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• Park Guidelines for Off-Highway Vehicles: planning, design, and management of OHV recreation areas
• Meeting the Demands for OHV Recreation Opportunities (pdf 1.7 mb), By Russ Ehnes, NOHVCC
• BLM Clarifies OHV Designations and Travel Management
• AZ: Arizona partnership maps and inventories OHV trails
• CO: New Strategic Plan for Colorado OHV Program
• MA: Massachusetts Completes New Off Highway Vehicle Policy
• MI: Linking research, legal mandates, and public input to update Michigan's OHV plan
• MN: OHV trail planning history and program: Chronology 1984-2009
• NV: Lesson at Pyramid Lake: OHV recreation on Indian lands
• NH: Plan for Developing New Hampshire’s Statewide Trail System for ATVs and Trail Bikes
• PA: Northumberland County plans OHV park for abandoned strip mine
• WV: Two articles on the Hatfield-McCoy motorized and multi-use trails system being developed in West Virginia

• A rider's quest to increase OHV opportunities and work towards a career in recreation
• "A" in ATV may mean Access: helping people with disabilities enjoy the backcountry
• Karen Umphress joins NOHVCC as as Project Coordinator
• Dana Bell receives award for motorcycling advocacy
• The mythical off-highway vehicle user, by Karen Umphress
• Take a reporter riding today: Wild ride results in new attitude about dirt bikers
• Alberta, Canada: OHV RECREATION MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP held
• AL: Cheaha Trail Riders support Alabama OHV trails and parks
• AZ: Statewide Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition being formed
• NH: Off-Highway Vehicle economic impacts in New Hampshire
• NJ: New Jersey OHV groups lay groundwork for state association
• NM: New Mexico group works to insure riding opportunities for future generations
• NY: ATV Enthusiasts Support Increased Fees to Develop Public ATV Trail System
• TN: Plan for OHV recreational opportunities
• TN: Tennessee Off-Highway Vehicle Association Incorporation Meeting and Bylaws (pdf 488 kb)
• VA: Virginia group forming new statewide OHV Coalition
• WI: WISCONSIN RIDERS WORK CLOSELY WITH LEGISLATORS ON NEW ATV PROPOSAL

• Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle online safety course available
• Partnerships for Responsible Recreation: Arizona's OHV Ambassador Program (pdf 2.5 mb)
• NOHVCC launches Adventure Trail interactive CD-ROM for kids
• Marshall University's Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation course is online
• Idaho statewide media campaign promotes responsible and safe OHV recreation
• Sensible, Courteous Off Road Enthusiasts (SCORE) promotes education of riders
• Colorado's Responsible OHV Rider Media Campaign (1 mb PowerPoint file)
• 10 Ways to Minimize Impact with an ATV from Tread Lightly!
• Noise: Sound Advice report released by the Motorcycle Sound Working Group
• Noise: AMA National Summit on Motorcycle Sound promotes dialogue and action
• Noise: AMA Position on Excessive Motorcycle Noise
• Noise: Motorcycle sound levels: HISTORIC JACKHAMMER RACE BECOMES MUCH QUIETER
• Noise: Grant will assist in OHV sound emissions reduction
• Protect Our Hunting Heritage brochure from Colorado State Parks (PDF 30 kb)
• Curriculum package on outdoor ethics for hunting and ATV use from Tread Lightly!
• OHV Trail use guidelines from Colorado State Parks
• Responsible Advertising for Off Highway Vehicles
• Federal Safety Agency Sets Hearings on ATVs

• Forest Service closes Upper Tellico OHV trail system; decision and repair plan
• Tennessee Off-Highway Vehicle User Survey
• FL: Economic Impacts and motivations of Off- highway Vehicle Recreationists (pdf 6.4 mb)
• Environmental and Social Effects of ATVs and ORVs: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Assessment (pdf 90kb)

 

• Review of Management Guidelines for OHV Recreation
• Off-Road Vehicle Management under Forest Service Travel Management Rule
• PowerPoint slides for Management Guidelines for OHV Recreation (pdf 2.2 mb)
• Connecticut DEP Assessment of Trail Conditions Along Enduro Routes (pdf 260kb)
• State regulations on use of OHVs on public roadways
• Travel Management Signs for Public Lands in Colorado
• ATV riders and hikers sign agreement for Ice Age Trail
• Rubicon Trail Master Plan: Trail Management Strategies (pdf 144kb)
• ATV Route Signs showing up on Chequamegon-Nicolet (pdf 98kb)
• First Local Access Plan Created for Riverbed Vehicles
• New York Releases Draft Policy for ATV Access on Public Lands
• BLM publishes national OHV management strategy
• Just don't tell me no: managing OHV recreational use on national forests
• Relationship Between Use of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and the Proposed Accessibility Guidelines for Trails
• Issues from OHV & Hunting Summit facilitated by the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council
• Details of 2005 Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Management Workshop
• COLORADO OHV USER SURVEY SUMMARY OF RESULTS
• OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE USER GROUP PERSPECTIVES ON TRAIL SYSTEMS
• Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Program: Protects Resources - Enhances Trail Opportunities for all Users
• OHV riders encouraged to "Use Trails, Not Rails"

• Restoration of the Mutli-Use Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas
• ATV Trail Work on the Allegheny National Forest with mechanized equipment (Summer 2000)
• Off-Highway Trail and Road Grading Equipment by Brian Vachowski, 1998
• Off-Highway Motorcycle and ATV Trails: Guidelines For Design, Construction, Maintenance And User Satisfaction, By Joe Wernex (pdf 1.2 mb)
• Cattle Guards for Off-Highway Vehicle Trails
• Guidelines for Snowmobile Trail Groomer Operator Training

• Why Tread Lightly! is essential to saving your access
• User fees and the demand of OHV recreation, 2005
• The American Motorcyclist Association has a database of State motorcycle laws
• Snowmobile Registration Estimates by State, 2004
• Signposts for Snow Trails by Brian Vachowski, 1998.

• Off-Highway Vehicle Decal to Fund Texas Trail Grants
• Texas funds Crockett County OHV recreation area project with RTP funds

 

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