NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ted Cabral
Email: tedcabral@gmail.com
Date: 11/14/2022
POST WILDFIRE OHV RECOVERY ALLIANCE (PWORA) ELECTS NEW
PRESIDENT/CEO
COTTONWOOD, CA (Nov. 14) - The Post Wildfire OHV Recovery
Alliance (PWORA) board elected Ted Cabral as the organization’s new President
and CEO. The vote was taken at the 2022 Board Meeting held on November 10 in
Cottonwood, CA.
Ted Cabral will replace Don Amador who served from 2018
to 2022 as the organization’s first president who stepped down from his current
position but will, however, remain on the board.
Don Amador, past president of PWORA, states, “I am proud
of what PWORA has accomplished over the last 4 years where it collaborated with
a diverse array of multi-interest strategic partners to mobilize volunteers and
deploy resources on projects to mitigate post-disaster impacts to recreation
areas on public lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land
Management in California.”
“PWORA’s significant achievements since the
organization’s founding include signing a Master Participating Agreement (MPA)
with the USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (R5) located in
Vallejo, California, completion of numerous volunteer and contract post fire
recovery projects, and successful fundraising efforts,” Amador continues.
“I know the organization under Ted’s leadership with
continue to build capacity to help our agency partners plan for and implement
important post wildfire recovery projects,” Amador concludes.
Ted Cabral, former three term commissioner for the
Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division of California State Parks, has a
long track record of collaboration with the government agencies that manage OHV
recreation on public lands in California. “I am looking forward to building on
the incredible foundation that Don and the PWORA
board of directors have built.” Cabral stated. “My vision is to build our
alliance by developing deep ties with local clubs and volunteer organizations.
Those organizations would be able to leverage our relationship to streamline
their volunteer efforts by taking advantage of PWORA’s MPA to better support the
Forest Service and other agencies during recovery operations.”
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Post Wildfire OHV Recovery Alliance (PWORA) is a national non-profit organization founded to protect and restore sustainable OHV recreation from the devastating effects of intense wildfires and other natural disasters. PWORA collaborates with a diverse array of multi-interest strategic partners to mobilize volunteers and deploy resources to mitigate post-disaster impacts to recreation areas
