Cypress, CA (4/30/2010)
- Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., employees joined
members of the United States Forest Service
(USFS) and the San Bernardino National Forest
Association (SBNFA) by volunteering more than
500 hours to improve off-highway vehicle (OHV)
trails and staging areas and plant 2,250 trees
in the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF).
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Yamaha
Moto Corp., U.S.A., employees joined forces
with the United States Forest Service
& the San Bernardino National Forest
Association and adopted a strip of SBNF
ATV & UTV trails known as 3W14 as
well as the Pinnacles Staging Area
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As part of its OHV Access Initiative, Yamaha works
closely with the SBNFA sponsoring a number of
OHV trails and adopting trail 3W14 as well as
the Pinnacles Staging Area in the SBNF trail system
near Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
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ATVriders.com,
Harlen Foley, participated in the Yamaha
SBNF ATV trail clean-up along with other
media outlets. Yamaha Motor Corp's Marketing
Manager, Steve Nessl, is a strong supporter
of the OHV Access Initiative & he
also participated in the trail clearing
by trimming bushes & moving rocks
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On Saturday, April 24, members of Yamaha's
ATV & Side-by-Side (SxS) department along
with representatives from the ATV enthusiast
press participated in an OHV area clean-up led
by staff and volunteers from the USFS and SBNFA
in and around Yamaha's adopted areas. Throughout
the day, teams worked around Pinnacles and across
miles of adopted and nearby trails clearing
brush, removing litter, cleaning culverts, building
water breaks and generally improving the areas.
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Volunteers
work on the Pinnacles Staging area to
remove an abundance of weeds, and they
also worked on clearing the drainage system |
"The OHV Access Initiative is a major
priority for Yamaha, and we understand the future
of our business and lifestyle depends on supporting
this mission of safe, responsible riding and
open, sustainable riding areas," said Mike
Martinez, General Manager of Yamaha's ATV &
SxS Department who also serves on the SBNFA
Board of Directors. "The SBNFA, in conjunction
with the USFS and corporate partners, has a
multifaceted and model OHV program. We encourage
other OHV groups to take a look at what we're
doing here in Southern California and consider
how they might implement similar programs in
other parts of the country."
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| Yamaha
provided lunch for the hard working staff,
volunteers & park rangers |
A
Sweco was used for grooming the warm-up
trail at the Pinnacles Staging area |
