Desert, Cal4’s Operation negotiations, some of the core group decided to ALAN BAUER Desert Fun, and the Cal4 South District meeting stay on and help the Dirt Devils and So Cal Lost SOUTH DISTRICT at Bass Pro Shop in Rancho Cucamonga. Jeepers take over the program. VICE PRESIDENT The Sand Sport Show at the Orange County October started with two weekend trips to Fairgrounds and Lucas Off-Road Expo at the Johnson Valley. The first to attend the Morongo Pomona Fairgrounds gave us good exposure Search and Rescue Poker Run. I would guess as an association and we sold a bunch of Win- they had over 400 registered and sold over A-Jeep tickets. I’d like to thank all those who 600 poker hands. The event had every form of worked the booths and stopped by to chat. Kids On Public Land is a program my wife „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 9 This report will attempt to evidence in the record that conversion to exclusive use bring a multitude of projects BLM had actually used the or other legislated purposes. of interest forward with an impact minimization criteria However, it should be noted update of status. The following when deciding which OHV that within the approximately projects have been active for routes to include in the Plan 25 million acre California several years, often years with and which ones to leave out. Desert Conservation Area no updates. The Court also determined encompassing the Mojave that BLM failed to follow, or Desert region, over 50% of the WEMO ROUTES OF TRAVEL expressly override, language lands are classified through the On September 29, 2009, from the 1980 California planning process or legislation after more than ten months Desert Conservation Area Plan for reserved uses — public JOHN STEWART of deliberation, a ruling (“1980 CDCA Plan”) which lands off-limits to public NATURAL RESOURCES challenging the Western prohibited the establishment access. CONSULTANT Mojave Desert management of OHV routes in excess of This proposal would plan (“WEMO Plan”) those that existed in 1980. As a establish an extensive Habitat adopted by the Bureau of result, BLM’s effort to develop Conservation Plan that would Land Management (BLM) in an OHV route network which overlay existing management 2006. The ruling invalidated included trails established after plans, creating multiple al4Wheel the WEMO Plan due to its 1980 was legally unauthorized conflicts for land management failure to comply with certain and will remain so until BLM and recreation access. believes that requirements of federal law. formally removes the 1980 cap Cal4Wheel believes that the C The WEMO lawsuit made on OHV routes. loss of access to the Mojave the loss of access three basic allegations: Cal4Wheel obtained and Colorado Desert regions (1) that the WEMO route intervenor status in the for recreation opportunity to the Mojave network designed by BLM 2006 lawsuit. Cal4Wheel is a direct loss. There are was legally flawed and failed participated in extensive also indirect impacts that and Colorado to comply with the Federal on-the-ground surveys to map would result should this Land Policy and Management routes in the region prior to Proposed Action be approved Act (“FLPMA”), (2) that the beginning of litigation and implemented, causing Desert regions the Environmental Impact and has continued to review displacement of recreational Statement (“EIS”) for the and comment on draft plans. activities. Those costs include, WEMO plan was defective in Currently, BLM has received for recreation but are not limited to: (1) a number of key respects and final public comments of the the increased enforcement therefore not compliant with revised plan and is expected to opportunity is a required at other sites when the National Environmental submit a final plan for Court displaced recreational users Policy Act (“NEPA”); and (3) review by December 2018. direct loss. seek out other areas that that the Biological Opinion may be poorly identified as did not provide an adequate DESERT RENEWABLE wildlife preserves or other assessment of the Plan’s ENERGY CONSERVATION resource-rich areas; (2) the impacts on efforts to conserve PLAN loss of biological resources and recover the desert The proposed DRECP or habitat at other sites that tortoise and Lane Mountain would establish the structure displaced recreational users milk-vetch, resulting in a to integrate renewable energy may utilize; (3) the loss of violation of the Endangered development and biological nature education; (4) the Species Act (“ESA”). resource conservation across The Court ruled that the Mojave and Colorado loss of outdoor recreation BLM failed to demonstrate Desert regions encompassing opportunities; (5) the loss that it had applied FLPMA’s portions of three states: of outdoor access and “impact minimization” criteria California, Nevada and Arizona. experiences for children in (43 CFR § 8342.1) to the The public lands within the community; (6) the loss WEMO route network. While the Mojave and Colorado of familial traditions, custom, recognizing that BLM put a Desert regions are classified and culture of recreational great deal of work into the as multiple use lands within and nature-oriented activities route network, the Court applicable land management in the region; and (7) the loss could not identify sufficient plans and open to study for „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

10 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com RTF RUBICON VIP TRIP revised its Motor Vehicle Use certified (chainsaw, first aid, Every year the Rubicon Map, analyzed the 42 routes in etc.) so the agencies feel Trail Foundation hosts a VIP a supplemental EIS, held open comfortable letting us go in tour to showcase the Rubicon houses for public comments, and help speed up reopening Trail. The purpose of the tour created a plan for repairing the the land to OHV recreation. is to give the people who work 18 routes found to be affecting Creation of the wildfire for federal, state and county meadows. recovery program is relevant agencies a chance to visit the This summer the last routes and timely given the impacts Rubicon Trail and the observe of the 18 closed trails have that the Mendocino Complex, the amount of maintenance been repaired. The Allen Camp Carr, and Ferguson Fires had that is done on the trail by the Trail (17E19), Carson Emigrant on popular destination OHV JEFF BLEWETT county and adopt-a-trail clubs Trail (17E24) beyond Mud Lake areas. Partnerships with public NATURAL RESOURCES to keep this trail open year- at three separate locations, land management agencies will CONSULTANT round. and 16E26 out of the Onion be key to PWORA’s success. This year was no different. Valley Trailhead in the Amador In October PWORA held We had participants from Ranger District, along with the its first ever work weekend Eldorado County, US Forest Long Valley Trail (17E28) on recovering infrastructure on Service, local law enforcement the Amador Ranger District the Chappie-Shasta OHV Area agencies and California State and the Strawberry 4WD Trail on BLM managed lands in Parks, most which had never (17E73) and Little Round Top Northern California. The OHV been on the Rubicon Trail and Trail (17E16) on the Placerville area suffered greatly from the he corrective some had been off-roading Ranger District that were recent Carr fires and there before. completed earlier this summer. have been closures to OHV Twork on It was a great trip and I’m The corrective work trails as a result. sure everyone left the tour on the 18 trails that began the 18 trails that with a good appreciation of back in 2013 has finally been MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE how much work our adopt-a- completed. All the closed trails This was the largest began back in 2013 trail clubs and the county does have been reviewed by a forest recorded fire complex in to maintain the trail. hydrologist and are now open California history. It was a large has finally been for public use. The Motor complex of two wildfires, the 42 TRAILS LAWSUIT Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) for River Fire and Ranch Fire, completed. All the In 2011, a U.S. District Court the forest will include these which burned in Mendocino, Judge found that the Forest and other repaired routes Lake, Colusa, and Glenn closed trails have Service failed to comply when it gets updated in the Counties. with the National Forest near future. The Ranch Fire was been reviewed by a Management Act (NFMA) The California State OHV California’s single-largest when it designated 42 existing grants program provided the recorded wildfire. Both fires forest hydrologist wheeled motorized vehicle majority of the funding for burned a combined total of routes that cross portions of the corrective work and the 459,123 acres and collectively meadows in its 2008 Eldorado additional improvements. destroyed 280 structures while and are now open National Forest Public damaging 37 others causing at Wheeled Motorized Travel THE POST WILDFIRE OHV least $267 million in damages, for public use. Management Decision. The RECOVERY ALLIANCE including $56 million in insured order stated that the Forest (PWORA) property damage and $201 Service failed to complete a PWORA was formed to million in fire suppression required Riparian Conservation organize volunteers to help costs. Objective analysis for bring back access to OHV In terms of recreational standards and guidelines and all recreational trails after losses, the Mendocino in its Land and Resource major wildfires. Currently it Complex fire burned over 240 Management Plan pertaining to could take two to five years miles of OHV trails, 88 miles segments that cross meadows. for the USFS/BLM to reopen of non-motorized trails and In response to the court’s areas burned in a wildfire. 48 campgrounds, day use sites order, the Eldorado National One of PWORA’s goals is to and trailheads. Forest closed the affected reduce that time by training routes with a forest order, volunteers, getting them „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

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Cal4Wheel website. Following the meeting, there was a 2019 Convention meeting. Just as a reminder: please provide dirt from your or your club’s favorite trail as it will be incorporated into the table decorations. Convention Chair Shirley Bramham says she needs a water size bottle of dirt. You also might want to write a little about OFF-ROAD MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME the trail. If you have any questions, please contact Shirley Bramham at 916-424-5800. ABOVE: Peety Woll, John Stewart I hope many of you will attend, especially and Bonnie Steele at the Off-Road since Convention will be in Rancho Motorsports Hall of Fame induction Cordova this year. ceremony. John was nominated for the Impact award in the Advocate category. SEMA SHOW Now for some highlights from Bonnie and I attended the NHRA SEMA: I was able to speak to many of breakfast. The featured speakers were our sponsors to thank them for their Don Prudhomme, Kenny Bernstein, Joe continued support. One of the people I Amato and John Force. John Force had so met was Scott Porter, our representative many funny stories — he is someone you from WARN — they are celebrating 70 could listen to and laugh with for hours! years in business this year! He said he Another highlight for me was meeting believes so much in Cal4Wheel and what Glen Plake from Truck Night In America. we do that he is more than happy to be I was wearing my Cal4Wheel shirt and he one of our wonderful sponsors! Thank said he was well aware of us and the great you so much Scott and your crew! things we do! While I was talking to him, I also got to meet Bob Sweeney who is he gave me an autographed photo card; I the president of Jeepers Jamboree. I told so wasn’t expecting that, but it’s pretty fun him I’ve never done that, he encouraged to have. Also with him was Abe Wine from me to try to attend one. Maybe next year! the show, so I got to briefly speak to him. He is a very nice guy and I was happy to OFF-ROAD MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME They told me that there will be two special meet him. Along with Bob, I met Kevin TOP: Bonnie Steele, Sherry Stortroen and episodes in November and December and Arnold who is a trail boss on the Jeepers that the new season begins in January Jamboree and a member of the Dirty Peety Woll in the Win-A-Jeep at the SEMA on the History channel. For those who Dozen Jeep Club. But more than that, show. haven’t watched the show, it’s entertaining he is also an author. He wrote 31 Days ABOVE: Off-Road Motorsports Hall of and your driving skills and rig better be in the Darien that covers the journey of Fame inductee Jim Bramham and his wife in good shape. It’s filmed in Georgia, his dad, Mike Arnold. It is a Jeep off-road Shirley. something I was always curious about. adventure from South America to the tip Consultant who was up for the Advocate On Halloween this year at SEMA was of North America, including crossing the Award. low key. I wore some devil horns just for Darien Gap. This book is available in some The next evening Bonnie and I were fun and obviously got some interesting local bookstores, Amazon, and is also comments. Bonnie and I chose not to go available on Kindle. I’m very proud of him invited by Steven Egbert and Jeff Blewett to Fremont Street this year as my eyes for sharing this experience! to attend the 51st Baja 1000 time trials. Bonnie and I were able to attend the BF Goodrich was kind enough to allow have finally stopped bleeding from the Off Road Hall of Fame Inductee dinner the four of us to enjoy this very cool sites from last year! Yikes!! Instead, we, and award ceremony to honor one of experience! If I got the announcement along with Bonnie’s daughter in-law April, our own, Jim Bramham! What an honor! correct, Ricky Johnson had the fastest were invited to go to dinner with Dennis Congrats Jim! time. A huge thank you to BF Goodrich Porter, his friend Jerry (sorry, I don’t recall We also got a shot with John Stewart and Steve and Jeff! his last name). We went to Benihana — our South District Natural Resources The next morning, Sherry Stortroen, „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

