Wildlands CPR: The Dirt

[troy]

We focus on reclaiming ecologically damaging, unneeded roads and on stopping off-road vehicle abuse.

The pollution and habitat degradation associated with Off-Road Vehicles has made a variety of controls on their use necessary for the protection of wild places. Wildlands CPR fights for these protections in a variety of ways.

Dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles drown out the peace and quiet of nature

They're often driven recklessly, posing a physical threat to hikers & horseback riders

Their inefficient two-stroke engines dump unburned fuel into the air, ground and water

They frequently trespass on private land

Off-roaders violate the rights of other forest users

Off-road vehicles go everywhere, killing and harassing wildlife

They rip up our most fragile and remote lands

[troy]

The Dirt is the monthly newsletter from Wildlands CPR.

September 2010
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/3828 ... c1dd912a6/

[Stu]

Hm. We are certainly an ugly bunch of abusive users of the land. Tch.

Do-gooders certainly have Moral Passion if not precision of data in their complaints.

The value of life is, in the end, in the experienced quality of it. And that includes hiking, camping, dirt bike riding and dual sporting along with the sweaty, farting & noxious blather of professional whiners. They need their recreation just as we do and we can ignore their saliva secretions while asking them to overlook our passionate trail riding.

I had a feeling that quadtards would eventually tar us with the savages in the forest brush of these new prohibitionists.

We have our work cut out for us.

Stu

[curado]

Sigh. I feel compelled to now state my equally unintelligent but witty responses.

Dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles drown out the peace and quiet of nature

Go to a state park where offroading is prohibited. You will still hear the boats and jet ski's. Better prohibit those too, as they also spew noise and unburned fuel into the environment.

They're often driven recklessly, posing a physical threat to hikers & horseback riders

Hike or horseback ride somewhere else. There are a limited number of designated ORV areas. There are innumerable better places to ride your horse.

Their inefficient two-stroke engines dump unburned fuel into the air, ground and water

I hate stepping in horse shit.

They frequently trespass on private land

Nah, we really don't like your piano wire strung between the trees.

Off-roaders violate the rights of other forest users

And what rights are those? Bicyclists piss me off when I'm driving. Deal with it.

Off-road vehicles go everywhere, killing and harassing wildlife

I saw 50 pieces of roadkill in 120 miles of highway. That's almost one every 2 miles. But not a single carcass on the trails.

They rip up our most fragile and remote lands

Nah. False. Most remote riding areas are uninhabitable armpits of dismal country side. Strip mines. Swamps. Where do you get your information?

[Stu]

Curado,

Your forgot the generators running on the RVs in campgrounds all night while we DS bikers in tents try to sleep in un-airconditioned accommodations on the ground.

Stu

[troy]

RE: This link

Dirt bikes and other off-road vehicles drown out the peace and quiet of nature

They're often driven recklessly, posing a physical threat to hikers & horseback riders

Their inefficient two-stroke engines dump unburned fuel into the air, ground and water

They frequently trespass on private land

Off-roaders violate the rights of other forest users

Off-road vehicles go everywhere, killing and harassing wildlife

They rip up our most fragile and remote lands

[curado]

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 continues to work with organizations around the state helping protect key areas from off-road vehicle impacts. This is accomplished primarily through the Forest Service’s travel planning efforts, which is the official name for a process to designate roads, trails and areas available to off-road vehicles; the end result being the publication of a Motor Vehicle Use Map that illustrates all the places authorized for motorized use.

Sounds like they chiefly want to restrict where people ride.

Off-road vehicle use on most public lands is poorly managed, covering the landscape with a web of motorized paths and roads. The vehicles can cause severe damage to resources and wildlife habitat and they ruin the quiet natural experience for millions more who visit our public lands to experience. Off-road vehicles cause erosion, contaminate waters, spread noxious weeds, and kill, harass, and stress wildlife. Like cigarettes, the machines satisfy riders but cause damage when used as intended.

What a cheap argument. Passionate, but very one sided.

Lax management plans, irresponsible use and insufficient enforcement have resulted in hundreds of thousands of miles of unauthorized "renegade routes" across the lands owned by all Americans. Transportation planners, biologists, and law enforcement officers on public lands now recognize they are vastly outnumbered and badly under-funded to properly manage out of control recreational use. Public officials have largely neglected the explosion in off-road vehicle use, the damage they leave behind, and the conflicts they create with other recreational users of public pands, ranchers and private landowners. You can make a difference by getting involved early and often in local travel plan and resource management plan revisions.

So in summary, anyone who rides an ORV should be strangled with their inner tubes. All they need is your donation.

[JasonK94Z]

I will continue to kill mother nature one knobby at a time untill the day I die.