Sierra Club Conservation Policies

Off-Road Use of Motorized Vehicles

1. Trails and areas on public lands should be closed to all vehicles unless it is determined to be appropriate for their use through completion of an analysis, review, and implementation process, and officially posted with signs as being open.

   
   
   

2. The process must include application of objective criteria to assess whether or not environmental quality can be effectively maintained, and whether the safety and enjoyment of all users can be protected; a public review and comment procedure involving all interested parties; and promulgation of effective implementing regulations where impacts are sufficiently low that vehicle use is appropriate.
   
   
3. Trails and areas designated for vehicular use must be monitored periodically to detect environmental damage or user interference inconsistent with the above criteria. Where this occurs, the trail or area must be closed to vehicles unless effective corrective regulations are enforced.
   

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-------------- Original message from Steve Veysey <[log in to unmask]>: --------------

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]> 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

 

 

Cindy Hildebrand
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Ames, IA  50010

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