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Story: New Efforts Needed for Handle OHV's on Public Lands, GAO Says
With a lack of resources and staff leaving federal land managers unable to
handle the increasing use of off-highway vehicles on public lands, the
agencies must change their planning, communication and enforcement efforts,
a government watchdog has found.
Read
our blog about this issue. Read the GAO
report.
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News:
Proposal limits Yellowstone snowmobiles
The number of snowmobiles allowed in Yellowstone National Park would be cut
by more than half under an Obama administration proposal announced Aug. 6
that marked yet another policy swing on an issue that's been unresolved for
more than a decade.
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News:
Court restores 'roadless rule' in national forests
A federal appeals court on Aug.5ou reinstated national protections
for some of the country's wildest forest lands, the latest twist in a
nearly decadelong legal battle.
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News:
Forest Service decides not to close roads to OHVs
The Forest Service has decided not to close any forest roads in Idaho to
OHV's, at least for 2009.
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News:
Officials deciding fate of national forest roads
Hundreds of miles of dirt roads and trails cut through northern New
Mexico's mountains. The hard part is deciding which ones to keep open and
which to close.
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News:
Off-road vehicle enthusiasts rally to 'Take Back Utah'
A crowd of frustrated Utahns took to the roads of downtown Salt Lake City
to protest access to backcountry roads. They worry the federal government
has too much say when it comes to the state's public lands.
Read
our Utah ORV Coordinator blog about the protest.
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News:
Nirvana on a backhoe
Habitat restorer Kim Erion's describers her heartfelt connection to her
work.
Read
our Citizen Spotlight on Kim as well.
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Opinion:
Common sense should prevail on ORV use
So imagine my concern last year when I arrived at my favorite hunting spot
only to find the trail mangled and trees and bushes uprooted by an off-road
motorcycle...
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