New resource: Off-road vehicle best management practices for forestlands

Created by Grace Brogan on March 6, 2012

Check out this new resource, a review of scientific literature and guidance for managers.

Adam Switalski, our Science Program Director, recently co-authored an abridged version of our full ORV best management practices report with Wild Utah Conservation Biologist Alison Jones.  The publication appeared in the peer-reviewed Journal of Conservation Planning. 

This is a great resource for land managers concerned about conservation to address the environmental issues associated with ORV management on forestlands.

Click here for more information, the abstract, and a PDF of the publication.

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Max Frisson (not verified)

Sun, 03/11/2012 - 05:50

A new U.S. Forest Service (USFS) guide to help land managers maintain off-highway vehicle (OHV) trails contains derogatory anti-OHV language, and OHV groups want to know why, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports.

In a letter dated March 9, seven organizations are demanding answers from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, whose department oversees the USFS. The groups are the AMA, the All-Terrain Vehicle Association, the BlueRibbon Coalition, the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition, the Colorado Snowmobile Association, Trails Preservation Alliance, and the Utah Shared Access Alliance.

Bethanie Walder

Tue, 03/13/2012 - 09:13

The Comprehensive Framework for Off-Highway Vehicle Trail Management referred to in this comment, and that was pulled from the Forest Service website includes an earlier version of the Best Management Practices referred to in this blog post. The scientifically-based BMPs contain no derogatory language and provide an important ecological basis for off-road vehicle trail management.

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