The LTBMU fails to get any OHV funds

This OHV season, the CA State Parks OHV Division made available almost $11 million dollars for OHV issues, projects, maintenance, law enforcement, education, etc.

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) failed to obtain a single penny of it. In comparison, the Eldorado National Forest (ENF) received $438k and the Tahoe National Forest (TNF) received $650k.

CA State Parks grant results

There is a 30 day grace period for the agency requesting funds to ask that their grant be reviewed and rescored but don’t hold your breath. This is the second straight year the grant writers and administrators at the LTBMU have fallen short. I think it’s safe to say the LTBMU needs a new grant writing staff.

Here’s the problem, even though the LTBMU didn’t receive CA State Parks grant funding, they are still required to manage OHV on their forest. It’s just going to be that much more difficult without specific funding for OHV.

I’m using this lack of funding problem to push the LTBMU to reinstate the Adopt-A-Trail program they dumped two years ago.

If you or your club, group, business or organization would like to adopt an OHV trail within the LTBMU, email them, call them, hound them, do not take no for an answer, Right now I only know of the Twin peaks Trail in South Lake Tahoe, the Buck Lake Trail off the Rubicon and the Middle Fork Trail up Blackwood Canyon (just north of the Rubicon) that historically have been adopted.

That list doesn’t include the pre-Placer County Rubicon when the Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo’s had the entire east side of the trail adopted. For adopting a section of the Placer side of the Rubicon Trail, contact the Rubicon Trail Foundation.

Here is a list of OHV trails within the basin from the LTBMU website. Not all trails are listed. Check the Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) for more trails.

Lake Tahoe – East Shore

• Genoa Peak Road 14N32
• Kingsbury Stinger 18E39.3
• Logan House 14N33

Lake Tahoe – North Shore

• Kings Beach 18E18
• Mt Watson 73E

Lake Tahoe – South Lake Tahoe

• Corral Trail 18E14
• Hellhouse Road 12N01D
• High Meadows Trail 18E33A
• Power Line Road 12N08
• Sand Pit 12N08
• Sawmill Pond 12N30
• Twin Peaks 12n30

Lake Tahoe – West Shore

• Buck Lake Road – 14N40
• McKinney / Rubicon Trailhead
• Noonchester 14N34A

Please step up, adopt a trail, push the LTBMU to work with the users!