More land for us to drive on!

"The California Desert Protection and Recreation Act is the culmination of over five years of work in Congress by Rep. Cook, as well as over a decade of work by supporters on the ground. This landmark legislation creates the first national system of Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation areas and designates or expands six Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Areas in the California desert. These are Johnson Valley, Spangler Hills, El Mirage, Rasor, Dumont Dunes, and Stoddard Valley. This bill creates additional protections for OHV users and ensures that these areas cannot be closed by a future administration. The established or expanded OHV areas would total approximately 200,580 acres. Combined with the nearly 100,000 acres that make up the existing Johnson Valley OHV Recreation Area, this bill will ensure that over 300,000 acres are open permanently for OHV use in the California Desert."



https://cook.house.gov/media-center...rump-signs-rep-cooks-public-lands-legislation

 

That's awesome!

 

Woo hoo! Ensemble88 said it best, so I'll repeat.

 

Sounds like fun! Going to need that extra gas can

 

That's awesome. Glad to see that hauling ass across the desert is one of the few things that all parties enjoy lol

 

This is great news.

 

Finally a step in the right direction!

 

Woohoo!

 

Finally something great for the offroading community. Can’t wait to get out there and enjoy it all.

 

Good to see! Thanks for sharing OP.
Always a bummer to see areas closed down or shrunk, but some headroom being made in the opposite direction is great !

 

Now if they could just open Coyote Canyon in Borrego springs to how it was 25 years ago and open back up Surprise Canyon in Death Valley I'd be very happy !!!!

 

How about Panckake Rock/Carveacre rd trail, i think it was closed in 2015? i still have very good memories of that trail with my FJ.

 

So rad!

 

I remember that trail very well !!! , that was a favorite trail of my old 4x4 club the San Diego 4 wheeler's