Got a response back from Danette Woo, Environmental Compliance & Special Park Uses, Mojave National Preserve
1. A special use permit is required for groups of either 7 or more vehicles
or 15 or more people . It takes approximately 2 weeks to process an
application, therefore it is not possible to stop in the office and pick
one up within one day.
I can not imagine what they need to do to the permit other than take our money and sign the paper. Must be background investigations needed.
2. The application fee for a special use permit is $50.00 for informal
groups. The administrative processing fee is waived; monitoring costs will
be assessed only if extenuating circumstances require them. If the latter
occurs, the permit holder will be informed of this in advance.
So room for one more truck before we're in trouble.
1. Paul
2. Kyle
3. Z (nubex)
4. Goldfish
5. Scott (scottmen)
6.
The National Park Service does not have jurisdiction over forest lands
and, therefore, do not require forest permits.
So no California forest permit required.
Visitors must bring in their own firewood and must contain fires within
existing fire rings or fire pans, or bring their own fire pans.
As expected we can use existing fire rings or bring our own pan.
Soda Lake is extremely sandy. A visitor became stuck along the Mojave Road
on Soda Lake within the last couple of days.
Sand is good, water is not!
So a note to all for the future, we need to figure out weeks in advance if there are going to be seven or more trucks and apply for the $50 permit.
