October 29, 2009
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Featured Story: FS to permanently close Upper Tellico OHV trail system The USFS announced that it is permanently closing the Upper Tellico OHV trail system to correct serious erosion problems in the Upper Tellico River watershed. Read our blog on this article. |
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News: Yellowstone NP approves restricting snowmobile traffic The National Park Service has approved a plan to restrict snowmobile numbers in Yellowstone National Park to less than half of last winter's limit. |
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News: Ocala NF Continues Closing User Created Routes, Old Firelines Visitors coming to the Ocala National Forest will notice changes as Forest Service employees continue a large-scale restoration project that began in 2008 on user created routes and old firelines. |
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News: ATV drivers causing headaches for snowmobile club "Stay off snowmobile trails on private land" is the simple message to ATV riders after numerous and continuing trespass complaints are coming from landowners about property damage. |
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News: Consumer Product Safety Commission Announces Rulemaking Process for Recreational OHV's to Address Rising Death Toll Furthering its commitment to improve the safety of Recreational OHV's and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries nationwide, the U.S.CPSC voted to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to address safety hazards. |
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News: Agency of Natural Resources raises ATV-use red flags The disagreement between environmentalists and ATV riders over whether to allow ATVs on (Vermont) state land has been very public, both in written comments and in meetings on the subject. |
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Opinion: The danger on our trails: homeowners vs. ATVs SOMEONE is going to get killed on those things. Oh wait, that happens all the time. I mean someone’s going to get killed, not riding an ATV, but in a clash between people who ride and those who feel threatened by them. |
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Opinion: OHV's, wilderness don't mix on Mount Hood From my vantage point, here on my family's property between Hood River and the mountain, the growing pressure that OHV's are putting on Mount Hood reinforces the need for strong protection... |
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Opinion: Sport of hunting riddled with challenges I recently pulled up at a red light alongside a pickup that was hauling a ton of hunting gear in a trailer, including two four-wheelers. A friend who doesn't hunt looked at the rig and asked, "Why do they need the four-wheelers?". |
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Resource: Managing the Miles: A Review of Forest Service Road Policies and Practices |
