I'm a memeber of RV.net and this is one of the topics on the agenda today...help out if you agree.
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The U.S. Forest Service wants to close 60%-80% of trails open to off roading. Here is a link to a petition you can sign if you want your voice to be heard. They need 50,000 names. Pass it along...
https://host593.ipowerweb.com/~access-a/backcountry_petition/ * This post was edited 02/17/08 12:52pm by LittleBill *
Gale Hawkins
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Bill you can expect to see that number to approach 95%. There are places where this activity does little long term damage and that is mainly in places with Zero rain fall. EPA is after small engines as well.
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i know us pa atver are hated. we ride reclaimed coal land, which in my opinion is worthless to anything but atv's, but what do we know.
it will be over in 10 years at least around this area, just do your best i guess
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We live in a rural area and I have seen packs of 6-8 cut across our place and make a mess trying to get away from the law. 35 years ago when I had a dirt bike I road on the road but I did not do damage to other people lands but I did make some noise but the 90cc Honda's did that.
We live just west of the Land Between the Lakes and I think due to damage cost they have really restricted ATV activities. You Tube shows the kind of things people do with ATV's that gets many features ruffed.
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We ride also and all I will say is, until the ORV group learns to police themselves, I will support any legislation that will stop the damage they are doing in areas where they are not supposed to be in the 1st place. I stood in a parking lot and watched several ATVs ride around a "no motor vehicles beyond this point" sign, up a hill and then back, repeatedly. When they finally stopped long enough for someone to say something to them, they were very abusive and were going to whip everybody's ass, as they could do what they wanted. They said, they paid taxes, this was public land and no one was going to tell them they couldn't ride where they wanted. I have seen this same mentality more than once and until everyone steps up and puts a stop to these people(the 10%), all of us are going to pay the penalty.
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