12 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com McGarity Report „„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Valley Children’s Hospital. As I write this article we are within the last couple for the club. Membership is increasing weeks of planning for this fundraising or many of them. Everyone is already in event. The founders, Dave Skaggs and the planning stages for the 2019 season! James Mattingly, have partnered with Our next Central District Meeting will be the Cal4Wheel Foundation to make this hosted by the Kingsburg 4WD Club at the event a non-profit 501(c)(3) fundraiser. Riverland Resort in Kingsburg on January Last year we had 22 Valley 4 Wheel 5. The meeting begins at 10AM, lunch at Drive Clubs who converged upon Valley 12, ends at 2PM. Children’s Hospital from all four corners SEMA was another success this year. associations and organizations. It was a of the valley stretching all the way to the We rotated the shifts at our booth. good opportunity for networking and coast. This has truly become the largest Handed out many envelopes with Win- planning for future collaborations. toy drive in the valley. This would not be a-Jeep tickets for people to send in November was a busy month with possible without the generous donations with their donation. Naomi flew in on the Sierra National Forest. We had from individuals, local businesses and Wednesday evening and attended on first aid and chainsaw trainings back to corporations. I look forward to reporting Thursday with me. We did a lot of walking back weekends. We scouted out a new the success of the toy run in our next In that day. Met a lot of cool people. Our combined use trail that will be from Gear Article. favorite was meeting the Martin Bros. Brewer Lake to Tocher Lake. It was an Looking ahead to 2019... Mark your from Iron Resurrection, Joe and Amanda old pack trail. It once had a trail number calendars and get your room reservations Martin. Shag was with them as well. Got but was removed from the maps back to attend the Cal4Wheel Convention our pics taken and autographs. Really nice decades ago. With the collaboration and 2019 in Rancho Cordova February 15-16. people. We went over to Vegas Rat Rods support from the Sierra National Forest, More information is within this magazine shop and met up with Steve Darnell and we will open the trail to Tocher as a hiking/ and on our Cal4Wheel website. Hope his crew. Another great guy with tons of mountain bike trail. Eventually it would you can attend and represent your club! talent. Very welcoming and took the time be nice to see this trail continue to Beryl Make plans to join us on the Kingsburg to sign our poster and talk with us for a and Coyote Lake. This will be a lengthy 4WD Club Snow Run on March 2. Always minute. Good times at SEMA personally, process, but you heard about first right an adventure up in the Sequoia National but also for Cal4Wheel. Many of us who here!! We’re continuing to work to open Forest. Snow or shine, the event is attended walked around to as many of trails, maintain what we have and keep happening!! our corporate sponsors as we could looking ahead!! Hope everyone has a wonderful winter find to say thank you for their support. December 1 will be our 8th annual wheeling season. Hope to see you soon on We collaborated with other off-road Valley 4xs 4 Children Toy Drive for the the trail!! Take Care!! Woll Report

„„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 happen? Well, yes it does!! Thanks to SOME UPCOMING EVENTS ARE: whoever turned it in! I am forever grateful! • January 12, 2019 - North District what a blast!! I am more than impressed with everyone Meeting to be held at the Cal4Wheel The down side to the evening was that at the Westgate Resort, which is adjacent I left my phone there. We went back there Building • January 25-27, 2019 - Winter Fun to the Las Vegas Convention Center where as soon as I noticed it was missing when Fest to be held in Grass Valley at the SEMA is held. we got back to our room. We headed Grass Valley Fairgrounds Again, thank you to all the volunteers back down to see if it was still there, no • February 15-17, 2019 - our 60th who worked at SEMA! We were able to such luck. Spent the next day without the Annual Convention to be held in phone and finally got my laptop to load up speak to many people from all around the Rancho Cordova world and to share what we do! I would the “Find My Phone” app. It showed that • April 6, 2019 - North District Meeting also like to thank Bonnie Ferguson for it was somewhere in the resort. Bonnie hosted by the Mendocino 4x4 Club the “Fab Five” bag we took with us! It was and I took the laptop down to the lobby in Upper Lake, CA and found a security guy named Chris. We perfect for hauling our stuff! explained what happened and he was on returned to me. Someone had turned it I hope all of you have a Merry it! Within a half an hour, the phone was into lost and found! Wow, does that really Christmas and a Happy New Year!

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 13 Bauer Report „„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 are there from sunrise to sunset selling Bernardino Adopt-A-Trail program and raffle tickets. Thanks to all those clubs and how the new structure of leadership is off-road vehicle possible running a 22-mile friends who led trail rides and helped in being put into place. We also talked about course through the desert with five poker base camp. The Blu In RV Park for allowing the need to find a new chairperson for the hand stops. They finished the day with us to hold this event in their park and Win-A-Jeep program and how it doesn’t awards and a raffle. inviting us back next year and of course need to be managed in the same fashion The following weekend we headed their wonderful donation to the veterans that Steve Gardiner has for the past years. back to Johnson Valley for my club Victor is always appreciated. I have to thank If you are interested, feel free to reach out Valley 4 Wheelers’ event; Fun in the those who participant in this great event a board member or Steve. Desert. Those who attended or live in and ask those who didn’t to put it on their The last item we covered was the southern California know we had 15 hours calendar for next year. Besides being a nominations of South District vice of rain that started at 11PM on Friday. By Cal4 fund raiser, it’s a great fund raiser for president. The only nomination was for the time the rain stopped, Means Dry Lake the paralyzed veterans. me, which I accepted. Nominations are was 80% covered with water. The club still open for VP and we will vote at the managed to pull it together and make OCTOBER DISTRICT MEETING January 26 South District meeting. Steve the best of what Mother Nature gave The month ended with a South Egbert was in attendance, so a nomination us. Breakfast was served for those who District meeting at Bass Pro Shops. For was made for Steve for association toughed out the weather. The morning those who didn’t get the emails about president, which he accepted. Voting was spent pulling rigs out of the lake the time change to 9AM: you’ll need to for president will take place at the 2019 to higher ground and after that we put update your profile on the Cal4 website Convention. together a trail ride to the Bull Frog / Cake or contact Bonnie Ferguson to update her delegate list. We had several topics Walk area. While the group was on the As the holiday season approaches to cover and spent a good portion of and you begin searching your favorite run, dinner was cooking and raffle prizes the meeting talking about the three websites or malls looking for a gift for were being dried and repackaged. That proposed bylaw changes that will be up someone who has everything, I have a evening we had a great Tri Tip dinner and for vote at the 2019 Convention. The couple of ideas. There are some great off- raffle for the kids and the adults. Mother proposed bylaw changes will be printed in road events coming up like Cal4 Winter Nature us threw a curve ball, but I think this edition of In Gear and consist of: (1) Fun Fest and San Diego Superstition 21 in we hit it out of the park and I’d like to annual membership dues to increase to January; event pre-registrations are quick, thank all those who toughed it out for $50; (2) making membership dues due on simple and make great gifts. If you want the day with us and my club members for your anniversary date; and (3) changing the gift that gives for a lifetime, there is sloshing forward. the election of association president to always a Life Membership to Cal4. If you The third weekend of October we opposite year of vice presidents. Editor’s are an Amazon user, don’t forget to sign attended one of our favorite events, Note: A fourth bylaw proposal has been up for Amazon Smiles under Cal4Wheel’s Operation Desert Fun event in the added and is included in this edition. Conservation and Education Foundation. Ocotillo Wells area. This event just gets Steve Gardiner also talked about It’s time to stop the hunt and peck larger every year. The best part of this the current issues going on with San on the keyboard and to get ready for event is the money that we raise for the Panamint Valley Days. As we off-road into Paralyzed Veterans of America Cal-Diego the holiday seasons, be safe and enjoy chapter. I wish I could thank everyone LIFE MEMBERS your family and friends. who helped with this event but I’m going NEW to thank a couple key people and groups with hopes I don’t upset someone: Angela John & Rene Allen Cook for chairing the event again and Terry & Barbara Ely her family, David Mauer for co-chairing and having to put up with Angela, the Mike & Michelle Steiner Paralyzed Veterans and their families who Greg Wealch

