If you havnt heard about this check it out.http://www.arkansasohv.org/What is the AOCA?
Over the past few months a group of people all with common interest in the off-highway community met at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and also at Arkansas Tech University in Ozark. We met with senior members of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC www.nohvcc.org) and American Motorcyclist Association (AMA www.ama-cycle.org)
Both meetings went extremely well and through the hard work of a awesome core group of people from all kinds of off-highway backgrounds including members of the Arkansas Trail Voyagers, Arkansas Dirt Riders, Rockcrawlers 4wd Club of NWA, Razorback Riders, and River Valley Dirt Riders we have officially conceived and Incorporation of the Arkansas OHV Conservation Association (AOCA)! We are all working together as a statewide to...

· Improve communication and cooperation within the OHV community;
· Establish professional working relationships with land managers;
· Build understanding of management issues;
· Learn how to improve and protect OHV recreation opportunities
Establish a statewide program to improve OHV recreation ethics; and
· Enable the OHV community to influence the political process.

Our Mission

The Arkansas Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Association (AOCA) represents off-highway vehicle (OHV) interests in Arkansas and works on recreation issues in cooperation with land managers, legislators and educators to conserve, expand, enhance and protect responsible OHV recreation opportunities.



Our Objectives

. Develop working relationships with land managers to improve and protect OHV recreational access within Arkansas.
. Organize and build unity between OHV interests.
. Promote communication with community officials on interests and concerns of the motorized OHV community.
. Establish working relationships with local, state, federal, and private land managers to promote communication and cooperation.
. Communicate to individual OHV enthusiasts the importance and benefits of joining an OHV organization.
. Establish a website and print materials to promote communication and interaction with all OHV organizations and enthusiasts.
. Educate the public, clubs, organizations, governmental bodies, OHV enthusiasts, and businesses regarding motorized OHV safety, ethics and environmental issues.
. Promote responsible riding ethics among enthusiasts through educational programs, materials and by example.

Edited: 04/24/2008 at 02:11 AM by ozarkhunter