Closures coming to the Oregon Dunes
#1
Closures coming to the Oregon Dunes
If you've ever ridden the Oregon Dunes you know what a unique experience it is. Unfortunately, the Forest Service is implementing their Travel Management plan (a.k.a. Closures). Slated for closure are large portions of Florence, and Winchester Bay (including Banshee Hill), and large portions of the Coos Bay area. It won't stop there. More are coming. Groups who want to see the entire dunes closed have already filed lawsuits, including those to stop the Riley Ranch project, a project that would give improved dune access and recreation facilities for not only ATV's, but also horse riders, fishermen, campers, hikers, etc...
Several Northwest clubs are working to unify the fight against closures. To anyone that is or knows of an off-road enthusiast, please help us out - join the Blue Ribbon Coalition and - or donate if possible (Be sure to mention the Oregon Dunes Account) and send this out to any off-roaders you may know. A website will also soon be up at: www.savetheridersdunes.com
Please help spread the word!
Thanks!
Several Northwest clubs are working to unify the fight against closures. To anyone that is or knows of an off-road enthusiast, please help us out - join the Blue Ribbon Coalition and - or donate if possible (Be sure to mention the Oregon Dunes Account) and send this out to any off-roaders you may know. A website will also soon be up at: www.savetheridersdunes.com
Please help spread the word!
Thanks!
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#5
We are definitely trying to fight this, by spreading the word, donations, and uniting the off-road community -ATV's, 4x4's, bikes, buggies- because it won't stop at the dunes.
We want to promote responsible riding, and we want to keep the dunes and trails open for many years to come. These dunes are a very unique riding experience that we don't want to keep to ourselves. We don't want to see them go away.
xcitmt,
Hope you get to come out this direction. We'll fight to keep the doors open for ya!
We want to promote responsible riding, and we want to keep the dunes and trails open for many years to come. These dunes are a very unique riding experience that we don't want to keep to ourselves. We don't want to see them go away.
xcitmt,
Hope you get to come out this direction. We'll fight to keep the doors open for ya!
#7
It's time to wake the hell up folks!!!
Unfortunately it isn't so simple, and generally it is NOT environmentalists on power agendas...it is environmentalists who are disgusted with the abuse...not use...of the environment caused by ATV riders. I have been an off-road enthusiast for over 30 years, but every time I see piles of beer cans and trash left out in the middle of nowhere, I am outraged at the irresponsibility and carelessness of my fellow riders...does that make me an environmentalist?
As a whole, ATV riders do not set a good example for the non-riding public to see. We ride irresponsibly and without helmets...we let our kids ride without proper training or on machines way too big for them...we ride machines with loud exhausts and think everyone else enjoys the racket...we drink irresponsibly while on our machines...we leave trash and beer cans everywhere...we trespass on private land...and we take extreme liberties with where we ride and do not stay on designated trails.
It's because of a MAJORITY (not a minority unfortunately) of riders doing any or all of the above that we have given our sport a bad reputation in the eyes of the non-riders...they see the shredded land strewn with trash, and realize the people causing the damage (us) are not going to clean up their act, and so they feel compelled to do something to save the land.
I for one don't blame them for their intentions, albeit done in a "squash the fly with a sledgehammer" method.
IT'S TIME TO WAKE THE HELL UP FOLKS!!!!
If we don't start riding responsibly, we will lose all of our riding areas to "environmentalists" who use the evidence we provide them to close our riding areas.
The attitude of "do whatever the heck I want" has got to be replaced with "Tread Lightly" and "Pack out what you pack in" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
Education is an avenue for change with young riders, but for the old dogs who have it set in their minds as to what their "rights" are, I don't see anything other than taxations and fees to offset the costs of cleaning up after the messes they will leave/have left behind.
I rant...
As a whole, ATV riders do not set a good example for the non-riding public to see. We ride irresponsibly and without helmets...we let our kids ride without proper training or on machines way too big for them...we ride machines with loud exhausts and think everyone else enjoys the racket...we drink irresponsibly while on our machines...we leave trash and beer cans everywhere...we trespass on private land...and we take extreme liberties with where we ride and do not stay on designated trails.
It's because of a MAJORITY (not a minority unfortunately) of riders doing any or all of the above that we have given our sport a bad reputation in the eyes of the non-riders...they see the shredded land strewn with trash, and realize the people causing the damage (us) are not going to clean up their act, and so they feel compelled to do something to save the land.
I for one don't blame them for their intentions, albeit done in a "squash the fly with a sledgehammer" method.
IT'S TIME TO WAKE THE HELL UP FOLKS!!!!
If we don't start riding responsibly, we will lose all of our riding areas to "environmentalists" who use the evidence we provide them to close our riding areas.
The attitude of "do whatever the heck I want" has got to be replaced with "Tread Lightly" and "Pack out what you pack in" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
Education is an avenue for change with young riders, but for the old dogs who have it set in their minds as to what their "rights" are, I don't see anything other than taxations and fees to offset the costs of cleaning up after the messes they will leave/have left behind.
I rant...
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If you've ever ridden the Oregon Dunes you know what a unique experience it is. Unfortunately, the Forest Service is implementing their Travel Management plan (a.k.a. Closures). Slated for closure are large portions of Florence, and Winchester Bay (including Banshee Hill), and large portions of the Coos Bay area. It won't stop there. More are coming. Groups who want to see the entire dunes closed have already filed lawsuits, including those to stop the Riley Ranch project, a project that would give improved dune access and recreation facilities for not only ATV's, but also horse riders, fishermen, campers, hikers, etc...
Several Northwest clubs are working to unify the fight against closures. To anyone that is or knows of an off-road enthusiast, please help us out - join the Blue Ribbon Coalition and - or donate if possible (Be sure to mention the Oregon Dunes Account) and send this out to any off-roaders you may know. A website will also soon be up at: www.savetheridersdunes.com
Please help spread the word!
Thanks!
Several Northwest clubs are working to unify the fight against closures. To anyone that is or knows of an off-road enthusiast, please help us out - join the Blue Ribbon Coalition and - or donate if possible (Be sure to mention the Oregon Dunes Account) and send this out to any off-roaders you may know. A website will also soon be up at: www.savetheridersdunes.com
Please help spread the word!
Thanks!
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Edit:
"Slated for closure are large portions of Florence, and Winchester Bay (including Banshee Hill), and large portions of the Coos Bay area. It won't stop there." FALSE
Read this.....Nobody is taking away the riding area. There will be changes (some closures), but there will also be improvements to some trails and possible new trails.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/proj...ope-letter.pdf
#10
One thing I will say is that a lot of times, local town scumbags use our ATV trails to dump their crap and it's not the ATV riders fault. They're too lazy, dumb, broke to know any better. I see it all the time....about 100 yards into the trail in a big pile of junk some bastard dumped.
A license to ride is needed IMO.
Last edited by FunRide; 05-02-2010 at 07:53 AM. Reason: moved sentence up.
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