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14 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com Stewart Report „„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 opportunities and the economic impact insect and disease, climate change, on the local communities. Third, the Inyo drought, invasive species, and air pollution. of the region’s history and traditions, NF should regularly update the 2009 This region of the Sierra NF is specifically with respect to mining and Travel Management Plan and eliminate the important for its socio-economic benefits recreational activities. erroneous Travel Analysis Report (TAP/ of which OHV recreation is a major The Proposed Action should continue TAR). The Inyo NF needs to recognize the component. Cal4Wheel is a “partner” in to authorize, maintain, and enhance the value of outdoor recreation activities of all the collaborative partnership to advocate recreational use of the land included modes to the American culture. for forest health improvements while in the Mojave and Colorado Desert The Wilderness Act was intended to protecting recreation access to the area. regions covered, including motorized protect truly special areas, as it should. Currently, several forest thinning recreation, hiking, camping, mountain The Inyo NF has expanded the definition projects have been completed with biking, sightseeing, and horseback riding, of “special areas” to the point that it is additional projects in planning stages. The if such recreational use is consistent unable to adequately address required DLRP has moved from being a trial project with applicable law and existing land use protections of existing wilderness. The to a permanent project staffed and funded planning documents. 2009 Travel Management Plan has not by Forest Service. Cal4Wheel’s position is to continue been reviewed and updated annually as our strong opposition to the entire required. There is no viable “Partnership” CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS proposed project as the loss of recreation program that includes all forms of The Off Highway Motorized Vehicle opportunity is a significant social and recreation, local and Tribal governing Recreation program is now a permanent economic impact. The Proposed Action bodies. The Inyo NF does not incorporate program within State Parks. This must define clear funding associated existing social-economic data into forest follows many years of recurring effort to implement which is an additional management objectives and activities. to reauthorize the program. While economic impact on the federal budget Currently, Plan revisions for the Sierra permanent program status has benefits, it over life-cycle of potential projects within and Sequoia NF’s are expected to be brings on new challenges. the Mojave and Colorado Desert regions released late 2018 or early 2019. The Carnegie SVRA expansion survived covered. objections to the Inyo Plan are being legislative challenges and will see the Currently, comments have been reviewed and final resolution of objections opening of new sections in the coming received for analysis by BLM. A final is expected early 2019. years. Other SVRAs are undergoing DRECP plan is under review and expected General Plan revisions. Ocotillo Wells to be released late 2018. DINKEY LANDSCAPE SVRA General Plan revision is expected RESTORATION PROJECT spring of 2019. FOREST PLAN UPDATE The Dinkey Landscape Restoration Red Rock Canyon State Park is For several years, USFS Region 5 has Project (DLRP) is a “forest restoration/ undergoing a General Plan revision. Red been engaging the public in a Sierra fuels thinning” project authorized be Rock is important to OHV recreation due Cascade Dialog to assist in development the Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009. to its adjoining lands: Dove Springs and of Forest Plan revisions. The collaborative The DLRP is a science-based ecological Jawbone area. The OHMVR program has Dialog sessions have ended, and the restoration strategy that covers 154,000 acquired lands private lands within that Forest planning efforts are continuing. acres in the southern Sierra Nevada within section, the East Kern County Addition. The Sequoia, Sierra and Inyo Forest Plan the Sierra National Forest. The strategy The OHMVR lands are interspersed with Revisions have been released for public is both a landscape- and stand-level BLM managed lands and adjoin Red Rock comment. Inyo NF has released its final approach that recognizes that fire is the Canyon State Park. Nightmare Gulch is plan and Cal4Wheel has filed an objection dominant ecological process influencing a longtime favorite destination within to the proposed plan regarding the ecosystem processes and vegetation Red Rock Canyon and has been closed to components of the Plan with respect to dynamics. motorized recreation since 2013 for public Wilderness recommendations, reliance Using prescribed fire, mechanical safety and resource damage concerns. on the 2009 Travel Management Plan, thinning, watershed improvements It is anticipated that this General Plan interpretation of the term “Partner,” and and other restoration treatments, this revision will provide for renewed access to economic/social considerations. project seeks to restore key features of Nightmare Gulch. However, that decision First, Cal4Wheel believes there should diverse, fire-adapted forests, including is still a couple years in the future. be no additions to the existing Wilderness heterogeneity at multiple scales, reduced areas (or new proposed wilderness areas). surface and ladder fuels, and terrestrial BI-STATE SAGE GROUSE Second, the Inyo NF should review existing and aquatic habitats for sensitive wildlife Endangered species continue to social-economic reports concerning the species. The strategy fosters a landscape cause issues for recreation. One such increased demand for outdoor recreation that is resilient to uncharacteristic wildfire, „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 15 Slick Rock Road gets a reroute

JEFF BLEWETT

The Slick Rock project is located on the Stanislaus National Forest in the Lake Alpine Recreation Area, east-southeast of Lake Alpine in Alpine County. The purpose of this project is to reroute about 0.75 miles of the Slick Rock road (7N17) that is currently located on private land to maintain 4WD access between Lake Alpine and Utica Reservoir. The road has existed for over 100 years between Lake Alpine and Utica Reservoir. The road provides year-round opportunities for operating 4WD highway legal vehicles and dispersed camping. A 0.75-mile portion of the Slick Rock Jeep Road, however, traverses a private parcel despite no formal right-of-way authorizing public or administrative use Slick Rock open each year with many trail specialists come in and look at the ever being granted to the Forest Service. projects and trail clean up’s. proposed reroute, we had to wait and see The private parcel affected was sold in The first thing we had to get done if any one of them found something that 2015, resulting in a change of ownership. was to get the Calavaras Ranger District would stop the project or make us reroute Right away access has not been granted by on board with the reroute project. Once the reroute. This seemed to take forever, the land owner. the snow had melted, we started to walk but about a month later we got the word The new land owners have requested the proposed reroute with the Forest that the reroute project was a go and the that the Forest Service reroute the road Service. During those walks we found a project had been signed off by the district to lands outside of their private land. The few good rock formations that would ranger. land owner has agreed to allow public use add a challenge to the new reroute. After In June the Forest Service came in of the road located on their land through about a month of walking and marking and cut down trees and used a small trail calendar year 2018. the proposed reroute, it was time for tractor to cut in the trail to get us started. The Joaquin Jeepers have been the the Forest Service to bring in the all the adopt-a-trail club for the Slick Rock biologists, hydrologists, archeologists etc. The next two weekends the Joaquin trail since the early 1960’s. The club has to look at the proposed reroute. Jeepers organized volunteer work days to maintained an active role in keeping the After the Forest Service had all their „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

16 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com Cal4Wheel Foundation is excellent resource

MIKE MCGARITY In addition, the foundation offers CAL4WHEEL FOUNDATION PRESIDENT Cal4Wheel scholarships to Cal4Wheel members and Conservation their families. The deadline to submit & Education scholarship applications is December The foundation is an excellent resource Foundation, Inc. for the members of Cal4Wheel. The 501(C)(3) CORPORATION 31. Please visit https://bit.ly/2JSoSpW for benefits span across conservation and details. education efforts as it acquires resources The foundation is only as strong as from the public and private sectors. the contributions that come in. Please The foundation supports resource continue to help us grow by supporting conservation, public education, four-wheel us in our fundraising efforts during the drive vehicle driving safety, and related year and especially at Convention. Your areas. support is so appreciated and does not go We’re excited to join in a partnership unnoticed. Please visit our web page at with Valley 4xs 4 Children this year for Most of these families come from out cal4wheel.com/cal4wheel-foundation their annual Valley Children’s Hospital of the area seeking treatment for the for more information. Toy Run. Several clubs came together as child. During what can be a very difficult a four-wheeling community to make this time for the whole family, these gifts can happen. We provided toys from each brighten the spirit of a child. Our goal club to be brought and hand delivered to was to bring a smile to as many children Valley Children’s Hospital on December as possible. This was a great time, family Stewart Report 1. This has grown over the last seven friendly environment and such a great years from a couple clubs attending to cause. „„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 having clubs from Bakersfield all the way The foundation is here for our to Sacramento, with around 200 vehicles members. Cal4Wheel association clubs issue is the Bi-State Sage Grouse in the in attendance. The event, “Run Thru the can apply for grants to help offset the Bridgeport, CA area of the Humboldt- Valley Toy Drive,” was formed to bring joy cost of their conservation or education Toiyabe National Forest. Current Forest to the children receiving care at Valley activities. I encourage clubs to apply for Service plans restrict recreation events Children’s Hospital during the holidays. these grants. in much of the habitat area. BlueRibbon Coalition is preparing a lawsuit to challenge procedures that were used by Forest Service to enact their restrictions Slick Rock limiting recreation access to the region. Cal4Wheel has joined a coalition of other „„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 opened to the public and many had their recreation groups in California and Nevada first chance to run the trail that day. to fight the restrictions. help clear the trail of downed trees and The Joaquin Jeepers provided lunch brush. The final weekend we continued to for all the volunteers on each of the work move downed trees and move rocks to days and the grand opening ceremony. help delineate the trail. Not often do you get to open a new Each of the work parties had 30-40 section of trail these days and we are very volunteers; they were individuals and grateful to all the volunteers who came club members from the Joaquin Jeepers, out and donated their time to our project. 4x4 In Motion, Railtown 4 Off Road Club, We also want to thank Jeff Hilson (USFS) Motherload Rockcrawlers, South County and his staff for all the time they put into Trail Riders, OutKast Jeepers, NorCal 4 this project. Wheelers and many more. So, the next time you go out on the On August 4, 2018 the Forest Service Slick Rock Trail just remember how much held a Grand Opening ceremony that was work went into the new reroute section. attended by over 50 people. In attendance Please Tread Lightly! were members of the Forest Service, county supervisors, law enforcement Jeff is a Cal4Wheel natural resources and many members of our off-road consultant and a member of the Joaquin community. The new reroute section was Jeepers.

