{"id":56,"date":"2023-03-09T14:47:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T22:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2023-04-21T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:47:10","slug":"ed-walheim-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/ed-walheim-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Waldheim, Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56\" class=\"elementor elementor-56\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c26567a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c26567a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-1e69fba\" data-id=\"1e69fba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-a608d18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a608d18\" 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\">Edward Waldheim, Founder of Friends of Jawbone (FOJ)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77d609b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77d609b\" 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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2179 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdMotoSquare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdMotoSquare.jpg 541w, https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdMotoSquare-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdMotoSquare-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Ed was well known for his work in the West Mojave desert, and not surprisingly he took a most interesting trail in getting there. Born in San Francisco in 1938, Ed and his family moved to Argentina when he was ten years old. He grew up farming and it was then he first rode motorcycles, an activity that would become his life-long passion.<\/p><p>In his early twenties, Ed returned to the United States and served in the Army before making Southern California his home. Soon he bought a well-used scrambles motorcycle and took up racing in the desert. He formed the Clean Sweep Racing Team in 1976, and was the 1977 Desert Open Senior Champion. He won over thirty trophies racing with D.R.A., C.R.C. and AMA District 37. He raced the Check Chase, the California City Grand Prix, and at Adelanto among other events.<\/p><p>Although Ed also made his mark living and working in Glendale for many years, in 2004 he took up permanent residence in California City in Eastern Kern County to be close to the Jawbone Canyon OHV riding area. He&#8217;d been volunteering with the Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s Ridgecrest Field Office for several years prior to that and wanted to live where he could have direct access to the desert he loved.<\/p><p>Certainly Ed had a long and successful career in which he raced off-road motorcycles since the early 70s, but he will mostly be remembered as a tireless advocate for OHV recreation and a champion of environmental protection. Ed attended over two hundred meetings every year and developed close working relationships with the land management leadership and staff of the BLM, National Forests, and State and National Parks in California. Nearly all of his advocacy efforts were self-funded out of his own pocket. He often toured off-road areas with land managers, elected officials, state commissioners, journalists and scientists in his Chenowth buggy. Often that would be their first experience off-roading.<\/p><p>Ed&#8217;s first term as a California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation commissioner was from 1984 to 1988, appointed by Governor George Deukmejian. During this time he served as its Chairman and proved an effective leader during the formative years of this important board. In 2003, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reappointed Ed to the OHV commission for another full term, and he received its Golden Helmet Award for his years of service ensuring the coexistence of off-highway vehicle recreation and environmental protection on public lands in California. The commission also named its pavilion at the Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area after Ed in his honor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4d84d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e4d84d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2178 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdCookingSquare-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdCookingSquare-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdCookingSquare-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdCookingSquare-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdCookingSquare-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/temp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/EdCookingSquare.jpg 1390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Many outdoor organizations benefited from Ed&#8217;s leadership. Beginning in 1992, he served as president of the California Off-Road Vehicle Association (CORVA) for more than twenty years. During that time CORVA membership tripled and the association maintained its leading position in advocating for off-road recreation, and later Ed would be recognized as their Off-Roader of the Year.<\/p><p>As a member of the board of trustees for AMA District 37, Ed received the prestigious AMA Motorcycling Advocate award in recognition of his lifetime of work for motorcyclists. The award is one of the organization\u2019s highest honors and was created by the AMA to recognize individuals fighting for the rights of motorcyclists. Ed is also a member of the AMA Hall of Fame, inducted in 2007.<\/p><p>Nationally, the Bureau of Land Management in 2000 awarded him the agency&#8217;s &#8220;Making a Difference&#8221; National Volunteer of the Year award, and in 2014 he was recognized by the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council with their Perseverance Award for promoting a positive future for OHV recreation. In 2005 Ed was inducted into the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ormhof.org\/ed-waldheim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame<\/a><\/em> for his years of service in protecting trails and fostering relationships between the motorized and non-motorized communities, and he received the ORMHOF Perseverance Award in 2019.<\/p><p>More locally, during the late 1990s Ed created three non-profit organizations to promote recreational trail use in California: Friend of Jawbone, Friends of El Mirage, and the California Trail Users Coalition. Through these groups Ed brought millions of dollars in federal and state grants to desert communities to maintain OHV trails and riding areas on adjacent public lands, to create maps showing OHV trails throughout the state, and to build and operate visitor centers to educate the public and assist in keeping them safe. In response, Ed was presented the Jimmy Radoumis award by the Kern County Tourism Board in 2013 for his work promoting Kern County&#8217;s varied recreational and historical resources to outdoor lovers around the world.<\/p><p>Ed passed away at his home in the desert on December 9, 2019, after a long but remarkable and courageous battle with cancer, a warrior to the end.<\/p><p>Ed&#8217;s legacy is not only about the many amazing things he achieved during his lifetime. It is also about the many and uncountable others that have been inspired into activism by Ed, and all that they achieve. His legacy will continue to be built upon by them.<\/p><p>For more on Ed Waldheim&#8217;s life and legacy, you can watch <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rmzPj2ntdJU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this excellent 50-minute video<\/a><\/em>\u00a0created by the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame featuring Ed discussing his lifelong work in promoting OHV Recreation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51390dd elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"51390dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FriendsOfJawbone\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e15b696\" data-id=\"e15b696\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-0532ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0532ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special Thanks To:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dfe906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dfe906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please join us in thanking our Business Supporters:<\/p><p><strong>MAX-Tank<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/max-tank.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">max-tank.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6af138 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6af138\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>BENEFACTOR MEMBERSHIP<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff519c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff519c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Southern California Overland Trail Association<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/scota4x4.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scota4x4.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34a744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c34a744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>BENEFACTOR MEMBERSHIP<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975306d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"975306d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please join us in thanking the sponsors of our 25th Moose Anderson Day:<\/p><p><strong>Mojave Gold<\/strong><br \/><strong>Happy Trails<\/strong><br \/><strong>IMC<\/strong><br \/><strong>CSI Electrical Contractors<\/strong><br \/><strong>X-West<\/strong><br \/><strong>RSI Petroleum<\/strong><br \/><strong>Karl\u2019s Hardware<\/strong><br \/><strong>Bank of the Sierra<\/strong><br \/><strong>Green Tea Garden<\/strong><br \/><strong>Bureau of Land Management<\/strong><br \/><strong>Kern County Search and Rescue<\/strong><br \/><strong>Peak Productions<\/strong><br \/><strong>West Best Pizza<\/strong><br \/><strong>Mojave Off Road Adventures<\/strong><br \/><strong>Indian Wells Brewery<\/strong><br \/><strong>O\u2019Neil<\/strong><br \/><strong>Terra-Gen<\/strong><br \/><strong>Friends of Oceano Dunes<\/strong><br \/><strong>Biker Kings<\/strong><\/p><p>Alta One<br \/>Point Mugu 4\u00d74 Club<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea2b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fea2b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Friends of Jawbone is a non-profit corporation under section 501(c)(3). If your business would like to support Friends of Jawbone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jawbone.org\/index.php\/about-us\/donate-to-foj\">please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edward Waldheim, Founder of Friends of Jawbone (FOJ) Ed was well known for his work in the West Mojave desert, and not surprisingly he took a most interesting trail in getting there. Born in San Francisco in 1938, Ed and his family moved to Argentina when he was ten years old. 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