In order to facilitate submissions of much needed comments, the BQUC (which Wildlands CPR is a member) provides this Quick Guide that offers facts and advice on how to write the best comments. Also, you can download and print the guide along with a Forest Service comment form if you would like to encourage your friends to send in comments as well.
To see the Quick Guide click here. Comments are Due by Feb. 29th
Numerous products come out each year in order to customize ATVs. While most are in the form of headlights, racks, and winches, every now and then something special comes.
Meet the Bazooka Camo ATV Speakers.
From the product website:
On Jan. 11 the Bitterroot National Forest held a public meeting in Darby, MT to provide the public an opportunity submit comments on its travel planning proposal. The ORVers dominated the event with expletives and threats that created a hostile atmosphere for those of us speaking up for wildlife and quiet recreation. Since then letters to the editor and quest editorials have dominated the local media. (See "Montana Related News" at the bottom of this page:http://www.wildlandscpr.org/montana)
A new study, the first of its kind, shows that less than 6% of visitors to Moab’s famous landscape come to ride off-road vehicles (ORVs). Just before releasing this study, however, the Moab Bureau of Land Management (BLM) office closed the public comment period on its new management plan. This plan, still in its draft form, would put 84% of the Moab area's BLM lands within half a mile of a road.
One of the main arguments used by proponents of unchecked off-road vehicle use is that more people are riding off-road, and that there is a huge amount of demand for places to ride. However, interesting news is coming out of Wall Street this week, in the form of weaker-than-expected sales of off-road vehicles by Arctic Cat. From a Reuter's news report:
