What's New in the ASA
July, 2007

Open Board of Directors Meeting in San Diego on July 14th.

The ASA will host an Open Board of Directors Meeting in San Diego on July 14th at 9:00 am.

The program will include a brief presentation celebrating the 7th anniversary of the ASA and its efforts to remove the temporary dune closures. We also have a very full schedule of guest speakers (see the detailed agenda below).

Following a brief presentation, there will be a short Q&A session with each speaker.Following the meeting, there will be an informal barbeque at the park across the street from the hotel. It is recommended you bring your own lawn chairs.The meeting will be held at the Bay Club Hotel, 2131 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego (http://www.bayclubhotel.com).

As anyone who has attended in the past will tell you, these meetings are very informative. Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this event. We hope to see you there!

ASA BOD AGENDA
July 14, 2007
Open Board Meeting
9:00AM
Bay Club Hotel and Marina
2131 Shelter Island Drive
San Diego, Ca. 92106
619-222-5866

9:00 am Opening Remarks/Guest Introductions9:05 am President's Report

9:10 am Chairman's Report9:15 am Seven years of accomplishments, Bill Jones, ASA Vice Chairman9:25 am Mike Pool, BLM CA State Director, Opening Remarks

9:30 am Break for Refreshments/Coffee -- ASA cofounder Jerry Seaver cuts cake Guest Presentations (15 minutes each including Q & A)

9:45 am BLM El Centro Field Office Team
Jamie Neilans, Dunes Staff Chief
Neil Hamada, Dunes Manager
Michael Boxx, Chief Ranger

10:00 am Chief Deputy Jesse Obeso and Sgt. Preciado, Imperial County Sheriff's Office

10:15 am Daphne Greene, California State Parks OHMVR Deputy Director

10:30 am Nicole Giles and Cathy Kennerson, United Desert Gateway10:45 am Dave Hubbard, Ecologic ASA Attorney 11:00 am USFWS, Scott Sobiech, Deputy Field Manager, Carlsbad Office

11:15 am Robert Powell, Environmental Specialist II, Imperial Irrigation District
All-American Canal Project 11:30 am Public Comment Period12:00 am Closing Remarks, Bill Jones ASA Vice ChairmanLunch in the park across the street.

ISDRA TRT Meeting

ISDRA TRT AGENDA
July 13, 2007
Holiday Inn Bayside
4875 N. Harbor Drive
619-224-3621

Additions to Agenda 9:00 A.M.
Roll Call Vice Chair/Jowdy
Introductions
Approval of Minutes As RecordedChairman's Report: Jerry Seaver

1. Status of Motions from the Jan. 30 TRT Mtg.
2. Request that the BLM explore options to improve access From the apron at the bridge to Dune Buggy Flats primitive Camping areas.
3. Recommend that the BLM investigate a process to implement Courtesy speed zones in and around established camping areas.
4. The TRT recommends that the BLM use spot checks and total Dollars over visitation data as a performance benchmark for fee Compliance.
5. The TRT asks for a joint response from the BLM and ICSO to ASA's Letter on fee compliance, and the assistance agreement.
6. Motion for the TRT to form a sub committee on Fee Collection.

1. Mesquite Regional Landfill

1. Debriefing reports
2. Presidents weekend
3. Easter weekend
4. Numbers for the Season on Tickets
5. Litter
6. DUI
7. Others
8. Unlawful assemblys
9. Plans for next season

1. Fee Program update Reports on Fee Compliance
2. Fees collected by Vendors
3. Fee Machine Status
4. Tickets wrtten for Non Compliance per Area OHVEST, ISDRA related

1. Status of Task Orders
2. Future projects
3. Chili Dog Frick Hamada/Gilles

1. Accounting for ISDRA

1. Overlays of OHV use and Plants at the ISDRA

ASA Will Sell ISDRA Permits for 2007-2008 Season

Volunteers Needed!

Volunteer off-roaders needed for the California PAL Beach Play Days at Huntington Beach July 24-26! This is really a very fun and worthwhile thing to do. Contact Jan McGarvie at 619.561.3877 for details and to coordinate transportation and/or lodging.http://www.calpal.org/events.cfm

2007 ASA Giveaway Sand Car Raffle

Acronyms
ADSB - Andrews Dune Scarab Beetle
AMA - Adaptive Management Area
ARA = Arizona Public Records Act
ASMAP - Peirson's Milk Vetch (technical)
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
BLM ECFO - BLM El Centro Field Office
BO - Biological Opinion
BOD - Board of Directors
CA PRA = California Public Records Act
CBD - Center for Biological Diversity
CCC - California Coastal Commission
CDCA - California Desert Conservation Area
CDPA - California Desert Protection Act
CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act
CNPS - California Native Plant Society
CORVA - California Off Road Vehicle Association
CVC - California Vehicle Code
DOJ - Department of Justice
DOI - Department of the Interior
EIR - Environmental Impact Report
EIS - Environmental Impact Study
ECFO - BLM El Centro Field Office
ESA - Endangered Species Act
FLPMA - Federal Land Policy & Management Act
FOIA - Freedom of Information Act
FoOD - Friends of Oceano Dunes (Pismo)
FoDD - Friends of Dumont Dunes
ICBoS - Imperial County Board of Supervisors
SDCSO - San Diego County Sheriff's Office
FTHL - Flat Tail Horned Lizard
FWS - See USFWS
GOL - GlamisOnLine.org
IC - Incident Command
ICSO - Imperial County Sheriff Office
ISDRA - Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer
MA - Management Area
NECO - North Eastern Colorado Desert Plan
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NEQA = National Environmental Quality Act
ODSVRA - Oceano Dunes State Vehicle Recreation Area
OHMVR - Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation
OHV - Off Highway Vehicle
OHVEST - Off Highway Vehicle Enforcement Safety Team
ORBA - Off Road Business Association
ORV = Off Road Vehicle
PA - Planning Area
PH SO - Sand food
PMV - Peirson's Milk Vetch
RAMP - Recreation Area Management Plan
ROD - Record of Decision
SDORC - San Diego Off-Road Coalition
SSSS - Sand Sports Super Show
SVRA - State Vehicle Recreation Area
TRT - Technical Review Team
UA - Unlawful Assembly
UDG - United Desert Gateway Communities (local to ISDRA)
USFWS - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WECO - Western Colorado Desert Plan
WSA - Wilderness Study Area