This is a very serious concern, everyone. Please read up on this and become familair with what is going on right now.
As many of you know, the fringe toed lizard has been under very close watch by environmental groups and agencies. This lizard lives at Dumont Dunes, mostly in the surrounding areas where vegetation and brush are present. It is extremely important that we, as responsible duners, work together on this issue with a very proactive approach to help protect the lizard and keep Dumont Dunes open for us OHV riders. Rather than U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listing the lizard as endangered (which could possibly result in a permanent closure of Dumont Dunes), the agencies are discussing the possibility of writing and agreeing to a conservation plan for the lizard. This conservation plan would protect the lizard from OHVs while keeping the dunes open to duners of Dumont. Working with the BLM and FWS will be a positive step in a direction that will support the conservation plan.
Read more here...
http://www.dumontduneriders.com/FTL/
Those who think they might be able to bring forward a positive, proactive attitude and voice towards this issue are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend this meeting.
If you feel that lizards are stupid and we don't need them, you shouldn't even be at Dumont Dunes or on this site. In order to ride and enjoy Dumont Dunes, we must work together on this and respect the wildlife and the conservation plan. With responsibility , OHV and wildlife CAN co-exist!
The meeting
1:00 pm, July 29th, 2008
Barstow, CA BLM Field Office
Working with the BLM and FWS to participate in developing the plan, and to show them we can and will support the plan once its complete.