Racers and Ranchers is a club dedicated to preserving the off-road heritage in Baja California, Mexico.
OUR MISSION:
Our mission is to establish and preserve relationships between Baja’s land owners and those who enjoy the sport of off-roading.
OUR AMBITION:
Our ambition is to make a contribution in creating balanced relationships that afford us a future in accessing Baja’s endless beauty. A balanced relationship is defined as one in which acts of goodwill preserve the right of passage more than monetary contributions.
OUR VISION:
Our vision is to constitute a culture of mutual respect and environmental awareness that will brace us for the future impacts of civilized advancement in Baja and other future area’s. Providing us the ability to pass on the long lasting legacy of off-roading in Baja is our ultimate vision.
The founders of Racers and Ranchers are competitors, enthusiasts and recreationists. When we are not racing we are enjoying the back roads of Baja with our friends, family and Mexican brothers and sisters.
Understanding that there are existing relationship between race promoters and land owners, Racers and Ranchers and its members must be careful not to place those relationships into jeopardy. Further, Racers and Ranchers will not commit to requests that include monetary values. As a volunteer based organization it is imperative that we not be considered as a deep pocket to land owners.
Although acts of good will may include monetary expense, we will never offer improvements that change existing relationships or the existing environment.
WHAT WE DO:
Racers and Ranchers will identify areas of concern and conduct volunteer work parties focused on the necessary efforts needed in different areas.
Examples are as follows:
- Simply communicate with those who live along the routes we use.
- Commit acts of goodwill to people of Mexico on behalf of the off-road community.
- Repair access routes, fences, gates, cattle guards, etc. that are damage or worn by constant use.
- Work with land owners on designing fences and other obstacles that are positioned in a safe manner so as not to create hazards to off-roaders.
- Act as an information source to users, race promoters, tour companies, etc.
- Monitor information coming back from our members on areas that might be in jeopardy of closure.
- Report these area’s to promoters, tour operators and users to determine the best choice of action.
- Racers and Ranchers is not interested creating a deep pocket for land owners.
Don’t let Baja suffer the same land closures as the U.S. has seen. Baja has changed; the economy and population continue to grow and by establishing a front now our sport will continue to grow for years to come.