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 17 January Corral Canyon cleanup gets help from foundation 25-27 WINTER 2019 Grass Valley FUN FESTIVAL California Winter Fun Festival is held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, CA. The event off ers meals, trail rides and fun throughout the weekend. Register early — popular trails fi ll fast. NO trail lunches provided. Please fi ll out the form and mail it along with payment to the address provided. 1 form per family/vehicle. Name: ______(No refunds after January 1, 2019.) (All refunds are subject to a 10% handling fee.) Membership in C4WDA is required. Please provide membership #:______Club: ______OR > Purchase a Yearly Membership for $45 OR > an Event Only Membership for $10 $ ______Address: ______Event Registration: Number of Adults ___ x $95.00 $______City: ______State: ____ Zip: ______Number of Children (8-14) ___ x $45.00 $______Number of Children (0-7) ___ FREE 0.00 Vehicle: ______Year:______Tire Size:______Clothing: Preorders not accepted after December 21, 2018. (LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE AT EVENT - PRE-ORDERS RECOMMENDED) BO NEECE License Number: ______TIERRA DEL SOL S M L XL 2X 3X 4X (Add $3 ea. for 3X & 4X) For registration confi rmation only (both are required): Adult T-Shirts ______x $20.00 = $ ______Adult Long-Sleeve ______x $25.00 = $ ______I would just like to thank you and the other members of the Cal4Wheel Foundation Phone______and Email ______grant committee for your help. We had over 80 volunteers in attendance for our first Ladies V-Neck ______XX XX x $25.00 = $ ______Child’s T-Shirts ______XX XX XX XX x $15.00 = $ ______annual event. MAIL COMPLETED FORM WITH PAYMENT TO: Hoodies ______x $30.00 = $ ______If the weather had cooperated, I’m sure we could have had 120+. Southern California Pat Bashore Check No._____ Please make checks payable to C4WDA - Winter Fun Festival Total = $ ______people bail at the first sign of inclement weather. 5225 Thomas Dr. We started out furnishing our volunteers with donuts and orange juice. Afterwards Auburn, CA 95602 Trail Selection MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO C4WDA - WINTER FUN FESTIVAL Please indicate your fi rst, second, and third trail preferences. Trail they were treated to a raffle and hot dogs. assignment is fi rst come, fi rst served. Groups that want to run together Lindsey Steinwachs ([email protected]) the recreational and lands officer for Safety Requirements must submit registration forms together. All vehicles must be maintained to conform to highway safety standards, as well as meet Cleveland National Forest, gave a short talk thanking all for coming out to help. As you Trail C4WDA minimum requirements (exceptions apply for SUVs): Trail Name **AIR DOWN INFO - PSI 15 (OR LOWER) know, the formula used to apply for grants will get her over $30k. She proposes to use 1. Roll bar or factory installed hard top. Choice 2. Emergency brake, parking brake, line-lock or other redundant braking system that money to purchase a mini excavator to help maintain trails. Night Run** Friday Departs after dinner. Moderately diffi cult run, with icy 3. Tow strap or rope (recommend rated at 2 times the vehicle weight). Thanks again for your generous help. 4. First aid kit. conditions expected. 33” tires required. 25 vehicle 5. Jack capable of lifting the vehicle & tools to change tire. limit. Run accessed from State Hwy. 20 or Hwy. 49. 6. Spare tire within 3 inches diameter of other tires, or, for tires 37” or larger, run-fl ats or Historical Tour Saturday Tour of area historical sites. Open to all 4-wheel drive tools to repair/reinfl ate tire. vehicles. CB radio recommended. 25 vehicle limit. 7. Fire extinguisher with gauge indicating good/full, appropriately stored. WANT TO GO? 8. Seat belts for all vehicle occupants. SUV Run Saturday Tour of area mining related sites. Open to all 4-wheel 9. Antennas must be rigid or restrained in a manner to prevent injuries. drive vehicles. 25 vehicle limit With over 50 miles of system OHV trails and roads that traverse through 10. Adequate attachment points front and rear, i.e. tow hooks, receiver, etc. Tow balls are beautiful scenery and challenging terrain, you can find many of the OHV recreational not permitted. Blizzard Saturday Moderately deep snow. High clearance vehicle with 11. Battery hold downs (no bungie cords). Brigade** 31” tires recommended. 30 vehicle limit. opportunities conveniently located in Corral Canyon. Glacier Saturday Moderately deep snow. High clearance vehicle with REGISTRATION: Assault** 31” tires recommended. 30 vehicle limit. MORE INFO: HTTPS://BIT.LY/2QYMPDI Pat or Mike Bashore, 530-878-1414, [email protected] Tundra Trek** Saturday Moderately deep snow. High clearance vehicle with 31” tires recommended. 30 vehicle limit. ACCOMMODATIONS: Avalanche Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special Camping facilities with RV hookups and hot showers are available Express** equipment required. 33” tires required. 25 vehicle at the Fairgrounds. Call 530-273-6217 for reservations. limit. Motels and hotels are available in the surrounding area. Siberian Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special Express** equipment required. 33” tires required. 25 vehicle limit. CHAIRS: Frostbite Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special John & Carrie McCready, [email protected] Extreme** equipment required. Lockers front & rear (no limited slips) and 35” tires required. 20 vehicle limit. FACEBOOK GROUP: Klondike Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special https://bit.ly/2oVqxBw Extreme** equipment required. Lockers front & rear (no limited slips) and 35” tires required. 20 vehicle limit. RetroFrom the Cal4Wheel Camping archives VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS: SUV Run Sunday Light snow expected. 25 vehicle limit. - Weight Limit 6,500 lbs GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) max Snowcat** Sunday Moderately hard run in unlimited snow depths. 33” - Wheelbase Limit 130” (measured from centerline of front to rear tires) tires required and must air down. 25 vehicle limit. Exceptions: Trail Leaders can approve vehicles exceeding these Iceberg** Sunday Moderately hard run in unlimited snow depths. 33” requirements on a case-by-case basis. tires required and must air down. 25 vehicle limit.

18 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com REGISTER ONLINE AT CAL4WHEEL.ORG/WINTER-FUN-REG January 25-27 WINTER 2019 Grass Valley FUN FESTIVAL California Winter Fun Festival is held at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, CA. The event off ers meals, trail rides and fun throughout the weekend. Register early — popular trails fi ll fast. NO trail lunches provided. Please fi ll out the form and mail it along with payment to the address provided. 1 form per family/vehicle. Name: ______(No refunds after January 1, 2019.) (All refunds are subject to a 10% handling fee.) Membership in C4WDA is required. Please provide membership #:______Club: ______OR > Purchase a Yearly Membership for $45 OR > an Event Only Membership for $10 $ ______Address: ______Event Registration: Number of Adults ___ x $95.00 $______City: ______State: ____ Zip: ______Number of Children (8-14) ___ x $45.00 $______Number of Children (0-7) ___ FREE 0.00 Vehicle: ______Year:______Tire Size:______Clothing: Preorders not accepted after December 21, 2018. (LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE AT EVENT - PRE-ORDERS RECOMMENDED) License Number: ______S M L XL 2X 3X 4X (Add $3 ea. for 3X & 4X) For registration confi rmation only (both are required): Adult T-Shirts ______x $20.00 = $ ______Adult Long-Sleeve ______x $25.00 = $ ______Phone______and Email ______Ladies V-Neck ______XX XX x $25.00 = $ ______Child’s T-Shirts ______XX XX XX XX x $15.00 = $ ______MAIL COMPLETED FORM WITH PAYMENT TO: Hoodies ______x $30.00 = $ ______Pat Bashore Check No._____ Please make checks payable to C4WDA - Winter Fun Festival Total = $ ______5225 Thomas Dr. Auburn, CA 95602 Trail Selection MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO C4WDA - WINTER FUN FESTIVAL Please indicate your fi rst, second, and third trail preferences. Trail assignment is fi rst come, fi rst served. Groups that want to run together Safety Requirements must submit registration forms together. All vehicles must be maintained to conform to highway safety standards, as well as meet Trail C4WDA minimum requirements (exceptions apply for SUVs): Trail Name **AIR DOWN INFO - PSI 15 (OR LOWER) 1. Roll bar or factory installed hard top. Choice 2. Emergency brake, parking brake, line-lock or other redundant braking system Night Run** Friday Departs after dinner. Moderately diffi cult run, with icy 3. Tow strap or rope (recommend rated at 2 times the vehicle weight). 4. First aid kit. conditions expected. 33” tires required. 25 vehicle 5. Jack capable of lifting the vehicle & tools to change tire. limit. Run accessed from State Hwy. 20 or Hwy. 49. 6. Spare tire within 3 inches diameter of other tires, or, for tires 37” or larger, run-fl ats or Historical Tour Saturday Tour of area historical sites. Open to all 4-wheel drive tools to repair/reinfl ate tire. vehicles. CB radio recommended. 25 vehicle limit. 7. Fire extinguisher with gauge indicating good/full, appropriately stored. 8. Seat belts for all vehicle occupants. SUV Run Saturday Tour of area mining related sites. Open to all 4-wheel 9. Antennas must be rigid or restrained in a manner to prevent injuries. drive vehicles. 25 vehicle limit 10. Adequate attachment points front and rear, i.e. tow hooks, receiver, etc. Tow balls are not permitted. Blizzard Saturday Moderately deep snow. High clearance vehicle with 11. Battery hold downs (no bungie cords). Brigade** 31” tires recommended. 30 vehicle limit. Glacier Saturday Moderately deep snow. High clearance vehicle with REGISTRATION: Assault** 31” tires recommended. 30 vehicle limit. Pat or Mike Bashore, 530-878-1414, [email protected] Tundra Trek** Saturday Moderately deep snow. High clearance vehicle with 31” tires recommended. 30 vehicle limit. ACCOMMODATIONS: Avalanche Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special Camping facilities with RV hookups and hot showers are available Express** equipment required. 33” tires required. 25 vehicle at the Fairgrounds. Call 530-273-6217 for reservations. limit. Motels and hotels are available in the surrounding area. Siberian Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special Express** equipment required. 33” tires required. 25 vehicle limit. CHAIRS: Frostbite Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special John & Carrie McCready, [email protected] Extreme** equipment required. Lockers front & rear (no limited slips) and 35” tires required. 20 vehicle limit. FACEBOOK GROUP: Klondike Saturday Unlimited snow depths, winching expected, special https://bit.ly/2oVqxBw Extreme** equipment required. Lockers front & rear (no limited slips) and 35” tires required. 20 vehicle limit. VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS: SUV Run Sunday Light snow expected. 25 vehicle limit. - Weight Limit 6,500 lbs GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) max Snowcat** Sunday Moderately hard run in unlimited snow depths. 33” - Wheelbase Limit 130” (measured from centerline of front to rear tires) tires required and must air down. 25 vehicle limit. Exceptions: Trail Leaders can approve vehicles exceeding these Iceberg** Sunday Moderately hard run in unlimited snow depths. 33” requirements on a case-by-case basis. tires required and must air down. 25 vehicle limit.

