The Yucca Valley Sheriffs Department has applied for a grant to obtain funds from the
California Department of Parks & Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division,
(OHMVR) to be used for the enforcement of laws related to the illegal use of Off-Highway Vehicles, rider education, and the purchase of support equipment.

Read the grant application (PDF or Word Document) and a press release (PDF or Word Document) from the Sheriff's Department.

Download, fill out and send in this comment form and support their efforts to protect our lands from ORV abuse.

A public meeting was held on Wednesday, August 8 at 6:00pm at the Yucca Valley Community Center.

Support Your Local Sheriff ORV Enforcement Team.

We have learned that the ORV ordinance will not be considered by the San Bernardino Board of Supervisors on July 24th. The new date is now August 21st.

Please continue your efforts to write your supervisors and gather signatures on petitions. There is great work being done in the community to save the ordinance and it must continue even though the date of the BOS hearing has changed.

We will keep you posted of new information as it becomes available.

From the Hi-Desert Star

By Mark Wheeler / Hi-Desert Star
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:53 PM PST

MORONGO BASIN - The Presidents' Day weekend was, by law-enforcement accounts, reasonably uneventful on the off-road vehicle front this year. Historically, the occasion has ranked second only to Thanksgiving weekend for citizen complaints about ORV activity in the Basin, but a pre-planned increase in enforcement presence this year seems to have had results.

Welcome Dr. Bob Karman and Linda Rallo to the COW Steering Committee.
We are growing with representation throughout the Morongo Basin.

Contra Costa Times - December 31, 2009 - County thinking of repealing off-roading ordinance

The Bakersfield Californian - January 16, 2009 - Property owners take on illegal off-roaders

Responsible Trails America - Momentum Against Reckless ORV Riding Grows From Coast to Coast

USA Today - December 31, 2008 - Off-road vehicle use fuels tension, violence across US

Hi-Desert Star - February 22, 2008 - Code enforcement officer keeps an eye on off-roaders

Renegade ATV drivers said to be main threat to roadless forests

Hi-Desert Star August 24, 2007 - County keeps off-road rules, with condition

SB Sun - 2/19/07 - Off-road obstacles - Residents seek to safeguard property

Letters to the Hi-Desert Star Editor here and here from 1/17/07 responding to an earlier letter which advocated that the city of Twentynine Palms "should consider being pro offroad and support offroad activities".

LA Times - 4/12/-06 - Off-Road Riders Reined In Again

After three years of advocacy on the part of Morongo Basin residents, the Bureau of Land Management announced that it has hired a resident ranger for the Morongo Basin to be based in Twentynine Palms.