Thinking outside the box -
Here's something that came to me as I read about the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) on the Minnesota/Ontario border. No motorized traffic is allowed there. You can't even fly over it in a plane. Thousands of people from all over the country and the world go there to camp and paddle around the area's hundreds of lakes.
It's a wild and remote area, but keeping it from becoming overcrowded required a reservation system to be established a few years ago. Then, so many people wanted reservations that now the only way to get one is to win it in a lottery like an elk tag.
That kind of popularity may be indicative of the pressure our public officials feel from people wanting to experience non-motorized areas. They seem to be making progress, as shown by all the postings on this site about trail closings and anti-ATV laws.
I'm thinking that one strategy for ATV'ers would be to generate a high profile in supporting the establishment of wilderness areas...when there are nearby areas of equal size for ATV trail systems.
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