Welcome to The Friends of Jawbone. 

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Shmitt Tunnel clean up a success!

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12th Annual Moose Anderson days a huge success!

 

                                                                 

Click here for the pictures! 

 

 

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Grand Prize winner of the Generator graciously donated by Honda proving center!

 

Winner Dianna Vanwagaven and Dianna's mother shown

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Cal City permits

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Katie  and  Allie

Long Time friends of Robin and the Jawbone visitors center

 

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Mission Statement

The Friends of Jawbone provides a forum for users of public lands in and around Jawbone Canyon to promote the preservation, multiple use, and restoration of all public lands, local, state and federal.

To support and develop projects to improve, protect and maintain existing trails and to promote understanding, education and cooperation between all users of public lands.  

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Update 2-27-08

 

 

Ed Waldheim, President of Friends of Jawbone, Congressman Kevin McCarthy, Dick Christensen and Randy Banis Friends of Jawbone visit Washington DC on Feb 26, 2008 to meet with Congressman McCarthy. We discussed the expansion of the Visitor Centers, Funding for trail maintenance and many other issues.  

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Upcoming Work Days

Pitch in and work a few hours to make your favorite area

even better. 

1/29-30/2008 9 a.m. at Jawbone station

2/15/2008  9 a.m. at Jawbone station 

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Click here for the latest Friends of Jawbone Newsletter

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2006 FOJ Map 

The 6h Edition of the East Kern County & Adjacent High Desert Areas!!!

This full color map is full of trails and roads for you to explore.  You will find everything from Tehachapi and Lake Isabella to California City and Jawbone/Dove Springs to Trona, Randsburg and Boron. 38 Discovery Points on the back with GPS coordinates for easy locating. 

 

The map production is courtesy of the Kern County Tourism Dept. and 

the Federal Recreational Trails Plan.

 

Pick up a copy at the Jawbone Station; in Randsburg or 

by mailing $3 per map plus $1 each for shipping/handling to:

 

Friends of Jawbone, P.O. Box 1902, Cantil, CA 93519 

or call  760-373-1146 to put them on your credit card.  

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Stay On designated Trails!

The starting point when you arrive at Jawbone, The Station, mooseplaque.jpg (69971 bytes)

 

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Our informational signage in Randsburg

Some of our volunteers during our annual clean-up.cleanup1.jpg (111709 bytes)  

Over 20,000 hours were donated in the year 2002.  Click here for the details. 

For information on the Burro Schmidt Tunnel, click here.

For a link to some great stories/photos/links on 

Historic California Ghost Towns - Click here.