First Step in to ban ATV's in Florida

[greenmachine]

Looks like it's time to invest in some River Ranch property.

That may be the only place left to ride soon.


At least you know the government can't go in there and take back the land.

Rico, you should google river ranch. You might think twice about what the govt IS gonna do out there, espesially with all the dui's handed out over Memorial Weekend & all the unlicensed building that goes on out there with wells & septic tanks...errr barrels of sh*t buried in the ground. I have said it before, RR wont be here for our kids kids & I am willing to bet on that. I am not trying to hijack this thread, I am at a loss on how a couple jagoffs can pass a law against a large # of taxpayers in the same town. Bring back North Port riding.

[americanhighlander]

I was there.  The meeting was so packed w/ OHV users that they had to create an over flow area.  As one person would get up they'd let another in.  Majority of presenters were riders and most did a very good job of presenting themselves and the issues at hand.

The head commissioner repeatedly referred to us as, "you people."  They complained about people coming there to ride that weren't from NP.  They complained that we were destroying the areas, not just the land and drainage but w/ dumping also.  Reality is the majority of the beer bottle dumpings are from their local kids (15-25) that have nothing to do.  They go out party leave their crap behind so they can go home w/o worry of having the evidence in their cars/trucks.  The big dumping comes from construction companies building there and from residents that dump their crap out there.

We did a clean up ride out there a couple of weeks ago and while the showing was not great the end result was great.  We filled up 3 large dumpsters.  ATV's took out the small stuff.  I filled 5 truck loads of crap which was mainly the construction and residential large trash that couldn't be hauled out w/ a quad.  Freak and I towed a boat that was being used for target practice only to find that it had been towed back to where we found.

There is an evident bias against riders there and any and all support is necessary.  There is strength in numbers, not this time though.  The land that we ride out there is privately owned property and has many owners.  The police have solicited the owners asking them to sign no trespassing affidavids.  They are protecting these absent owners from what we are doing. 

Our main goal is to find a place to ride legally like a park in Southwest Florida.  We go to the state and they tell us they have no land to help w/ the T. Mark Schmidt law.  They tell us to go to the counties and cities.  Then when we go to them they tell us that there is not enough land in a single parcel to work w/ either.  The Northport Offroad Association is working still to find something that will work for everyone.

If you are interested in participating go to the website and ask what you can do to help.  Even if it's just showing up for meetings it's a start.

Thanks, for info
out there OT314,Just keep us posted on new upcoming ohv meetings out there in NP area..

Thanks,
amhighlander