:barf:Latest from the clubbers & huggers:

http://www.desertreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/DR_Spring2011.pdf

• Off-Road Vehicles Destroy Cultural Resources In California Desert
BY PHILIP M. KLASKY with MATTHEW LEIVAS, SR. (CHEMEHUEVI)

"ORVs are destroying invaluable cultural and historical sites throughout the American West, and federal and local law enforcement agencies have failed to effectively deal with the problem."

"The protection of cultural resources in the Mojave and Colorado desert regions has been woefully inadequate. Last year, at congressional hearings in Washington, D. C., federal land use managers testified that off-road vehicles are the number one threat to our public lands. Federal agencies have failed to prioritize the protection of cultural resources and continue to bow to pressure from the influential ORV industry and their lobbyists in Sacramento and in the nation’s capital."

I need a cold one ....
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"federal land use managers testified that off-road vehicles are the number one threat to our public lands. "

I watch all the hearings, they said no such thing.

Those two chumps are lying and someone should sue their ass for Defamation.

Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, traducement, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government, or nation a negative image. It is usually a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed (the claimant).[1]

Those two chumps are lying and someone should sue their ass for Defamation.

X2


I *think* they are refering to that FS Sup that said OHV were ONE threat to the forest.

I was looking for that qoute...and found this on the FS website. I like some of the wording:

http://www.fs.fed.us/projects/four-threats/key-messages/unmanaged-recreation.shtml

Managing recreation opportunities in the national forest protects the land for the benefit of all users.

* It is every American’s birthright to use the national forests and grasslands in multiple ways, including outdoor recreation in all its forms.
* Visitors to National Forest System managed lands grew 18 times from 1946 to 2000. In 2002, the number of visitors reached 214 million. As the U.S. population is expected to more than double from 275 to 571 million by the next century (2100), the number of visitors to national forests and grasslands is expected to dramatically increase.
* Rising use may trigger the need for management to protect natural resources. Some uses, like blueberry picking, do not need to be managed but other uses do. At one time, for example, mushroom picking on national forest land was not managed. During mushroom picking season, this activity is managed in some areas where necessary due to increased demand -- for the high economic return for some and health benefits for others.
* One of the fastest growing forms of outdoor recreation involves the use of OHVs. OHV owners and users have risen sevenfold in less than three decades—from about 5 million in 1972 to 36 million in 2002. OHV users account for about 11 million visitors, or 5 percent, to the national forests and grasslands.
* Only a small number of OHV users who use their vehicles going cross-country leave lasting traces on the land. However, even this small percentage has created undesired impacts.
* Factors such as type of terrain, susceptibility to erosion, and vegetation type affect the magnitude of degradation caused by OHV use. Depending on the site, unmanaged OHV use can have various adverse impacts, including (but not limited to):
o Use conflicts among different types of recreation activities
o Impacts to cultural resource and historic sites
o Violation of sites sacred to American Indians
o Damage to riparian areas and species
o Severe soil erosion
o Spread of invasive weeds
o Disturbance to wildlife
o Destruction of fragile soils and vegetation
* Decreasing availability of open space outside public land along with the surge in the use of OHVs is likely to increase the impact of OHV use on national forestlands.
* Other public and private lands will be affected by the increasing use of OHVs. Increased population growth and urbanization and changing demographics are creating competition for space and activities.

Management of OHV use in the national forests is guided by specific policies and procedures. In July 2004, the Forest Service is scheduled to release a draft national policy covering OHV use. This national framework is intended to guide the local designation of roads, trails and areas for OHV use on national forests and grasslands. Under this framework, cross-country travel while on off-road vehicles will not be allowed.

"federal land use managers testified that off-road vehicles are the number one threat to our public lands. "


It could have came from the PEER assholes who have their "off-road wreckreation" campaign.

http://www.peer.org/campaigns/publiclands/orv/index.php

pklasky@igc.org

Mr. Klasky,

I take offense to your article that you wrote in the March 2011 Desert Report, specifically the statement that quote, “ at congressional hearings in Washington, D. C., federal land use managers
testified that off-road vehicles are the number one threat to our public lands”. In all of my research as well as listening to those hearings your statement is misrepresented in the truth.

If we closed public land to OHV use like many in your organization would like to do, how would the generations after us actually get to see the beauty that lies beyond what a normal human can walk in a day?

I routinely travel to the southwest to recreate on public and private OHV lands. I challenge you to work with the OHV community in educating the ignorant that misuse OHV lands. As I am sure that you know it only takes one bad apple to ruin a whole barrel and there are more that “do right” than actually do wrong on OHV lands.

Feel free to contact me at anytime to discuss this further and I hope to work with you in the future.

Doug Bigelow
OHV land use activist


kill them with kindness

Good job Doug - it's also called softfluffyslammajamma. I use it all the time :laughing:

Send it also to co-author Matthew Leivas Sr. (Chemehuevi) at
nuwuviman@gmail.com