REGISTER ONLINE AT CAL4WHEEL.ORG/WINTER-FUN-REGIN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 19 Fresno club wins BF Goodrich trails award

Congratulations are in order to the Central District Four Wheel Drive Club of Fresno. Under the leadership of Susan Miller, club president and Trevor Gillihan, Swamp Lake Trail chairman, they have coordinated a lot of volunteers to get the much-needed trail work done on the Swamp Lake Trail, located above Shaver Lake in the Sierra National Forest. The Swamp Lake Trail meanders among old trapper cabins, closed mines and lakes. The grant money will be used for trail repairs, new trail signs and materials for a bathroom facility on the trail. Awesome job everyone who made this possible. — Mike McGarity, Central District VP

FROM BF GOODRICH® Nevada. The grant money will be used for trail repairs, new trail BFGoodrich® Tires, in collaboration with 4 Wheel Parts, signs and materials for a bathroom facility on the trail. United Four Wheel Drive Associations, Jeep Jamboree USA, BlueRibbon Coalition and Off Road Business Association, today ABOUT BFGOODRICH® TIRES announced the winners of the 2017 Outstanding Trails program. With more than 100 years of heritage, BFGoodrich® Tires This year’s winning trails are: is dedicated to providing high performance tires for those Wild Rose Trail, Valders, Wis. who have a passion for driving in virtually any environment. Elwood Pass, Rio Grande County, Colo. Combining technical expertise with 45 years of motorsports North Fork Trail, American Fork Canyon, Utah experience, BFGoodrich Tires delivers tires for a full range of Swamp Lake Trail, Fresno County, Calif. driving experiences, from ultra-high-performance street to off- Each year, off-roading clubs from across North America road terrain, with one common theme — extreme performance. nominate trails to receive grants for education and preservation. Upgrade your performance with BFGoodrich and see where our The four winners were chosen by a panel of off-road tires can take you at www.BFGoodrichTires.com, on Facebook at journalists, enthusiasts and technical experts for their uniqueness, www.Facebook.com/BFGoodrichTires or on Instagram or Twitter terrain type and enthusiast following. at @BFGoodrichTires. Each winning organization will be awarded a $5,000 grant for its nominated trail, with $4,000 of the grant coming from BFGoodrich and $1,000 coming from Jeep Jamboree USA. The grants may be used for maintenance, repair, preservation efforts, signage and education. Now in its 13th year, Outstanding Trails has awarded $180,000 to 48 off-road trails nominated by more than 40 enthusiast clubs. During the next year, BFGoodrich will participate in club events associated with these trails to highlight responsible trail use. Each of the four trails offer unique technical challenges and unforgettable scenery to off-road drivers. Wild Rose Trail, Valders, Wis.: Nominated by the Wrangler Riders 4x4 club, this forested trail features rolling hills, steep inclines and varying rough terrain. The grant money will be used to repair rutted areas of the trail and to clear brush and dead trees. Aging trail signage will also be replaced. Elwood Pass, Rio Grande County, Colo.: Nominated by the Creeper Jeepers club, Elwood Pass features rocks and mud, and several significant hill climbs. The grant will be used to improve the trail in several areas and provide maintenance for the Bureau REGISTER ONLINE AT of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service roads that connect CAL4WHEEL.ORG/CONVENTION-REG to the trail. North Fork Trail, American Fork Canyon, Utah: Nominated by G G G G G the Backcountry Offroad Adventure Rally club, the North Fork TRIVIA QUESTION: Trail features a 3,500-foot elevation change in 15 miles. The trail crosses several rivers and features moderately rocky sections How many out of state conventions has with views of lakes and nearby mountains. The grant will be used the association had... when and where? to purchase maintenance equipment and supplies to help keep G G G G G the area pristine. The club will also improve signage and fencing. Swamp Lake Trail, Fresno County, Calif.: Nominated by the Don't forget to bring dirt Four Wheel Drive Club of Fresno, the Swamp Lake Trail meanders from your events/trails!! among old trapper cabins, closed mines and lakes in the Sierra

20 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com February 15-17, 2019 / Rancho Cordova, CA

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Name (FIRST REGISTRANT) ______Delegate: ¨ Yes Club Name ______Life Member: ¨ Yes Past President: ¨ Yes Board Member: ¨ Yes Position ______

Name (SECOND REGISTRANT) ______Delegate: ¨ Yes Club Name ______Life Member: ¨ Yes Past President: ¨ Yes Board Member: ¨ Yes Position ______Address ______City/State/Zip ______Phone: ______Email: ______✧ Friday night Names of additional Registrant(s)* ______hospitality ______*Free if under age 12 and not attending the banquet ✧ Seminars REGISTRATION ✧ Elections Quantity Total ✧ Club History Displays Registration (per person) $80 $ Life Member Breakfast (Life Members Only) $25 $ ✧ Raffle Vehicle Show Entry $10 $ ✧ Trade Show SUBTOTAL $ ✧ Game Truck MERCHANDISE PRE-ORDERS ONLY ORDER BY JANUARY 15, 2019 ✧ Kids Room Quantity Size(s) Total ADD $3 2X-4X ✧ Vehicle Show T-Shirt $15 $ ✧ Banquet Women’s T $15 $ ✧ DJ & Dancing Long-Sleeve Shirt $17 $ Sweatshirt $20 $ Hooded Sweatshirt $25 $ For more information, visit Extra Dash Plaque $3 $ cal4wheel.com/convention SUBTOTAL $ DONATIONS: $ Legal Fund $_____ Foundation $_____ Scholarship $_____ General Fund $_____ GRAND TOTAL $

HOTEL INFORMATION MAIL COMPLETED Sacramento Marriott Rancho Cordova REGISTRATION FORM TO: 11211 Point East Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 Kathy Medley 916-638-1100 2019 Convention Registration 8120 36th Avenue ADDITIONAL INFO: Room Rates $119 - $179 Sacramento, CA 95824 Shirley Bramham Make hotel reservations prior to 916-719-5972 January 24, 2019 Make checks payable to: [email protected] https://book.passkey.com/e/49625611 C4WDA - 2019 Convention Register online at cal4wheel.org/convention-reg

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 21 '54 Willys 4T build MIKE MCGARITY [email protected]

The build has been coming need to get an adapter ring to along. Made a lot of progress mate up the older 4L60E to these past few weeks. I got my the 5.3, so Steve at Advance buddy John out to help me Adapters said that wasn’t pull the engine, trans, transfer a problem. They also have case out of the donor Jeep. universal LS engine mounts to We removed the roll bar and install the 5.3 in the K30 frame. body from the twisted frame. John and I also made I plan on using body mount progress on the donor truck brackets, so I’ll keep the frame for the frame. We pulled the around for the time being. cab off the Chevy K30 frame. After doing more research I stripped it down and in the on the LT1, I decided this process of fully cleaning it engine would not be the best down to bare metal. choice for an off-road vehicle. I brought the Willys cab The optispark distributor is into the shop and got it a problem on these engines. mocked up on the frame. The It is located on the front of planned wheelbase will be the engine just below the about 110”, just depends on water pump. In fact, the crank engine and cab placement. pulley and water pump must I’m going to build a custom be removed just to get to the bed, so I’m not confined to a distributor. It is susceptible to specific wheelbase, but with water damage, which could 43’s I just need to find that happen just from driving sweet spot! through a water puddle. The next step is to get the This truck will be in many 5.3 mated up to the 4L60E different weather and wet and Dana 300. I need to environments, so the choice upgrade the output shaft and was made to switch over to a install a larger pinion yoke to 5.3 Vortec. at least a 1350. The engine, I found a complete engine trans and transfer case can with wiring harness and then be mocked up inside I will have some build sponsors guys modifying their own computer out of a wrecked the frame. I’ll adjust the cab to list with the progress I’ve wiring harnesses, so I might 2007 Silverado Truck. I saw it and front clip to dial in the made in the build. take that on as well. Seems in the truck, so I am confident location of everything. I’m also I’ve been looking more at like a lot of time, but if you’re I have an engine that was in the middle of reaching out the size of the cab or should careful and follow instructions running. With the low miles I’ll to sponsors for suspension, I say lack of, so I believe a cab from some of the online put on this truck, this engine steering and build items. I’m stretch is in the plans. I have experts, it’s very doable. will last for years to come. I hopeful by the next article that watched YouTube videos on More to come!!

22 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com PROTECTION

IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 23 Bylaw proposals to be voted on at Convention

BYLAW PROPOSAL #1 - DUES INCREASE BYLAW PROPOSAL #2 - CLUB DUES PROCEDURES

PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENT #1 PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENT #2 (To be Voted on at the Annual Meeting, February 16, 2019) (To Be Voted on At the Annual Meeting, February 16, 2019)

