Post by Lyle on Mar 22, 2005 9:22:27 GMT -5
Information now available on United's website @ www.ufwda.org
For direct access to the United Adopt-A-Road 4 Conservation Program and the
United Adopt-A-Road Resource Center use this link
www.ufwda.org/adopt-a-road.htm
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United Adopt-A-Road 4 Conservation Program
United Four Wheel Drive Associations and the U.S. Forest Service have teamed
up to promote community involvement in conservation of our National Forests.
For many years the Forest Service has had this conservation program in
place. It is called the "Adopt-a-road" program. The purpose of the program
is to develop a partnership between the Forest Service and local citizens to
aid the agency in caring for specific roads, trails, or four wheeling areas.
An adopt-a-road event usually involves some type of light maintenance to the
adopted road and trash clean-up. In some areas these events occur once a
year, while in others they occur 4 or 5 times a year as needed. For many
locations, the volunteer efforts of local four wheel drive enthusiasts means
the difference between keeping a road open or having it closed. You too can
make the difference in your area!
In celebration of the Forest Service 100th anniversary (see
www.fs.fed.us/centennial/) the agency asked national leaders to make
a pledge to conservation for the next 100 years. United pledged to create
the United Adopt-a-road 4 Conservation program by providing educational
materials on our website to aide four wheel drive clubs, associations, and
businesses in adopting a forest road in their neighborhood. The ultimate
goal of our pledge at United is to help our members adopt at least one road
in every district of every national forest in the country, resulting in the
donation of over 100,000 hours of volunteer service a year. Although this
program is specifically tailored for the U.S. Forest Service, these
materials will be helpful for similar conservation projects held by our
members worldwide.
With this program you will find the following information for starting an
adopt-aroad program and to help with conducting conservation events. This
includes
* Nation-wide listing of all Forest Service ranger districts so you can
find a road near you to adopt as your own.
* Adopt-a-road Agreement form to be filled out between your club,
association, or business, and the Forest Service, along with complete
instructions for filling it out.
* Guide for planning and conducting your adopt-a-road event.
* Schedule of events planned worldwide posted on our United website.
* Sample announcement of your upcoming event so you can attract as much
volunteer help as possible.
* Sample press release to announce your event to the local media.
* Sample newspaper article to publicize your event after it has happened
so that writing to your local paper is a breeze for you.
* Volunteer sign-in and hour log for your convenience so you can track
the amount of time and effort your club, association, or business donates to
the community.
Everything you need to successfully conduct an adopt-a-road conservation
event is here at the United website.
In celebration of our commitment to conservation for four wheel drive access
for generations to come, United has declared the first Saturday in October
of each year as a coordinated adopt-a-road event worldwide. We encourage all
of our members to start this program if you haven't already and then
schedule at least one adopt-a-road event for the first Saturday in October
each year. The first annual event will be held October 1, 2005!
For direct access to the United Adopt-A-Road 4 Conservation Program and the
United Adopt-A-Road Resource Center use this link
www.ufwda.org/adopt-a-road.htm
________________________________________________
United Adopt-A-Road 4 Conservation Program
United Four Wheel Drive Associations and the U.S. Forest Service have teamed
up to promote community involvement in conservation of our National Forests.
For many years the Forest Service has had this conservation program in
place. It is called the "Adopt-a-road" program. The purpose of the program
is to develop a partnership between the Forest Service and local citizens to
aid the agency in caring for specific roads, trails, or four wheeling areas.
An adopt-a-road event usually involves some type of light maintenance to the
adopted road and trash clean-up. In some areas these events occur once a
year, while in others they occur 4 or 5 times a year as needed. For many
locations, the volunteer efforts of local four wheel drive enthusiasts means
the difference between keeping a road open or having it closed. You too can
make the difference in your area!
In celebration of the Forest Service 100th anniversary (see
www.fs.fed.us/centennial/) the agency asked national leaders to make
a pledge to conservation for the next 100 years. United pledged to create
the United Adopt-a-road 4 Conservation program by providing educational
materials on our website to aide four wheel drive clubs, associations, and
businesses in adopting a forest road in their neighborhood. The ultimate
goal of our pledge at United is to help our members adopt at least one road
in every district of every national forest in the country, resulting in the
donation of over 100,000 hours of volunteer service a year. Although this
program is specifically tailored for the U.S. Forest Service, these
materials will be helpful for similar conservation projects held by our
members worldwide.
With this program you will find the following information for starting an
adopt-aroad program and to help with conducting conservation events. This
includes
* Nation-wide listing of all Forest Service ranger districts so you can
find a road near you to adopt as your own.
* Adopt-a-road Agreement form to be filled out between your club,
association, or business, and the Forest Service, along with complete
instructions for filling it out.
* Guide for planning and conducting your adopt-a-road event.
* Schedule of events planned worldwide posted on our United website.
* Sample announcement of your upcoming event so you can attract as much
volunteer help as possible.
* Sample press release to announce your event to the local media.
* Sample newspaper article to publicize your event after it has happened
so that writing to your local paper is a breeze for you.
* Volunteer sign-in and hour log for your convenience so you can track
the amount of time and effort your club, association, or business donates to
the community.
Everything you need to successfully conduct an adopt-a-road conservation
event is here at the United website.
In celebration of our commitment to conservation for four wheel drive access
for generations to come, United has declared the first Saturday in October
of each year as a coordinated adopt-a-road event worldwide. We encourage all
of our members to start this program if you haven't already and then
schedule at least one adopt-a-road event for the first Saturday in October
each year. The first annual event will be held October 1, 2005!