This is for a 3" PATCH that reads: OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE RECREATION - CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS - 50 - 1971-2021
This is a patch of the official logo for the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Program 50th Anniversary, featuring a vintage JEEP. Additional versions of the OHV anniversary logo feature 10 a motorcycle dirt bike, 2) ROV and 3) a snowmobile.
: The California State Parks (CSP), Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Program was launched in 1971 by legislation put forward by two state legislators “off-roader” Gene Chappie, and “environmentalist” Ed Z’berg. The legislation was signed into law on 12/22/71. The forward-thinking Chappie-Z’berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971 established a template for managed OHV recreation and sought to manage an increasingly popular and rapidly growing motorized off-highway recreational use.
The Chappie-Z’berg Law was founded on the principle that managed OHV protected the environment more than unmanaged activity. The OMMVR law requires maintenance and oversight to allow for sustainable OHV use consistent with strong environmental stewardship.
In 1982, the California Legislature created a separate division of California State Parks, the OHMVR Division, which administers the OHMVR Program today and also created the OHMVR Commission to allow public input and provide policy guidelines for the OHMVR Program.
Nine State Vehicular Recreation Areas (SVRAs) have been established as part of the OHMVR Program.
The OHMVR Grants and Cooperative Agreements program has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in financial assistance for well-managed off-highway vehicle recreation in the State of California through grants to cities, counties, districts, federal and state agencies, educational institutions, federally or state recognized Native American Tribes, Certified Community Conservation Corps, and nonprofit entities.
2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the OHMVR Program.
California is the nation's leader in the management of off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation as a sustainable activity. California State Parks, through its Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division, has worked over 45 years to develop management practices that reduce or prevent damage to the environment from OHV activity. Through management of OHV areas and collaboration with local, state, and federal land managers, these practices have been applied to a statewide system of OHV recreation opportunities where visitors can fully enjoy California?s spectacular outdoors.
The OHMVR Program has two main components. The first is a grants program that provides financial assistance to local, state, and federal agencies as well as to Native American tribes, nonprofits, and educational institutions for OHV recreation-related activities. This assistance enables these agencies to implement sustainable, environmentally responsible OHV recreational opportunities. Funds are also available to counties and local communities affected by OHV uses and impacts that require management, regulatory action, education, and law enforcement.
The second component is a system of nine state vehicular recreation areas (SVRAs) that provide motorized recreational opportunities on 145,000 acres of State Parks? owned and managed lands. v
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The State Vehicular Recreation Areas, or SVRAs, are OHV parks which are operated by the OHMVR Division of California State Parks. Each SVRA has an operational program which provides (in most locations) the following services:
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CSP Mission. To provide for the health, inspiration and education of the
people of California by helping to preserve the state's extraordinary
biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural
resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor
recreation.
California Department of Parks and Recreation manages 280 park
units, which contain the finest and most diverse collection of natural,
cultural, and recreational resources to be found within California.
These treasures are as diverse as California: From the last stands of
primeval redwood forests to vast expanses of fragile desert; from the
lofty Sierra Nevada to the broad sandy beaches of our southern coast;
and from the opulence of Hearst Castle to the vestiges of colonial
Russia.
California State Parks contains the largest and most
diverse natural and cultural heritage holdings of any state agency in
the nation. The State Park System includes State Parks, State Natural
Reserves, State Historic Parks, State Historic Monuments, State beaches,
State Recreation Areas, State Vehicular Recreation Areas, State
Seashores and State Marine Parks. Within the system are Natural and
Cultural Preserves, lakes and reservoirs, coastal beaches, historic
homes, Spanish era adobe buildings, lighthouses, ghost towns, museums,
visitor centers, conference centers, and off-highway vehicle recreation
areas. Together, State Park System lands protect and preserve an
unparalleled collection of culturally and environmentally sensitive
structures and habitats, threatened plant and animal species, ancient
Native American sites, historic structures and artifacts... the best of
California's natural and cultural history.
With over 340 miles of
coastline, 970 miles of lake and river frontage, 15,000 campsites and
4,500 miles of trails, the State Park System provides wonderful
recreational, educational, and inspirational opportunities for over 67
million visitors a year.
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