CURRENT: ARTICLE IV PROPOSED: MEMBERSHIP ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 2. FEES, DUES AND ASSESSMENTS SECTION 2. FEES, DUES AND ASSESSMENTS

i) Dues from member clubs shall be forty-five ($45.00) dollars [or fifty ($50.00) if i) Dues from member clubs shall be forty-five ($45.00) dollars, per club member, Proposal #1 passes], per club member, per year, based on 100% of the club's membership. as of per year, based on 100% of the club's membership as of the due date of July 1 each year. the due date of July 1 each year. The Association Office shall send notice of dues per club The Association Office shall send notice of dues per club member payable, to each club, by member payable, to each club, by April 30. Dues per club member from new clubs or new club April 30. Dues per club member from new clubs or new club members, joining after July members, joining after July 31 shall be prorated at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) of the current year's 31 shall be prorated at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) of the current year's dues rounded up to dues rounded up to the nearest dollar, which equals $4.00 per month through June 30th. Members the nearest dollar, which equals $4.00 per month through June 30th. Members belonging to belonging to more than one club shall pay Association dues through only one club. more than one club shall pay Association dues through only one club. ii) Annually on July 1, each Cclub’s member roster will be reviewed to ensure that at least four members are current. Clubs with less than four current association members on July PROPOSED: 1whose dues have not been paid by July 1 shall automatically forfeit their club’s membership and ARTICLE IV shall be so advised by the Treasurer. Clubs who have been dropped for non-payment of dues may MEMBERSHIP be reinstated by a majority vote of the delegates at the next District meeting, providing application for reinstatement is accompanied by the payment of all dues in full to the time of reinstatement. SECTION 2. FEES, DUES AND ASSESSMENTS Clubs submitting dues after the July (reinstatement) District meeting shall be assessed a $35.00 service charge. i) Dues from member clubs shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars, per club member, per year, based on 100% of the club's membership as of the due date of July 1 each year. The Note: Nothing in this Proposal changes the amount of the Annual Dues. Association Office shall send notice of dues per club member payable, to each club, by April 30. Dues per club member from new clubs or new club members, joining after July SUBMITTED BY: 31 shall be prorated at a rate of one-twelfth (1/12) of the current year's dues rounded up Bonnie Steele, Office Manager Suzy Johnson, Webmaster to the nearest dollar, which equals $5.00 per month through June 30th. Members

belonging to more than one club shall pay Association dues through only one club. PURPOSE BY THE AUTHOR: The clubs have traditionally been billed annually based on the number of members that they have, with all club members’ association dues expiring on June 30. This involves a great deal of SUBMITTED BY: manhours, paperwork and mailing costs for both the office staff and the clubs. Each club is tasked Nelly Malloy with dues collection, recordkeeping and issuing the payment to the association by the middle of June. PURPOSE BY AUTHOR: This bylaw proposal would remove the requirement that all club members expire on a specified It has been 13 years (2005) since we had a raise in the club dues. I would like the members date, would eliminate the annual billing process, and simply require the club officers to ensure that to think about this and remember the cost of living has gone up every year and so does the at least four of their club members are active members of the association as of July 1. Each club cost to maintain the association and to continue to support our goals has increased. Our member would receive a renewal reminder directly from the association via email or mail, with the events are doing great, but they seem to bring in about the same each year. Please think ability to pay their dues directly to the association via credit card, check or PayPal, and be able to about this and let your delegate know how you would like the to vote. make changes to their own contact information, relieving the club officers of that responsibility. The office would be able to spread their workload more evenly throughout the year. Club members would be able to join at any time during the year without having to prorate their dues and could immediately begin enjoying the benefits of being a member of the association.

By eliminating much of the paperwork and dues collection responsibilities from the clubs, we believe that member retention will improve, the office staff will be more efficient, the accuracy of DONATIONS the information that we manage will increase, and club officers will no longer be burdened by an We appreciate your donations! annual deadline. http:cal4wheel.org/donate

Gettin’ Off 4WD Club $300 Eldorado National Forest Legal Scholarships available Fund The Cal4Wheel Gettin’ Off 4WD Club $300 Stanislaus National Forest Cal4Wheel Legal Fund Conservation and Education Foundation Conservation Robert & Virginia Hendra $100 Jack Edwards Legal Fund & Education awards scholarships Hill Hoppers of Fresno $100 Foundation Children’s Fund Foundation, Inc. annually. These awards 501(C)(3) CORPORATION Jeep Addicts So-Cal $75 Jack Edwards Legal Fund are given in honor of Richard & Linda Pincombe $65 Jack Edwards Legal Fund Bud Hammers, a charter member of the Tulare County 4X4 Club, Thomas Twamley $50 Jack Edwards Legal Fund one of the original clubs that started Cal4Wheel. Cheri Klusman $25 Foundation Easter Basket Scholarships are awarded to help sponsor private post- Project in memory of Claudia secondary education for selected association members or their Smith children. The scholarship program is funded by donations from My Off Road Radio $23.96 Cal4Wheel Foundation members and the recipients of the awards are selected by the Robert & Virginia Hendra $20 Building Fund Life Members of Cal4Wheel. The program is fully funded by Arturo Solorzano, Jr. $15 General Fund donations only, so the amount awarded each year varies. Suzy & Terry Johnson $10 Valley 4xs 4 Children Run Thru Applications are due by December 31 for consideration at the the Valley Toy Drive convention in February. Noel & Elizabeth Strang $5 Jack Edwards Legal Fund Info: https://cal4wheel.com/cal4wheel-foundation#scholarships

24 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENT #4 (To be Voted on at the Annual Meeting, February 16, 2019)

CURRENT: ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1. Classification and Voting Members

a) Classification: Membership shall consist of the following classifications:

iv) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP - Shall be for persons wishing to join and support the aims of the Association. Individual members will be entitled to all privileges of membership. He shall receive a membership card identifying him as an Individual Member. Individual membership shall not be confined to California residents. The group of Individual Members in each district of the Association shall be allowed one Association vote.

b) VOTING MEMBERS iii) One delegate, elected by the group of Individual members within each District, shall represent that group at the District, Annual and Special meetings. The delegate shall cast the vote to which that group is entitled. The delegate must present credentials from the District Membership Chairman and Secretary on credential forms furnished by the Association. The Individual members present at the January District meeting shall elect the delegate with two alternates annually. The IN GEAR shall prominently publish notice of the time and place of the election prior to, and in connection with, each January District meeting.

PROPOSED: ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1. Classification and Voting Members

a) Classification: Membership shall consist of the following classifications:

iv) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP - Shall be for persons wishing to join and support the aims of the Association. Individual Members will be entitled to all privileges of membership. He shall receive a membership card identifying him as an Individual Member. Individual Membership shall not be confined to Bylaw proposalsCalifornia residents.

b) VOTING MEMBERS iii) Individual/Life Member Delegates - One delegate for every 200 Individual and Life Members within each district, shall represent that group at the District, Annual and Special meetings. The number of BYLAW PROPOSAL #3 - ELECTIONS CHANGES delegates for each districtBYLAW will be calculated PROPOSAL on the number #4 of I-ndividual CONTINUED and Life Members in each district as of January 1 of the current year. The delegates shall cast the votes to which that group is entitled. PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENT #3 The delegates must present credentials from the District Membership Chairman and Secretary on credential forms furnished by the Association. The Individual and Life Members present at the January District meeting (To be Voted on at the Annual Meeting, February 16, 2019) shall elect the delegates annually. The IN GEAR shall prominently publish notice of the time and place of the election prior to, and in connection with, each January District meeting. CURRENT: ARTICLE VIII SUBMITTED BY: Dave Douglas, Past President, Individual Member and Life Member ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PURPOSE BY AUTHOR: As the Association has grown the number of Individual Members has also grown to SECTION 10. TERMS OF OFFICE - Elected officers shall serve two-year terms, which where individuals now represent approximately one half of the membership, all of these Individual Members shall be staggered to provide continuity to the Board of Directors. The following officers shall be are represented by three delegates, one per district. Clubs are allocated one delegate per club which when elected in odd numbered years: the Association President and the District Vice Presidents. The averaged out across the Association gives a number of approximately thirteen members per delegate. To following officers shall be elected in even numbered years: The Association Treasurer, the District balance out the representation this proposal allocates one delegate for every two hundred individuals plus Life Membership Chairs and the District Secretary-Treasurers. Members in each district. Additional benefits of increased delegates would be; encourage more individuals to become involved in the Association, and more sources of contact for Individual Members to delegates.

The Individual delegates also represent the Life Members so the number of delegates for each district will be

calculated on the number of Individual plus Life Members in each district as of January 1 of the current year. PROPOSED: For example, if the number of Individual and Life Members is 500 then two delegates would be allocated if the ARTICLE VIII number is 600 then three delegates would be allocated. ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

SECTION 10. TERMS OF OFFICE - Elected officers shall serve two-year terms, which shall be staggered to provide continuity to the Board of Directors. The following officers shall be elected in odd numbered years: the Association TREASURER and the District Vice Presidents. Award nominations open The following officers shall be elected in even numbered years: The Association PRESIDENT, the District Membership Chairs and the District Secretary-Treasurers.

SUZY JOHNSON the same criteria as the state NOTE: If this proposal passes there would have to be a change of terms in order implement the change. This change will be a procedural one and not a permanent part of the Bylaws. conservation award. The election of President will be for a term of one-year in 2019 and then a two-year term in 2020. The association enjoys Don Dobson Memorial The Treasurer in 2019 will be in the middle of an elected two-year term. The election of Treasurer in 2020 will be for a one-year term and then a two-year term in 2021. recognizing its outstanding Award – Honoring Don volunteers at the annual Dobson, a major force in

convention held in February. land use issues. Given to SUBMITTED BY: Alan Bauer, South District Vice President Deadlines for most of them club exemplifying the most are December 31. See the dedication to land use issues. PURPOSE BY AUTHOR: website for more info. Safety Award – Given to The purpose of this bylaw proposal is to have the election of President switched with the Lew Siepert Memorial club that has demonstrated Treasurer. The President election would then be on different years than the (3) Vice Presidents officers. This proposal would eliminate the possibility of replacing the offices of President and (3) Award – Honoring Lew outstanding achievements Vice Presidents in the same election year. Electing a new President and (3) Vice Presidents in the same election year could set Association back a year or better as the new officers learn their Siepert of the Sacramento and commitment to safety positions and figure out what the past officers had done and had been working on to improve the Jeepers. Awarded to most awareness. Association. active club in prior year based Bozzy Willis Memorial BYLAW PROPOSAL #4 - DELEGATE VOTING on qualifying points. Award – Honoring Bozzy Cap Randall Memorial Willis, who was involved in PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENT #4 (To be Voted on at the Annual Meeting, February 16, 2019) Award – Honoring Cap our sport starting in the early

CURRENT: Randall, a life member and 1950s and helped organize ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP fixture at most events. the Tierra Del Sol 4WD Awarded to an individual Club in 1960. Presented for SECTION 1. Classification and Voting Members member who is deemed most outstanding work in land use a) Classification: Membership shall consist of the following classifications: active throughout the prior issues. iv) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP - Shall be for persons wishing to join and support the aims of the Association. Individual members will be entitled to all privileges of membership. He shall receive a year. Editor’s Choice Award – membership card identifying him as an Individual Member. Individual membership shall not be confined to Tara Ballard Memorial Given to editors of outstanding California residents. The group of Individual Members in each district of the Association shall be allowed one Association vote. Award – Given each year to a club newsletters.

b) VOTING MEMBERS woman in the association who Webmaster’s Award – For iii) One delegate, elected by the group of Individual members within each District, shall represent that best demonstrates a love and most outstanding club website. group at the District, Annual and Special meetings. The delegate shall cast the vote to which that group is entitled. The delegate must present credentials from the District Membership Chairman and Secretary on dedication to the organization State Community credential forms furnished by the Association. The Individual members present at the January District meeting shall elect the delegate with two alternates annually. The IN GEAR shall prominently publish notice of the time and sport of four-wheeling. Service Award – Perpetual and place of the election prior to, and in connection with, each January District meeting. Honoring Tara Ballard, a single award given to a club that

PROPOSED: mom and member of several participates in community or ARTICLE IV MEMBERSHIP clubs who donated much other civic affairs.

