Supporting the communities where we live and play is a priority for the Bear Valley 4×4 Club. We assist local organizations and partake in civic activities. We participate in the U.S. Forest Service’s Adopt-A-Trail Program and provide money, manpower, and materials to keep trails clean, safe, and within approved boundaries. Our club backs the California Off-Highway Vehicle Association’s (CORVA) legislative efforts to maintain and protect off-road access off-roading trails and roads throughout California.

When feasible, the Bear Valley 4×4 Club supports Bear Valley activities, clubs, and organizations that benefit community residents and visitors:

The Bear Valley 4×4 Club funded the creation of an alpine environment called “Messy Materials” at the Big Bear Discovery Center that helps young visitors learn how animals live in and under wooded debris piles.

The Bear Valley 4×4 Club proudly supports the “Kids on Public Lands” program. This program provides “at risk” inner city youth with an opportunity to visit the San Bernardino National Forest, ride in a 4-wheel drive vehicle, and enjoy lunch. The event is coordinated by the Anaheim Police Department and Anaheim YMCA. It is geared toward boys and girls between 8 and 12 years of age that have never visited the mountains.

Supporting our troops and veterans by giving them an exhilarating four-wheel drive ride.

 

The Bear Valley 4×4 Club is a proud supporter of the San Bernardino National Forest Friends Adopt-A-Trail Program, a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance and volunteer work to maintain off-road trails.

The Bear Valley 4×4 Club has adopted three trails.  All three trails are located within the sphere of influence of the Big Bear Valley community.  See the Local Trail Reports section in our forums for a description of the trails and information on their current accessibility.

Gold Mountain (3N69) co-adopted with West Coast Four-Wheel Drive Club

Snow Slide Trail (2N13)

Black Hawk Trail (3N36)

Please report trail deficiencies at the club’s contact page.

The Bear Valley 4×4 Club is a proud supporter of CORVA.  From their website:

The California Off-Road Vehicle Association (CORVA) is a varied group of outdoor recreationists who are extremely active in promoting the positive aspects of vehicular access on public lands and protecting that right.

The group is composed of many owners of street legal and “Green Sticker” vehicles such as ATV’s, motorcycles, 3-wheelers, trail bikes, and dune buggies, as well as 4X4 vehicles, dual sport motorcycles, bajas, and desert racers. Plus many others that use access for; hunting, rockhounding, bird watching, fishing and others activities.

CORVA’s main purpose is to work with the land managers for responsible off-highway vehicular access and recreation opportunities.  Secondarily, we educate our membership on the constantly changing rules and regulations and promote clean-up and trail maintenance projects.

We are very active in the political arena and contribute to a lobbyist in Sacramento.  We work closely with the State Department of Parks and Recreation, providing input to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Program from the user’s standpoint.  We provide a valuable resource to land managers in the form of dedicated OHV enthusiasts who believe in responsible vehicular access.

A portion of the budgets for California’s national forests and the public lands administered by the BLM is funded by grants from the Green Sticker Program.  We work with land managers to formulate the grants and give our input about the grants to the OHMVR Program which administers them.  We also review how effectively our Green Sticker money was used in each program.

We are active at all levels of the land management public process with both the BLM and the USFS.  We do this by commenting on environmental documents on as many issues as possible and maintaining close relationships with personnel in the field as well as the staff.

We coordinate with other multiple use organizations ranging from snowmobiles to horse enthusiasts to protect multiple use rights from the environmental extremists.  We are “dedicated to protecting our lands for the people, not from the people.”

If you would like to join the fight to protect our public lands for multiple-use recreation, sign up today!  Visit https://www.corva.org for more info.