100 Volunteers, 2 Days, 1,200 Trees and Miles of Clean Trails

Roughly a hundred volunteers got together in the San Bernardino National Forest in southern California last month for a two day binge that saw not only maintaining of trails and picking up of trash, but also included the planting of trees. Lots of them.

1,200 trees were planted in fire damaged areas of the forest that weekend. Which, I've been told, sets a record for the number of trees planted by a group in a single day.

Yamaha Motor Corp's OHV Access Initiative sponsors several trails in the San Bernardino National Forest and works closely with the San Bernardino National Forest Association (SBNFA) to provide education and conservation programs for the OHV community that rides the trails.

To be honest, I don't think we'd still be able to ride in the SBNF if it weren't for groups like the SBNFA who coordinate these cleanups and other events that protect our trails. They bridge the gap between the off-road community and the environmental community and prove beyond doubt that just because people in the OHV community enjoy the outdoors with motors and tires doesn't mean we're oblivious to the sensitivity of nature.