SECTION 1. Classification and Voting Members of her time and skills to the Associate Member of the association. Year Award – The candidate a) Classification: Membership shall consist of the following classifications: Don Klusman State is selected based on their iv) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP - Shall be for persons wishing to join and support the aims of the Association. Individual Members will be entitled to all privileges of membership. He shall receive a Conservation Award – Given demonstrated involvement and membership card identifying him as an Individual Member. Individual Membership shall not be confined to California residents. to club that attains the most interest in the association. conservation points. Ed Dunkley Memorial b) VOTING MEMBERS iii) Individual/Life Member Delegates - One delegate for every 200 Individual and Life Members District Conservation Award – Given to an individual within each district, shall represent that group at the District, Annual and Special meetings. The number of delegates for each district will be calculated on the number of Individual and Life Members in each Awards – Awarded to one who exemplifies Ed Dunkley’s district as of January 1 of the current year. The delegates shall cast the votes to which that group is entitled. club in each district using dedication to the association. The delegates must present credentials from the District Membership Chairman and Secretary on credential forms furnished by the Association. The Individual and Life Members present at the January District meeting shall elect the delegates annually. The IN GEAR shall prominently publish notice of the time and place of the IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com 25 election prior to, and in connection with, each January District meeting.

SUBMITTED BY: Dave Douglas, Past President, Individual Member and Life Member

FIVE BUCK WRANGLER

STORY & PHOTOS BY CHRIS COLLARD

For more than 50 years, the California Four Wheel Drive Association (Cal4Wheel) has purchased a Jeep, modified it for real-world travel, and raffled it off for less than the cost of a mac- daddy mocha. The tradition continues this year with a 2018 4-door Jeep JL Wrangler Sport, customized for your favorite backcountry adventure. This year’s five-buck Wrangler received a total makeover by Cloakworks 4x4 in Rancho Cordova, California. After stripping it down they installed Metalcloak rock rails, tire carrier, and bumpers. Up front is a Warn Zeon 10s recovery winch fitted with synthetic rope and a Factor 55 FlatLink. The drivetrain and underbelly are protected by Metalcloak’s heavy-duty skid plate system, and their Overland high-clearance fenders can be found at each corner. The JL rides on a Metalcloak 3.5-inch Game Changer suspension and custom gold 6-Pak shocks, while set of 37-inch BFGoodrich KO2 All-terrains and Raceline Combat wheels cap the axles. For a truly unique look they turned to ProWraps for a one-off metal-flake body wrap. The winning ticket will be drawn February 16, 2019 at the Cal4Wheel convention in Rancho Cordova, CA, and you need not be present to win. Runner-up prizes include gear from sPod, PowerTank, Slidesteps, TailGater, and an Atlas II transfer case. Net proceeds go directly towards the fight to keep our public lands open! Order tickets at: www. cal4wheel.com/win-a-jeep or email [email protected].

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„„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 professional presence in Washington DC. to pull together an omnibus public lands There are seven regions across the package that would be brought up for CAMP FIRE United States within the organization consideration in the House and the Senate It took less than 48 hours for the Camp representing the diverse issues around during the lame-duck session. Fire to hit historic levels of devastation. OHV access. Each region is represented Among the various bills reported out The worst of the destruction was in by enthusiasts and industry and connects of the committee, these two bills were of Paradise, a town of 27,000 about 90 at events, meetings, and annually at the particular interest to us: miles north of Sacramento that was SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Currently, there SB 32 - The California Desert overwhelmed by flames so quickly that are three regions that are active and Protection and Recreation Act of 2017: many residents were barely able to grab meeting: the West, Southeast and the Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in 2016 car keys in their rush to escape. Northeast. committed to the OHV community that As we go to press, the Camp Fire has she would introduce legislation that would claimed the lives of at least nine people, North American Motorized create a congressionally-designated OHV grown to 90,000 acres and destroyed Recreation Council (NAMRC) - recreation area in the California Desert. more buildings than any other wildfire NAMRC is an alliance of organizations In addition to protecting five off-highway in California history. By Friday evening, that facilitates communications, shares recreation areas totaling 142,000 acres, the fire had incinerated 6,453 homes and information, expertise and resources her legislation also designates wilderness 260 commercial buildings in and around to enhance unity. NAMRC helps the areas, releases some specific wilderness Paradise. The blaze was only about 5 organized motorized recreation study areas, and creates some renewable percent contained and was threatening community and other interested groups energy production areas in the California another 15,000 structures. Some 52,000 become more effective in their efforts desert. The off-highway area’s to be people remained evacuated from various to maintain, improve and expand protected are: towns. opportunities and experiences in our • Spangler Hills The Mendocino Complex fire was the many forms of recreation. • El Mirage states worst wildfire for only a few weeks • Stoddard Valley and the Camp Fire may get much worse. SPECIAL RECREATION PERMIT (SRP) • Rasor OHV Area Pray for everyone affected by these fires… The Off-Road Business Association • Dumont Dunes (ORBA) is working on a project to gather • Johnson Valley SEMA information and feedback on how we At the 2018 SEMA Show I attended a can improve the BLM Special Recreation HR 857 - Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA): few meetings and here is brief summary of Permit Process. The ORBA staff met Introduced companion legislation in the those meetings. with BLM Acting Director Brian Steed to House, HR 857, and that measure has One Voice - Is a non-profit national discuss how we can streamline the current already passed the House. We are very association committed to promoting structure of the permit process. pleased that this measure has made it out the rights of motorized enthusiasts by As a result of that meeting, ORBA of committee and we are looking toward improving advocacy in keeping public was directed to gather input from its passage when the omnibus public and private lands open for responsible the enthusiasts and permitees, form lands package is offered sometime in the recreation through strong leadership and recommendations based on input, and November/December timeframe. collaboration at a national level. report our findings to the BLM. One Voice was born from the concept ORBA has been facilitating workshops OTHER BILLS TO WATCH: of presenting a unified voice for motorized in Reno, NV, Grand Junction, CO, and recreation through a national platform Ontario, CA. HR 289 - (LaMalfa) Guides and Out representing the diverse OHV community. The final meeting has held during the Fitters Act: This bill would amend the One Voice represents the many layers SEMA Show to go over the findings from Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement of the OHV Industry that includes the workshops and explain the next steps. Act to allow the Secretary of the Interior manufacturers, dealers, associations and and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) grass roots organizations. OMNIBUS PUBLIC LANDS BILL to issue special recreation permits and One Voice has a specific focus to Before the Senate left Washington so fees for off-highway vehicle use on certain ensure OHV recreation is sustainable that Senators up for re-election could federal recreational lands, as defined. and to protect our access to public and hit the campaign trail, the Senate Energy • Status: 10/3/17 - Received in the Senate private lands. This will be accomplished by and Natural Resources Committee held a - Referred to the Committee on Energy a collaborative approach through active business meeting and approved more than and Natural Resources. partnerships with agency representatives, 40 bills having to do with federal public lawmakers, and regulators while creating a lands. All of this is a prelude to an effort „„ CONTINUED ON PAGE 30

28 IN GEAR December 2018 / January 2019 cal4wheel.com Check the list below to see if there is a club in your area. Visit cal4wheel.org/club-directory to find out more or contact your district membership chair (see listing on page 4).

