Easter Weekend is just around the corner again. Once again Rocky Mountain Extreme is sponsoring the Potato Salad Hill (PSH) clean up, by raising money to pay for the dumpster and port-a-potty services for the area, along with the man–hours to clean up the trash that has historically been a headache for the BLM and the Sheriff’s office.
Potato Salad Hill is not part of the Red Rock 4-Wheelers event in any way, but is often a hangout for the Easter Weekend group that show up, and a 4x4 challenge for those not participating in the Red Rock 4-Wheelers event. And unfortunately these two groups of people get lumped together.
Without the 4x4 community proactive involvement Potato Salad Hill would very likely be closed for part or all of the week due to the issues and crowds that happen there.
Last year RME was able to gather just over $2000 to pay for the dumpster and port-a-potties and all extra funds were donated to the RR4W MUD fund to further help keep Moab trails open to the public. We felt that what we collected last year was appropriate and would like to duplicate those efforts and raise $2000 again!
Again we will be working with The Solution of Moab for recycling what we can, and closely with the BLM, Grand County Sherrifs office, RR4W, U4WDA and other various groups.
For phase one of this we need ask you to reach in your pocket and make a donation to the cause. Then at a later time we will coordinate the work crews to help clean the area.
You can visit http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/PSHcleanup2009.php for more details on the fund raising progress and to make a donation. Or donations can be made via paypal to PSHcleanup@RockyMountainExtreme.com. All funds will go directly to the cleanup of the area, dumpsters and port-a-potties. Anything collected over the needed amount will be donated to the RR4W MUD fund which will be used to keep Moab trails open.
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Update on the Potato Salad Hill “will it be open” question. For the 2009 season PSH will be open per my discussion with the BLM. The land just on top of the hill has been purchased by a development company and one day will most likely be blocked off. Not sure to what extent that will prevent 4x4 use of the obstacle. Also there is an option to buy in place for the same development organization to purchase additional land surrounding PSH including part of the road that provides access to PSH. The purchase and legal questions are still unknown at this time. So enjoy and take care of this Moab icon while it is still available.
Potato Salad Hill is not part of the Red Rock 4-Wheelers event in any way, but is often a hangout for the Easter Weekend group that show up, and a 4x4 challenge for those not participating in the Red Rock 4-Wheelers event. And unfortunately these two groups of people get lumped together.
Without the 4x4 community proactive involvement Potato Salad Hill would very likely be closed for part or all of the week due to the issues and crowds that happen there.
Last year RME was able to gather just over $2000 to pay for the dumpster and port-a-potties and all extra funds were donated to the RR4W MUD fund to further help keep Moab trails open to the public. We felt that what we collected last year was appropriate and would like to duplicate those efforts and raise $2000 again!
Again we will be working with The Solution of Moab for recycling what we can, and closely with the BLM, Grand County Sherrifs office, RR4W, U4WDA and other various groups.
For phase one of this we need ask you to reach in your pocket and make a donation to the cause. Then at a later time we will coordinate the work crews to help clean the area.
You can visit http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/PSHcleanup2009.php for more details on the fund raising progress and to make a donation. Or donations can be made via paypal to PSHcleanup@RockyMountainExtreme.com. All funds will go directly to the cleanup of the area, dumpsters and port-a-potties. Anything collected over the needed amount will be donated to the RR4W MUD fund which will be used to keep Moab trails open.
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Update on the Potato Salad Hill “will it be open” question. For the 2009 season PSH will be open per my discussion with the BLM. The land just on top of the hill has been purchased by a development company and one day will most likely be blocked off. Not sure to what extent that will prevent 4x4 use of the obstacle. Also there is an option to buy in place for the same development organization to purchase additional land surrounding PSH including part of the road that provides access to PSH. The purchase and legal questions are still unknown at this time. So enjoy and take care of this Moab icon while it is still available.
