Blog Archives for ORVs

By Sarah Peters - September 2, 2010    Each year the Siuslaw National Forest Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area allows a privately sponsored motorized event to occur on the lands it manages - DunesFest.  An article published yesterday in the Umpqua Post released some interesting numbers regarding law enforcement and citations.  This event requires five times the law enforcement presence just to try to keep the crowds under control.

By cathy - August 27, 2010    Mt. Hood National Forest published a plan Friday, August, 27 for the management of off-highway vehicles (OHVs) such as ATVs and dirt bikes on the forest. The OHV Plan provides for a total of 146 miles for OHV routes on roads and trails in four areas of the forest. Bark, forest users and other environmental groups are applauding the new plan.

By Bethanie Walder - July 22, 2010   On July 20, the Forest Service released their new Climate Change Roadmap, along with a new “scorecard” that will enable the national office to annually rate how each individual national forest is adapting to and mitigating for climate change.

By Sarah Peters - July 22, 2010    Although the use of alcohol at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area was banned several years ago, as highlighted in our report "Six Strategies for Effective Enforcement," it is still apparently a problem.  An article from yesterday's Umpqua Post highlights the issue. 

By Adam Rissien - July 16, 2010   

By Adam Rissien - June 24, 2010    Today the Missoulian reported on damage caused by illegal motorcyclists in an area that the Montana Conservation Corps just finished rehabilitating. I was going post my two cents on this typical behavior, but in reading through the comments, I saw a response that pretty much sums it up: The_Boneshackler said on: June 24, 2010, 9:51 am

By Adam Rissien - May 21, 2010   Remember seeing that Smokey the Bear ad warning ATV riders that their machines can spark forest fires. No? Well, that’s because the motorized activists cried foul so loudly that the Forest Service pulled the ad back in 2008 when it was first proposed (see our previous post).

By Bethanie Walder - May 20, 2010    The title of this article certainly caught my attention when it popped on my computer today: Dear john case: Filching a biffy costs Ely mayor $3,600.  

By Adam Rissien - May 20, 2010   The first round of public commenting closed this week on a proposal by the Lolo National Forest to create “The Route of the Olympian,” which would establish a new trail between Taft and St. Regis, Montana, on about 30 miles of the abandoned Milwaukee railroad grade. This new trail runs parallel to Interstate 90 and would connect with the existing Route of the Hiawatha bicycle trail to create a 47 mile world class attraction for cyclists.

By Sarah Peters - May 11, 2010