BRC just received an email from Shirley Leeson, Vice President of the American Lands Access Association (ALAA), asking us to remind all our members and supporters about their upcoming meeting in Quartzsite, Arizona. Along with Jennifer House, Natural Resources Specialist from the Colorado River District out of Lake Havasu City, there will be several big shots from the Yuma office. With the pending release of the La Posa Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, it is important to get as many folks there as possible. Your help is needed. So if you're in the vicinity, please try and attend.
BLUERIBBON COALITION PARTNER ALERT!
ARIZONA - Reminder - Off Roaders In The Quartzsite Area - Your Help Is Needed
Dear BRC Alert Subscriber,
BRC just received an email from Shirley Leeson, Vice President of the American Lands Access Association (ALAA), asking us to remind all our members and supporters about their upcoming meeting in Quartzsite, Arizona.
Along with Jennifer House, Natural Resources Specialist from the Colorado River District out of Lake Havasu City, there will be several big shots from the Yuma office. With the pending release of the La Posa Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment, it is important to get as many folks there as possible. Your help is needed. So if you're in the vicinity, please try and attend.
We've pasted Shirley's email below. Please take a minute to read the alert, take action and then pass it along to friends, family and riding buddies and encourage them to attend.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact BRC.
Thanks you to everyone who was involved,
Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 107
Hi Guys, Since ALAA is a group member of Blue Ribbon, could you post this for us, asking all Blue Ribbon people In the vicinity of Quartzsite to attend.
Hope you and members of your organization will attend the Rockhound Quartzsite meeting,
Location: Quartzsite Alliance Church, 720 Desert View, northwest side of I-10
Time: 6:30pm Arizona Time, for those of you in California, it's 5:30pm California Time
Date: Friday, January 20, 2012
Jennifer House, Natural Resources Specialist, Colorado River District, Lake Havasu, AZ will speak on the LA POSA Management Plan, affecting the BLM areas around Quartzsite.
We need a LARGE GROUP, these people don't take us seriously.
We are all OFF ROADERS, You folks and rockhounds, we all use the roads, the only difference is rockhounds stop along the way and pick up rocks.
Shirley Leeson
ALAA Vice President (American Lands Access Assn)
Rockhound ACTIVIST
shirleyleeson@cox.net
 A.L.A.A. Meeting January 2012
Keynote Speaker Announced! Jennifer House - BLM - Natural Resources Specialist The American Lands Access Association meeting was such a success that the second annual meeting has been scheduled for Quartzsite, Arizona for 2012. An open meeting of the American Lands Access Association will be held on Friday evening, at 6:30 PM, January 20, 2012 at the Quartzsite Alliance Church on 720 Desert View on the north side of Quartzsite. From Main St take Hwy 95 north to Tyson Rd. and turn left (west), go about .75 miles, or take Moon Mountain Rd north to Tyson Rd. and turn left and go to next street, Desert View, and turn right. Park in the big parking lot in front of church.. This meeting should be of interest to all rockhounds and to anyone who recreates on and uses public lands. The purpose of this meeting is for outreach to rockhounds and the public at Quartzsite; to let them know about ALAA and what we do. It is to let rockhounds and the public know the legislative and regulatory challenges and issues facing all of us and how they can and should be involved.
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