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shane4x4 previously said:
I know in Colorado, there are MANY active ORV enthusiasts assisting the FS in preparing the trail use maps...Most of the guys helping are ATV types. Nice thing is, the ATV & motorcylce crowd use the same roads I wheel on to get to their trails, so we'll be OK here in CO.
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It is curious to me that the orv users in CO....who obviously had
great leadership; saw the obvious coming long ago and worked not only
together but hand in hand with the USFS on these usage maps...are the ones today not seemingly
worried about the head of the USFS claiming (rightfully) that we have had a huge problem in this country (one that was never addressed by the off-road community as anything even so much as
resembling a united effort in all these decades leading up to this).
I also see shane's observation above as motorcyclists; atvers and full-sizers actually working together (as opposed to traditionally apart) and somewhat weathering this latest massive storm due to a working relationship (imagine that) forged between all four groups.
Maybe Colorado off-road enthusiasts decided to not
allow the government (or even our own non-profit leadership) to drive a stake in between the different user groups for the purposes of creating an "us against them" attitude both on the environmental side or in knee-jerk criticism of government officials in general.
I would futher wager that Colorado off-road groups do not copy; print or handout most of the opinions expressed here and elsewhere on this very topic in their meetings with these same people...which should tell us a lot about where we are at today...in and of itself.
