I know this won't do any good, but damn it made me feel better. The following is an email I just sent to Wildlaw

Dear Mr. Lewis and Mr. Paben,

     I would like to personally thank you guys for being such a big part in ruining our national forest. I very much appreciated it when I drove my family and friends two hours to ride our ATV's in a legal riding spot, only to find out that people like you feel that saving sand is more important than having good clean american fun with your family. I guess that we might kill some endangered sand flea or something, so thank god we have lawyers of your caliber to put a stop to such a tragedy. I mean, I'm just a lowly tax paying citizen, I shouldn't be allowed to enjoy myself, right?
     I know that you guys want to remove the dam and put the sediment in that area. My question is, why can't we use the area until then? Once the sediment is there, why can't we use again?
     Don't get me wrong, I love the forest, and I'm all for preserving it. I just can't for the life of me see how closing the Rodman pit is going to help in this matter. Maybe if you would quit hugging that tree so hard, you could get enough blood to your brain to think straight.
     Now, if I offended you, I'm sorry. But, you offended my whole family and quite a few of my friends. If you feel that you have good and logical reasons for doing this, please let me know. I will always admit when I am wrong. So please, educate me on how this is saving anything.

Thank you,
David Hogan
Jax., FL
wdhogan@bellsouth.net
904-714-6591

How can they ticket you if your not breaking the law. If the law says I don't need it, they better not try to ticket me for it.

So dirt bikes are supposed to be safer than ATV's?
Make a whole lot of sense to me

Chuck,
I've heard of DP, but not the other two. Thanks for the info!

David Hogan

My group got the same treatment. I think your right, maybe we should all start going to Georgia, because it's obvious that Florida doesn't appreciate our hard earned money. I mean, I don't mind spending the $, but if I have to pay, I would like to get my $'s worth. So let's see, are we getting our $'s worth?

1. I'd say at least half of the trails are now closed.
2. The sand pit is closed.
3. Rangers are stopping everyone on the trail and harrassing them and wasting their time
4. They've put up sections of fence on the longleaf trail in the cut through to delancy lake to keep you from going slightly off the trail. (hope you don't have to bail beause of oncoming traffic!) All this really does is create more hazards.
5. My taxes are already paying for this great place to ride, however they now want to implement a fee to ride here.
6. Oh yeah, I have two kids under 16, I will have to pay for them to take a safety course because I'm not responsible enough to teach my kids how to be safe.
7. Do I really need to continue?

End result,

People are going to stop going to ONF

I, along with the four other riders with me, were very disappointed yesterday when we drove all the way from north Jacksonville, only to find out that the sand pit at the Rodman Trailhead is closed.  There are signs surrounding the pit that say FOOT TRAFFIC ONLY. Now I ask you, who the heck would want to WALK out there! This is ridiculous! What, if anything, can we do to get this area opened back up. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
David Hogan