To read the entire story about the following topics please go to OHV Public Land Info and OHV & ATV Parks Info .  We’re keeping a close eye on the Tellico situation and will update you as information becomes available.  We feel that this battle is that important!  Now onto the news!

• You Just Cannot Please the Enviro-Wackos! Look At What Is Going On In California - California has a state system of OHV recreation areas that is authorized by a 36 year-old law, which is set to expire on December 31, 2007. To keep the OHV program and riding areas going the law needs to continued, but that is where problems come in. No one wants to end the program as everyone sees it’s end as a losing proposition but the enviro-wackos are asking for the world! Any of the talked-about agreements to preserve the OHV riding program are going to increase all associated off-road fees (double entrance fees at the eight state parks and more than triple OHV vehicle permits). This would raise an additional $30 million dollars for operating the OHV parks, trail maintenance, and to ensure the environment is protected as much as possible. While we are never in favor of off-roaders being exploited financially, we understand that at times fees will need to be increased.  What we have problems with are the demands the enviro-wackos are placing on the ORV parks!  You won’t believe it. 
• Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests (Oregon) Next Up On OHV Travel Plans List!- The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests make up 2.5 million acres  and right now ORVs can drive anywhere they want as long as it’s not in a prohibited area and doesn’t damage resources.  The good news is that we’ll still be bale to use these forests.  The bad news is that the rules of use are going to change in a couple of years.  ORV use will be restricted to designated trails and specified areas. The Forest Service will be holding a series of public meetings in central Oregon in the next couple of weeks to talk with people who use the forests about some proposed changes.   Go to the meetings and have your voice heard!
• Tellico News Hits The Major Media - CBS News ran with this supposedly unbiased article from the Christian Science Monitor on July 3rd.  I think the title says it all “Off-Road Vehicles Rev Up Controversy”.  How did we rev up this controversy? We’re just using the Tellico ORV area as always when along comes some enviro-wackos to cause problems in an attempt to rob us of one of the places where we are able to ride. The title should have been “Enviro-Extremists Cause Problems for ORV Users” I think the first sentence of the piece says it all as far as their perspective on trying to supposedly be fair and balanced! 
• Quest For New Hampshire ATV Park Ends In Disaster for Owners - Larry and Sharon Boisvert purchased 525 acres of land in southern New Hampshire in an attempt to turn it into a private ATV park. Their dream instead turned into a nightmare filled with political and legal battles that will finally end when the land is sold at auction next week!  Learn how things unraveled for the Boisverts. 
• Petition In Support of Creating an OHV Park in Rhode Island - The push has started to open an OHV park in Rhode Island by members of RIOHVA (Rhode Island Off Highway Vehicle Assoc.). Go and sign their petition and offer them support. We need all of this we can get across the country.
• Proposed ATV Park in the Adirondacks (NY) Is Opposed By Environmentalists - What a surprise!  We have some private landowners proposing to place an ATV park in a remote area of New York and the enviro-wackos are coming out against them. The landowners, Richard and Kathy Mohring, cited a lack of public land for ORVs (this has been a growing problem in New York for years) has submitted a proposal for a motocross, ATV and campground park on 738 acres in Johnsburg and Thurman counties.  These folks applied to the Adirondack Park Agency for approval of the park’s plans in April, but a conservation group immediately opposed the project and asked for it be located somewhere else. The enviro-wacko group’s, Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, Executive Director Peter Bauer has been reported to have said that Rpm’s at Glen Creek would severely damage the environment and ruin the rural aesthetics for those living in the area.   Read more about this on-going off-road park battle.
• A New Watchdog Group Formed Against “Outlaw” ORV Riders - Just what we need another watchdog group, but hey they are reportedly only against outlaw ORV riders.   Yeah, we’re really going to believe that one!   Remember the tactics of the enviro-wackos: sound reasonable, only be against those breaking the rules, then
  go after total elimination. That is how these people operate! The conservation
  group, PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) has launched a
  campaign to toughen enforcement against off-road riders who”carve up delicate
  ecosystems” (no they’re not biased). The group is formed of former public lands rangers and administrators and is called Rangers for Responsible Recreation.   Take a look at their Rangers for Responsible Recreation and what they had to say.  Then you decide if they are for or against us.
• New Trail Opened in MI’s UP and Northern Wisconsin - Finally some good news!  The Pioneer Multi-Use Trail was officially opened to ATVs on June 30.  A rider can go east of Iron River and actually ride an ATV to trails that start north of Green Bay, Wis.  Thank you to all of those involved in getting this trail established.

To read in more detail about these offroad issues and others go to ORV, ATV & OHV Information