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From The Fall Issue of The Compass
Announcing the U4WDA Open Access Fund
By Seth Bowers
Earlier this year, U4WDA established a land use defense fund called the U4WDA Open Access Fund. The fund was created to provide financial support to legal action initiated by other groups and individuals working to protect 4x4 access on public lands in Utah. U4WDA is not and will never be a group that seeks to bring lawsuits against land managers and local governments. However, we do support legal action when it is absolutely necessary to protect historical 4x4 access on public lands.
Dan Jessop’s legal defense was the first recipient of a donation from the U4WDA Open Access Fund in support of the Canaan Mountain Sawmill Road case (see the summer edition of The Compass or visit www.u4wda.org). We sent a check for $1,000 from our new account to help pay for the recent legal bills that are quickly adding up in defense of Dan’s claim that the road was illegally closed by the BLM. This is an important case that must be won! The BLM is counting on Dan to run out of money before he can win and force them to officially reopen the road. The case is sound, and it will be reopened. But only if Dan has the money to keep it going. You can donate directly to this case, or to the U4WDA Open Access Fund by visiting www.u4wda.org/donate.
Unfortunately, it takes a lot of money to defend motorized access on public lands. Our enemies are very well-funded, and they have the ability to use their tremendous resources to force closures and lock us out of our public lands. We need your help to protect our access and save our roads. Don’t wait for your friend or your neighbor to get involved. Donate today by visiting www.u4wda.org/donate!
As much money as possible gets funneled into the Open Access fund. The general fund just gives us flexibility for purchases of items like T-Shirts and Hats that we can turn around and sell to add more to the Access Fund.
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