Better to have a park with supervision of land and people

Steve Veysey wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> Like most of you, I am not in favor of this sport.  We all know what 
> the negatives are.  However, without endorsing the sport, we have to 
> recognize that in some circumstances we might be better off engaging 
> the OHV community with the goal of mitigating the worst of our 
> concerns, rather than just opposing "on principle".  I don't know 
> enough of the details to judge which category this project falls 
> into.   We probably need to study this to see if there is an 
> opportunity to engage constructively with Dennis Van Arkel and Dan Kleen.
>  
> Does Sierra Club have an "official policy" specific to OHV's?
>  
> Steve 
>
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Cindy Hildebrand <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     I just learned about this forthcoming OHV park on the edge of
>     Cambridge.  I thought some others on this listserv might be
>     interested also.  It would be very close to the Heart of Iowa
>     Nature Corridor and the Skunk River. 
>      
>     Cindy
>      
>     http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab8.cfm?newsid=20241804&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554431&rfi=6
>     <http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab8.cfm?newsid=20241804&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=554431&rfi=6>
>      
>      
>     Cindy Hildebrand
>     [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>     Ames, IA  50010
>
>     "Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying
>     glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest
>     speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and
>     articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a
>     zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a
>     creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises
>     that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit." (Rudolf
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