{"id":2124,"date":"2023-02-23T13:14:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owlsheadgps.com\/temp\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:29:14","slug":"about-foj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owlsheadgps.com\/owlshead\/about-foj\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Friends of Jawbone"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2124\" class=\"elementor elementor-2124\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-516e650 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"516e650\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2143972\" data-id=\"2143972\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd9782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdd9782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Friends of Jawbone<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5491d8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5491d8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.2 - 23-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Friends of Jawbone<\/strong><br \/>The OwlsheadGPS Project is an endeavor of the Friends of Jawbone.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of Jawbone<\/a> (FOJ) is a non-profit, public benefit corporation dedicated to the promotion of outdoor recreation in the Jawbone Canyon area of East Kern County. Formed in 1998, Friends of Jawbone supports and develops projects to improve, protect and maintain existing trails and to promote understanding, education and cooperation among all users of public lands.<\/p><p>The FOJ organization consists of off-highway users and their local, state and federal agency representatives. These groups work together to ensure the continued availability of multiple use recreational opportunities in Jawbone Canyon and the surrounding area.<\/p><p>FOJ operates the busy BLM Jawbone Station Visitor Center on CA Hwy 14, about 20 miles north of Mojave. FOJ stocks the popular bookstore, coordinates its staff and volunteer activities at the station, and assists visitors to the area with their questions.<\/p><p>With the assistance of grants from the California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, FOJ maintains the local trails and assists public lands agencies with managing OHV use in the area.<\/p><p>When you support the Friends of Jawbone, you are supporting a coalition of users, groups and public agencies that really works for you!<\/p><p><strong>Activities<\/strong><br \/>The Friends of Jawbone\u2019s premier annual event is Moose Anderson Days, held each year in April. At this event, volunteers work side-by-side with public officials on clean-up and restoration projects, enjoy guided tours of the area as well as a BBQ lunch and raffle.<\/p><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/monthly-meetings\/\">The Friends of Jawbone holds monthly stakeholder meetings<\/a><\/em> at the Jawbone Station where representatives of various public and private stakeholder organizations meet to discuss the various recreational issues, projects and programs.<\/p><p><strong>Friends of Jawbone Mission Statement<\/strong><br \/>The Friends of Jawbone has three goals:<\/p><p>1. To provide a forum for the users of public lands in and around Jawbone Canyon, in which to promote the preservation, multiple use and restoration of all public lands.<\/p><p>2. To support and develop projects which improve, protect and maintain existing trails in the area.<\/p><p>3. 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