RUBICON TRAIL GETS $4000 FROM BFGOODRICH TIRES

 Rubicon Makes List of BFGoodrich Tires Outstanding Trails

Volunteers celebrate with a work weekend

By Del Albright, Motorized Recreation Advocate

Rubicon Trail volunteers continue to kick access and keep the Rubicon alive and well for all of us. On August 18-19, 2007, Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR) gathered a force of folks to work hard, eat well, receive a grant, and celebrate with BFGoodrich Tires!

RUBICON TRAIL 2006 - THE HISTORY OF WHAT A YEAR!

 Rubicon Trail Roundup 2006 – What a Year!

By Del Albright, 2006 Trail Boss, Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR)

(AUTHOR'S NOTE: This article brings back and records some history of the famous Rubicon Trail and the Friends of the Rubicon).

 With nearly 20,000 documented hours of volunteer work time since 2001, the Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR) has set new records for keeping a trail alive and well!  2006 was another spectacular year, with our final work weekend being August 19-20, with 80 volunteers hard at work.

BRC Congratulates FOTR at 14 Years Strong

"Founding Father" BRC Congratulates Rubicon Trail

By Del Albright

Founding Trail Boss, FOTR
Founding President, Rubicon Trail Foundation (RTF)

In March of 2001 I worked with Lance Clifford to set up the first ever forum for one trail, the Rubicon Trail, on http://www.pirate4x4.com. Friends of the Rubicon (FOTR) was born then, with the forum going live in April 2001.

BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is the reason I was able to work nearly full time as founding Trail Boss of FOTR to develop, organize, train, build and lead this awesome group of volunteers for many years to help make it what it is today -- 14 years strong.

I facilitated the start up of the Rubicon Trail Foundation (RTF) as a follow up to FOTR in 2004, and lead this group for several years as founding President.  It was truly an honor.

We should never forget BRC's role in making all this happen.  And if you want to say thank you, and see more success stories like this, JOIN, RENEW or DONATE to BRC at:

https://www.sharetrails.org/support/join-or-contribute

I am proud to have held the helm for so many years, but also very thankful that BRC gave me the blessing to do all that I did for FOTR and RTF with my BRC hat on.  I would never have been able to do it otherwise.

Del

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RUBICON TRAIL FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NEW LANDUSE BOOK

Rubicon Trail Foundation Becomes Premier Advertiser/Sponsor of New Land Use Book

We are pleased to continue our partnership with the Rubicon Trail Foundation (RTF) by having them as one of our premier sponsor/advertisers in the landuse and volunteerism book we'll be releasing soon.

RTF knows the new landuse book will be invaluable to helping the effort to keep the Rubicon Trail alive and well for all, while building a stronger volunteer base.  With subjects like how to give a speech; how to write a letter; how to lead volunteers; and tons of info on land stewardship, this book will supplement the great job already being done by everyone working on the Rubicon Trail.

Cantina for the 'Con Rubicon Fund Raiser

6th Annual Cantina for the 'Con Rubicon Trail Fund-Raiser

Labor Day Weekend at the Spillway (Sept. 4th and 5th)

Taco Feed and Raffle to Benefit the Rubicon Trail

Loon Lake Spillway.  Buy tickets in advnace or puchase them at the spillway.
More info contact email:  cantinadonations@gmail.com
Raffle begins Sunday, Sept. 5th at 4pm.

More info and details at http://www.rubicontrailfoundation.org/

Rubicon Trail Update from Trail Boss; 10/8/08

Today was the monthly meeting of the Rubicon Oversight Committee (ROC) and here are some highlights from my notes:

1. 
   Bridges on the trail: with grant money and leadership from the great folks at the Dept. of Transportation in Eldorado County (DOT), we are in progress of getting two bridges on the trail. One at Ellis Creek and one at Gerle Creek (Wentworth Springs Road). These will prevent future closures and environmental issues with both these critical watersheds. It will be summer of 2010 before we see these constructed, but the good news is that everyone is on board and excited about having bridges to help us keep our trail open and healthy. Our input will be asked for as the design ideas come forward.
   
2. US Geological Survey folks are out on the trail right now doing some analysis of future maintenance jobs that need to be done to keep our trail in good shape. They are doing this under guidance from Eldo County, so we hope to have a good report and what all we'll be doing these next two summers.
   
3. Loon Lake Toilet: the CXT (big vault pre-fab) toilet is set to be installed in the next week or so at Loon Lake (staging area). The hole is prepared and ready to accept the new toilet system. Again, we are using grant money and the guidance and supervision of the good folks at Eldo County DOT.
   
4. USFS Fire Restrictions have been lifted on the Forest – so camp fires are ok now. Go prepared if you go up; frost is heavy in the mornings. J
   

Before turkey day I'll probably be checking for a good date for our Spring FOTR meeting (most likely February). More on this soon, but in case you're wondering, yes, for sure, I'll be happy to continue as your Trail Boss. We'll have the normal annual election at the spring meeting. 2009 promises to be an awesome year for Friends of the Rubicon. For more on the Rubicon Trail, visit http://www.delalbright.com/Rubicon/rubicon.htm

Del