What off-road issues are at the forefront in your state?
I find it a little ironic that Trail Gear has received more attention for an oversight that they seem willing to fix in the future....than those
leading our off-road community arrogantly exhibit when confronted with much more important issues today.
Example:
National off-road organizations are sponsoring a series of workshops all around this country designed to spawn 'communication' betwen all parties involved in the newest National Forest initiatives. My several e-mails to a major workshop sponsor regarding an incorrect deadline date and the absence of
public government-sponsored posting of the event itself; led to overtly rude replies; an insistence that nobody could 'force' our
employees to announce these workshops in thefirst place and even an insulting inference that I would seek to disrupt the conference itself.
One phone call to the government webmaster and National Forest Personnel indeed
attending this same event
and actually hoping to meet as many of us as possible....problem solved either instantly or that afternoon with a simple 'thanks' and a 'nobody contacted us' explanation.
We've got more problems than greenies and "Trail Gear" folks.
And none of those problems will get solved until we start cleaning out our
own house and start asking ourselves why there are so few young people in our ranks willing to put up with the often long-in-the-tooth 'leaders' we're saddled with presently.
If our kids can't show up at these workshops to question why the mantra "shared trails" doesn't necessarily 'apply' to our national orv leader's me-only-trail buddies steamrolling anything
but through our National Forests...then the vast majority of our youth will frankly continue to stay out of the process.(which, from
my 7 year experience at the largest system in this country; is where these non-profit leaders actually desire them to be anyways).
Trail Gear's actions on one day vs the whole community's apathy on how our national orv leaders represent us each and every with
nobody younger than 'middle age' in the wings?
For pete's sake, folks....95% of our local businessmen
selling us these toys don't even give a rip about any of this!
