November 20, 2009

	Feature Story: Legacy Roads Receives $90 million for 2010! On Friday, Oct. 30, President Obama signed the Department of Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The bill provides funding for public lands management across the country, including the national forests.
	News: Dust-up stirs over off-road vehicle Thousands of off-roaders kicked off the high season last weekend with campouts and spinouts at Glamis, Ocotillo Wells and other California desert hot spots.
	News: User fees divide OHV riders Some Colorado OHV users are fuming over a proposal to cut funding for trail building and rehabilitation by $2.24 million. Proponents are asking CO State Parks to adopt a new formula for the distribution of OHV user fees, which riders pay when they register their vehicles.
	News: New B.C. rules for off-road vehicles Drivers of ATV's, snowmobiles and dirt bikes in B.C. will be subject to new rules being phased in over the next two years. Read an editorial about B.C.'s Shameful Backcountry Wreckreation
	News: Going for the green Who says there's no profit in saving the planet? Not the folks at River Design Group, who have been hired to manage the removal of the Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue River in southern Oregon.
	Opinion: It's time for ATV safety law Maybe you wouldn't let your youngster drive an all terrain vehicle or do so without safety glasses and a helmet. Maybe you would insist that your child take a safety course before setting foot on a four-wheeler.
	Opinion: Manage off-road vehicles to protect forests Each national forest in Arizona is developing a "travel management plan" to determine which roads, trails and areas will be open to motorized vehicles and cross-country travel...your participation is encouraged.
	Opinion: The confessions of an off-road-vehicle outlaw By God, it was my right. No one could tell me I couldn't chop new roads through national forest land with my off-road vehicle and my chainsaw. I paid my taxes. This land belonged to me.