North District Ophir Gopher Jeep Club Oroville Santa Maria 4 Wheelers Santa Maria 4WD Cliffhangers Of Vacaville Elmira Pair-O-Dice 4 Wheelers Paradise Sequoia Sidewinders Porterville All Season Wheelers Somerset RailTown OffRoad Club Tracy Sierra Road Runners Visalia Bedrock 4 Wheelers Carmichael Redneck Fury Citrus Heights SLO 4 Wheelers Atascadero Black Sheep 4WD Club Anderson Rough & Ready Jeep Club Placerville Trailbusters Of Kings County Lemoore Boonie Bouncers Roseville Sacramento Flatfenders Sacramento South District Cal Sierra ATV Club Sacramento Sacramento Jeepers Sacramento Antelope Valley 4 Wheelers Tehachapi California Trail Runners Sacramento Sacramento Valley Top Gun Elk Grove Capo Valley 4WD Club San Juan Capistrano Capital City Mtn Goats 4WD Elk Grove San Francisco Jeepers Fremont Club Desert Burros Four Wheel Rancho Santa Cruz 4WD Club Boulder Creek Drive Club Cucamonga Contra Costa Jeepers Danville Santa Rosa 4x4 Inc. Santa Rosa Desert Dawgs 4WDC Riverside Diablo 4 Wheelers Concord Sierra Treasure Hunters 4WDC Weimar Dirt Devils Of So Cal Orange Dirty Dozen Jeep Club Placerville South County Trail Riders Hollister Drifters Jeep Club Pomona Dixon 4 Wheelers Dixon The Rat Pack 4x4 Club, Inc Redding Eastern Sierra 4X4 Club,Inc Bishop El Dorado Jeepherders Granite Bay Trailbusters 4x4 Club Of Solano Vacaville Gad-Zuks 4 Wheelers Rancho Esprit De Four 4WDC Mountain View County Cucamonga EZ Jeepers Lodi Tri Valley Rock Knockers Livermore Gear Grinders 4WDC Ridgecrest Foresthill Fourwheelers Foresthill Wandering Wheelers Jeep Club Castro Valley Geared Four Fun 4WDC Escondido Four Dice 4WD Club San Jose Webilt 4x4 Club Lincoln Hemet Jeep Club Hemet Gold Hills Posse El Dorado Hills Wine Country Rock Crawlers Rohnert Park High Desert Four Wheelers Lancaster Golden Gate Jeepers Belmont Women Out Wheeling Sacramento Inland Jeep Freeks Murrieta Grass Valley 4-Wheelers Inc Grass Valley Central District Jeep Addicts So-Cal North Hollywood Grim Creepers Vacaville 4x4 In Motion Turlock Jeeping Jeepers Jeep Club Costa Mesa Hi-Landers 4 Wheel Drive Club Citrus Heights 4X4Him Christian Wheelers Madera On The Rocks 4 Wheelers Camarillo High Rock Trekkers Dayton Bakersfield Trailblazers Bakersfield Orange County 4-Play Fountain Valley Hillhoppers Jeep Club, Inc Mountain Ranch Broncos Unanimous Laton Rough Cutt 4 Wheelers Ontario Joaquin Jeepers Stockton Cen Cal Crawlers Tulare Roughwheelers 4WDC Redondo Beach Just Four Fun Carmichael Clovis Independent 4WD Club Clovis San Diego 4 Wheelers San Diego Klamath River 4 Wheel Drive Keno Four Wheel Drive Club Of Fresno San Diego Outbacks Ramona Association Fresno Scouts West Frazier Park Lake Tahoe Hi Lo’s 4WD Club South Lake Tahoe General 4 Wheelers Dewey Tierra Del Sol 4wd Of S. Diego Lakeside Madhatters 4X4 Club Pleasanton High Sierra 4 Wheel Drive Club Woodlake Trail Crew Glendale Mendocino 4x4’s Ukiah Hill Hoppers Of Fresno Clovis Victor Valley Four Wheelers Hesperia Motherlode Rockcrawlers Jackson Kingsburg 4WD Club Inc Laton Out-Of-State Mountain Transit Authority San Jose Lock & Low 4WD Club Visalia Jeep Expeditions California Mesa, AZ Mudsuckers 4wd Club Roseville Low Budget Off-Road San Jose Chapter Napa B.E.T.S. Napa Mud Sweat & Gears 4WD Club Sonora Komstock Krawlerz 4 Wheel Dayton, NV Drive Club Napa Valley Jeepers Napa No One Left Behind 4x4 Fresno Nevada Nomads 4WDC Dayton, NV Norcal 4 Wheelers Sacramento OutKast Jeepers Modesto Sin City Outlaws 4WDC Drive Las Vegas, NV NorCal Crawlers Chico Ready 2 Rock Tulare North Tahoe Trail Dusters Carnelian Bay Santa Barbara 4WDC Goleta

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„„ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 Clear Creek National Recreation Area in California, to promote environmentally responsible off-highway vehicle recreation, SB 2335 - (Rounds) California Desert Conservation and and to support other recreational uses. The bill would also Recreation Act of 2017: This is a companion bill to HR 289 designate approximately 21,000 acres of federal land in Fresno (LaMalfa). This bill would amend the Federal Lands Recreation and San Benito counties for inclusion in the National Wilderness Enhancement Act to allow the Secretary of the Interior and Preservation System. the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to issue special recreation • Status: 7/12/17 - Received in the Senate - Referred to the permits and fees for off-highway vehicle use on certain federal Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recreational lands, as defined. Status: 1/24/18 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and • HR 2365 - (Cook) Desert Community Lands Act Summary: Natural Resources This bill would authorize the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, approximately 4,600 acres of land HR 350 - (McHenry) Recognizing the Protection of to the town of Apple Valley, to be designated as the Apple Valley Motorsports Act of 2017 (RPM Act): This bill would modify the Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Additionally, this bill would Clean Air Act to provide an exemption for vehicles used solely for authorize the Department of the Interior to develop a special competition. • Status: 1/25/17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the management plan for the Apple Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Environment Recreation Area to enhance the safe use of off-highway vehicles for recreational purposes. HR 1913 - (Panetta) Clear Creek National Recreation • Status: 10/2/18 - Passed out of Subcommittee on Federal Lands Area and Conservation Act: This bill would establish the - Referred to House Floor for consideration

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE All in the family STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION 1. Publication Title: In Gear 2. Publication Number: 436-110 3. Filing Date: 9/19/18 4. Issue Frequency: Bimonthly 5. Number of Issues Published Annually: 6 6. Annual subscription price: $10.00 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824-2304 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824-2304 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Suzy Johnson, 4551 S. Paseo Don Rolando, Tucson, AZ 85746 10. Owner: California Four Wheel Drive Association, Inc., 8120 36th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95824-2304 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None 12. Tax Status: Has not changed during preceding 12 months 13. Publication Title: In Gear 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: August/September 2018 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: Membership magazine Average No. No. Copies Copies Each of Single Issue Issue During Published Preceding Nearest to 12 Months Filing Date a. Total No. Copies (net press run): 5,000 5,000 b. Paid Circulation (by mail and outside the mail 1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541: 4,124 4,749 2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541: 0 0 3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails Including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid Distribution Outside USPS: 0 0 4) Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS: 0 0 JEN STOCKTON c. Total Paid Distribution: 4,124 4,749 1) Free or Nominal Rate Outside-County Copies included on PS Form 3541: 416 0 2) Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS Form 3541: 0 0 I grew up in the back of my 3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other Classes Through UPS: 0 0 4) Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail: 200 200 family's Bronco, starting in a car d. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution: 616 200 e. Total Distribution: 4,740 4,949 seat. In September, I revisited the f. Copies Not Distributed: 260 51 g. Total: 5,000 5,000 Rubicon Trail, this time behind the h. Percent Paid: 86.95 95.96 16. Electronic Copy Circulation wheel. My dad, Larry Stockton of a. Paid Electronic Copies 0 0 b. Total Paid Print Copies & Paid Electronic Copies 4,124 4,749 the Joaquin Jeepers, is the best c. Total Print Distribution & Paid Electronic Copies 4,740 4,949 d. Percent Paid (Both Print & Electronic Copies) 86.95 95.96 spotter I know and could guide x I certify that 50% of all my distributed copies (electronic and print) are paid above a nominal price. 17. Publication Statement of Ownership: If the publication is a general publication, publication of this statement is me through anything day or night required. x Will be printed in the October/November 2017 issue of this publication o Publication is not required. — which is what happened as we 18. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner: Elaine S. Johnson, Editor drove into the Rubicon Foundation I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this form or who omits material or confirmation requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including fines and imprisonment) and/or civil property by headlights. sanctions (including civil penalties).

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JANUARY 2019 MARCH 2019 SVRA. Proceeds benefit Cal4Wheel and Paralyzed Veterans of America Cal-Diego 1-3 TIERRA DEL SOL’S DESERT SAFARI, 18-20 SUPERSTITION 21 - Come join the chapter. All types of vehicles (including 57th annual. Truckhaven Hills North San Diego 4 Wheelers at the Superstition ATV’s) are welcome. For info visit Ocotillo Wells SVRA. More info at OHV area near El Centro, California (Base cal4wheel.com/operation-desert-fun Camp N32.55.37/W115.48.65) for our 21st tds4x4.com. Annual Superstition Mountain Run. We NOVEMBER 2019 MAY 2019 offer multiple trail options over a variety 8-9 C4WDA PANAMINT VALLEY DAYS, of terrain ranging from a mild SUV run 10-11 C4WDA MOLINA GHOST RUN, near Trona, CA. Runs, camping, raffle. Runs to extremely challenging trails, including Hollister Hills SVRA near Hollister, CA. for all skills and vehicles, great raffle prizes, a BFGoodrich Outstanding Trail. We look Runs for all vehicles and drivers, barbecue, open camping. For more information visit forward to another great raffle and intend raffle, camping. More information available cal4wheel.com/panamint-valley-days to have an on-site food vendor again at cal4wheel.com/molina-ghost-run this year. Keep checking our website: 24-26 C4WDA HI DESERT ROUND-UP, ONGOING www. sd4wheel.com for updates. Online Slash-X Café near Barstow, CA. Runs for registration will be available as we get all vehicles and drivers, meals available, RUBICON OHV AND IRON MOUNTAIN closer to the event but get it on your camping, raffle. Visit cal4wheel.com/ Road Patrols. Volunteers needed to patrol calendar now. hi-desert-round-up for info. the Rubicon and Iron Mountain trails on Saturdays and Sundays. Contact Dana 25-27 C4WDA WINTER FUN FESTIVAL, AUGUST 2019 Holland for more information at Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley, 916-457-7272. 8-11 C4WDA SIERRA TREK, near CA. Runs, meals and camping included. Truckee, CA. Several runs to choose from, See cal4wheel.com/winter-fun-festival for meals, camping, entertainment, raffle. details. Check cal4wheel.com/sierra-trek for info.

FEBRUARY 2019 30-2 C4WDA HIGH SIERRA POKER California forests are threatened by nonnative insects RUN, near Shaver Lake, CA. All types and diseases. These invasive species can be transported on firewood to new areas where they can 15-17 C4WDA 60TH ANNUAL of runs, camping, raffle. For info, visit become established and kill large numbers of trees. CONVENTION, Rancho Cordova, CA. See cal4wheel.com/high-sierra-poker-run cal4wheel.com/convention for details. OCTOBER 2019 18-19 C4WDA OPERATION DESERT TO ALL CALENDAR CONTRIBUTORS: FUN, near Ocotillo Wells, CA. Event stages Putting an event here is FREE to member at the RV park with runs in Ocotillo Wells clubs and associate members. Please try to narrow your event location down to a city, if possible, or an easily located region LOOKING FOR THE • Leave firewood at home - buy or collect firewood where you camp. • Use firewood in the same county or region where it was cut. of the state. This helps our members and • Locate local firewood vendors at firewoodscout.org. guests who are unfamiliar with our events. CLASSIFIEDS? • Bring only what you’ll need, and burn responsibly.

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