Off-Road Vehicle Reform

Working to Protect Montana Public Lands from Off-Road Vehicle Abuse

Wildlands CPR works to reclaim roadless, wilderness study and other important wildlife habitat and connectivity areas from motorized recreational abuse and for quiet, traditional recreation and wildlife protection in Montana.

Towards this end, the Montana ORV Coordinator works with organizations around the state providing support in dealing with the spread of off-road vehicle impacts. This includes tracking Montana’s numerous travel plans, and helping craft comments and policy positions as well as providing organizational support to local groups.

Currently, he is helping expand the Bitterroot Quiet Use Coalition (www.quietusecoalition.org) in order to garner the best possible outcome during the Bitterroot National Forest's Travel Planning process. This is one of Wildlands CPR’s priority areas during this important opportunity to reduce off-road vehicle abuse.

Travel planning on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is our other priority focus area with more than one million roadless acres currently available for motorized route designation. Working with our partner organizations, the MT. ORV Coordinator has helped draft comments on the Madison District’s proposal to issue a Motor Vehicle Use Map, supported Montanans for Quiet Recreation in their continued development, and continues to track projects that relate to travel planning.

With travel planning ongoing in the Custer, Flathead, Bitterroot and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests, there are numerous opportunities to protect our forests from the damage routinely caused by off-road vehicle abuse.