Care-for-it!

The Kern River watershed is a mighty one, and with so much impact it needs our ongoing help in maintaining its pristine beauty and health.  You can help by donating one dollar or more to the Stewardship Fund of the Kern River Valley when making your reservation or after you’ve enjoyed the area.  It’s simple.  If everyone who enjoys the watershed leaves behind one dollar to help care for it, the money will be available for grants for people who have projects that will help restore it and promote stewardship of the area.  Thanks for reading this, and thanks for being a Guest-that-Cares!

Outdoor Etiquette
We hope to see you on your next adventure with Mountain & River Adventures, or enjoying the Sequoia National Forest on your own. Before you set out on your adventure, there are few important things we would like to share with you and ask for your help. Everyone enjoys going to the mountains and exploring the great outdoors, but it is up to all of us to protect and to care for it.

Leave No Trace
This depends more on attitude and awareness than rules and regulations. Your actions can make the difference in protecting the wilderness environment. The principles of Leave No Trace are:

• Plan ahead and prepare.
• Concentrate use on established sites.
• Avoid places where impact is just beginning.
• Pack it in, pack it out.
• Properly dispose of human waste and water waste.
• Use fire responsibility
• Be considerate to others.
• Leave what you find.

River Etiquette
The wild and scenic Kern River in the Sequoia National Forest and the Southern Sierra's has an ideal location and special beauty. For this very reason, the Kern River attracts a wide variety of people including: fisherman, hikers, retired citizens, swimmers, sight-seers, mountain bikers, climbers, sun bathers, campers, and whitewater boaters. In order for all of these diverse recreation seekers to share the river in harmony, it is essential that everyone communicate and be considerate to others and adopt a cooperative friendly attitude. The principles for river etiquette are:

• Keep the noise down.
• Respect other peoples space.
• Be courteous to everyone on the river.
• Respect private property.
• Park in designated areas only.
• Drive slowly and cautiously

MRA Recycles

Caring for our forest, community and our environment are important concepts to all the staff at MRA.  We are in the process of establishing a company-wide policy on how much trash we create, in an attempt to reduce our footprint in our own community.  We are in the development and planning stages of this project and encourage you to check back periodically to see how we're doing.

IMBA Membership
As member of the International Mountain Bike Association, or IMBA, and a mountain bike tour provider, we believe the following IMBA principles should be followed on the trail.

• Ride on open trail only.
• Leave No Trace.
• Control your bicycle.
• Always yield the trail
• Never spook animals
• Plan ahead.

Be cordial, patient and have fun in what ever you do on the forest. Treat others with the respect you wish to receive. Thank you for caring, be safe and enjoy!

Thank you,
MRA Management