A few months back, we reported that the U.S. Marine Corps had put forth a new land access plan that would expand the reach of the base at Twentynine Palms in Johnson Valley, California. And, basically, the proposal as it sat would've effectively cut off the public's ability to operate on the OHV area, as emergency services wouldn't be allowed to fly aircraft over.
Think Search & Rescue operations and, more importantly, the ability for the organizers of the King of the Hammers off-road race to contract emergency medical professionals with helicopters, thereby killing the famous race right then and there.
But the public threw a fit. Off-road organizations and users near and far, including the race organizers, reached out to the USMC officials responsible for the new access plan, and while the Marines aren't known as the best compromisers in the U.S. military, they actually listened to the public and came up with a plan that would seemingly satisfy both parties.
