- Too few asked to carry post-9/11 burden
- Rocky itself out of line on vehicles in forests
- Support curbs on ATVs, other vehicles
- Ex-student should hold fast to her cause
- Student among the ‘select pompous’
- Teachers and experience
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- War in Iraq
Rocky itself out of line on vehicles in forests
What’s the point of putting out maps, ride guides and brochures when, according to the Denver newspapers, off-highway vehicles can go “almost anywhere” (“Off road and out of line,” Sept. 2).
Colorado’s national forests have restricted OHV travel to signed trails for decades. In Colorado, off-road clubs and the U.S. Forest Service have long worked together marking and maintaining official trail systems. It’s insulting to everyone involved to constantly brainwash the public into believing OHVs have free rein in the state’s forests.
For years you’ve been able to go into any sporting goods store and buy beautiful National Geographic or Forest Service maps clearly showing the trail systems and what is open to ATVs, dirtbikes/bicycles or hiking.
And let’s not forget the big lie: “In some areas it’s hard to hear anything but these conveyances.” Excuse me? Nearly a fourth of Colorado’s national forests are wilderness, wilderness study areas or similar designations where you can’t take any conveyance, not even a bicycle. Yes, in some areas I can ride my dirt bike, in some areas I can’t. It seems to me there should be some responsibility placed on nonmotorized users to obtain and read a map, not just the motorized folks. But again — the Denver dailies don’t report facts, they just pass on the propaganda that OHVs are everywhere and there’s no place to get away.
Steven Jones, Louisville