New Report Reveals Enforcement Solutions to Off-Road Vehicle Abuse of Public Land [0]. The report was mentioned in several articles highlighting abuses [0]and was distributed to more than 100 agency staff and over 150
partner organizations.

Wildlands CPR's Publication "Road Ripper's Guide to Off-Road Vehicles" Helps Halt a 1,000 Acre ORV Park.
Quilcene, WA resident Connie Gallant writes to tell us how our Road
Ripper's Guide helped her citizen group to develop a successful
campaign against ORV's.

Road Removal Article Featured in the Dartmouth Green Magazine. Former intern, Josh Hurd, writes about Road Removal and the New Economy [1].

Video News Release Introducing Montana's New Restoration Initiative. Watch the video here [2].

A Road Runs Through It reading, Gardiner, Montana.
Sponsored by the Bear Creek Council, contributors David Havlick, Tom
Petersen and Carolyn Duckworth read at the Gardiner Community Center in
June 2007.

2006

Effective Collaboration Training Workshop. Forest Service
planners, conservationists, off-road vehicle riders, backcountry
horsemen and others from Montana and Idaho gathered in Missoula for a
workshop on working together to resolve conflicts around motorized use
and abuse of national forests. Click here for the press release [2].

Road RIPorter Recommended as Further Reading by Utne Reader,
according to Utne Reader's Street Librarian, which "highlights
publications whose creators are motivated by passion for ideas instead
of profit." Thanks Utne!

A Road Runs Through It: Limited Collector's Edition Available. A
special fundraising project of Wildlands CPR includes a leather bound
edition signed by every contributor including Annie Proulx, Peter
Matthiessen, Barry Lopez and two dozen more. The Special Collection
also includes the six original wood engraving prints from the book.
Available September 2007.

A Road Runs Through It Book Reading in Ashland, OR. Contributor Pepper Trail presented a reading from our book on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006 at the Northwest Nature Shop.

10th Circuit Court Upholds Travel Restrictions on BLM Lands to Halt Off-Road Vehicle Abuse in Utah. BLM off-road vehicle restrictions are upheld in Utah.

Victory for Wildlands! Court Dumps Bush Roadless Repeal. A
federal court tossed out the Bush administration's rewrite of the
"Roadless Rule" for America's forests and reinstated a Clinton-era rule
that protected 58.5 million acres of roadless areas.

A Road Runs Through It Book Reading at Montana Festival of the Book.
Contribors David Quamann, Phil Condon, Carolyn Duckworth and our very
own Tom Petersen gave a spirited reading to 60 people at the Festival
in Missoula, MT in September 2006.

Comments on Proposed Changes to the National Trails Classification System. 57 organizations sign on. (Word doc)

Wildlands CPR's 2006 Gifts Campaign. Wildlands CPR raised more than $30,000 in our 4th Annual Gifts Campaign.

2006 Wild Rockies Rendezvous. Wildlands CPR co-sponsors The
Rendezvous which brings together citizens to discuss the future of
wilderness, wildlife, restoration and collaboration in the Wild Rockies.

The Governor's Restoration Forum 2006: Wildlands CPR co-sponsors a forum that highlights the Economic and Public Benefits of Revitalizing Montana Landscapes.

Strategic Mini-Grants Awarded to Activists Wildlands CPR awards strategic mini-grants to activists in the thick of off-road vehicle planning.

Wildlands CPR Files an Unnecessary Lawsuit Blown deadlines and
an unjustly denied fee waiver request by the Forest Service has forced
Wildlands CPR to file a lawsuit that should not be necessary.

Ecosystem Management Decision Support Wildlands CPR helps
organize a Forest Service Regional Training Academy workshop on using
Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) in transportation
planning.

"It is refreshing to work with Wildlands CPR because
they have a real hands on approach to restoration issues and are
genuine in understanding and support of those who work in the woods.
Because they have technical expertise in restoring degraded road
systems they bring practical perspective and credible information to
the discussion of policies related to roads on our public lands. Plus,
they are fun people to be around and work with."

-Maia Enzer, Sustainable Northwest

1995-2005 Actions & Accomplishments Highlights

Activist and agency trainings
We have trained more than 1,000 agency staff and citizen activists in
road removal, road inventory and motorized recreation workshops. For
example, in 2006 we organized three trainings to introduce new Forest
Service staff to road removal resources that work well. A Region 6
training occurred with Annie Connor, Road Removal Project Leader on the
Clearwater National Forest speaking with approximately 100 other agency
staff on road decommissioning efforts. A second training occurred in
Reno, NV with regions 2,3, 4 of the Forest Service, with Marnie Criley,
our Restoration Program coordinator, and Rebecca Lloyd of the Nez Perce
Tribe, one of our restoration partners. A third 2006 workshop was a
technical training focused on new GIS models for prioritizing which
roads and motorized routes to keep open and which to close. About 25
Region 1 staff, University of Montana faculty, EPA personnel, and
private consultants attended it.

Establishment of effective coalitions
In 1999, Wildlands CPR and 106 other groups submitted an administrative
rulemaking petition to the Forest Service challenging their management
of off-road vehicles. As follow up, we were a lead group in creating
the Natural Trails and Waters Coalition, a national campaign to fight
motorized recreation, and continue to serve as co-chair of the steering
committee. Other members of the steering committee include American
Hiking Society, SUWA, Bluewater Network/Friends of the Earth, Colorado
Mountain Club, Great Old Broads for Wilderness and the Sierra Club.
More than 100 grassroots groups around the country have joined as
active members.

Resource Toolbox and Strategies distributed to agencies and activists
Wildlands
CPR has worked with more than 250 groups around the country to assist
them in their road and off-road vehicle battles and to help them
promote road removal and restoration. We have published an economic
report on the job potential of road removal, title, ""Investing in
Communities, Investing in the Land;" a brochure on funding options for
land management agency staff; a lay guide to transportation planning
titled, "Planning Pathways;" a complete Handbook of Road Resources and
Guides including the Guide to Road Removal, which was selected for the
National Agricultural Library collection; and a 12,000 citation online
bibliographic database on the ecological effects of roads and motorized
recreation.

On-the-ground success
Our strategy and policy work revolves around a single
goal—on-the-ground results. For example, in Florida's Big Cypress
National Preserve, after seven years working with the Florida
Biodiversity Project, and on behalf of the National Park Service, a
county magistrate ruled in our favor to permanently close 23,000 miles
of muddy, rutted two tracks in Big Cypress, the first National Preserve
in the U.S. This protects thousands of acres of the Preserve's natural
areas. Legislatively guaranteed, off-road vehicles will only be allowed
on 400 miles of designated routes. We also worked closely with Sky
Island Alliance to help establish their very successful road removal
program. In six years their program has involved 600 volunteers who
have inventoried 2,000 miles of system roads and removed more than 60
miles, with more scheduled.

"Wildlands CPR first came to my attention when as
Forest Supervisor of the Lewis and Clark National Forest, I realized
that these folks had much better monitoring data on road closures than
we did. Since then they've assumed a leadership role in helping
citizens and forest managers understand and implement effective road
decommissioning and monitoring of off-road vehicle impacts. Their
latest publication, Investing in Communities, Investing in the Land, is
an exciting testament to the achievability of sustainable economies and
ecosystems in the rural west. Thank you Wildlands CPR, just in time to
resuscitate our beloved lands!"

-Gloria Flora, Sustainable Obtainable Solutions