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Originally Posted by LKILR
It’s not about breaking the law son. It’s about destroying habitat and nature. ATVs are not apart of nature. They are man made devices which “put the wrong rider on” and then they are destructive machines that don’t belong in the eastern slopes. I have nothing against responsible riders who stay on the trails. But lately I’ve seen more selfish riders than responsible ones. WAy I see it is either get your user group to grow up and ride responsibly or else your all Gona get banned. It’s tottaly up to you. Not my decision. You guys need to come up with some kind of plan to save your recreation. Your not doing any good asking me if we should shut down hunting because of a few poachers. I would rather see a deer poached and eaten than some jack ax tearing up the land on an atv. BTW I own an atv and use it occasionally to recover game. But I can get by without it if need be.
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You do realize that you can substitute GUN for OHV in that sentence right? You do realize that there are many out there doing that exact thing at this moment, right? This kind of "logic" boggles my mind, and it's not a joke, it's a major problem in today's world.
As does the selective application of the term conservation to fit each person's personal agenda. Poaching wildlife is OK, because it's better than OHVs causing erosion. Huh??????
I'll be the first one to agree that the OHV community needs to get it's act together and educate and self regulate, but unfortunately, it is NOT up to us,
we don't have the power to enforce the laws, and that is the single most critical factor in having responsible and sustainable OHV use. So simple, but unfortunately, so is banning things, and banning things is "free". Banning things also works better when combined with selective logic and conservation a la carte...