 ORV Visible Identification
New Hampshire earned a C for its ORV registration and identification program. Read more from RTA's 2012 visible identification report Off-road vehicles and snowmobiles must be registered unless they are used only on the owner’s land and display numbered decals must be displayed on the front and rear as high as possible. 
Public Road Access Off-highway recreational vehicles are permitted to cross roadways at designated crossing sites. OHRVs are prohibited from operating on public roadways for any other reason.
Community Voices Demand Action in New Hampshire New Hampshirites are increasingly voicing their concerns about a growing contingent of reckless riders who break the law, damage public and private land, injure themselves and others, and ruin hunting, fishing and hiking experiences for the rest of us. - "Yet many times ATV users have told me that they were unaware of the law, and believed they could ride anywhere that's not posted. Nothing could be further from the truth, and operating ATVs on land where they're not wanted risks alienating landowners (us among them) who've traditionally left their land open for others to enjoy." --John Harrigan, Union Leader Columnist, "What to do if they don't know the law?", Manchester Union-Leader
- "Yet many times ATV users have told me that they were unaware of the law, and believed they could ride anywhere that's not posted. Nothing could be further from the truth, and operating ATVs on land where they're not wanted risks alienating landowners (us among them) who've traditionally left their land open for others to enjoy." --John Harrigan, Union Leader Columnist, "What to do if they don't know the law?", Manchester Union-Leader (5/24/09)
- "A person has the right to use their land, but the neighbor has a right to be protected from excessive nuisance noise," -- Wayne Perreault, homeowner, "Warrant article aims to put a lid on noise", Union-Leader, (2/12/11)
- "People are sick of seeing and hearing them all day and half the night. Where I live, they go flying up and down the streets. They go on private lands and don't wear helmets…All the ATV and snowmobile clubs have to help with this. If we don't, we will lose all the trails. The land owners will take back the lands." -- Gerald Booth, Deering - Letter to the Editor, "Quieting ATVs", The Concord Monitor (12/13/08)
- "Why are so many people, public servants included, so badly informed about landowners' rights, off-road vehicles, and the so-called privilege of trespass? The landowner has the absolute right of deciding who can or cannot be on the land. The absence of "No Trespassing" signs does not automatically imply that wheeled access is allowed. The laws clearly state that anyone wishing to use another's land for wheeled recreation (i.e., ATVs) must have explicit permission." -- John Harrigan, New Hampshire Union Leader Columnist, "John Harrigan: Items from mind, mail", Manchester Union-Leader (6/29/08)
Recent ORV-Related Media Coverage
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Written by Nashua Telegraph
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
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All-terrain vehicle riders in New Hampshire and Vermont soon will be able to buy one registration to legally ride in both states.
The change in rules, known as “reciprocity,” does not affect motorized dirt bikes or the larger, side-by-side utility vehicles. Those still must carry registration from the state they are in.
From May 23 through Dec. 1, ATVs that are properly registered in Vermont may be operated in New Hampshire on state ATV trails, without having New Hampshire Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle registration. |
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Read more... [ATVs, but not dirt bikes, can soon travel in NH and Vermont with just one registration]
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Written by Greenwich Time
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Sunday, May 22, 2011 |
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Recreational vehicle trails maintained by the state of New Hampshire are about to open for the season. The state Bureau of Trails says volunteer clubs have been working hard to get more than 700 miles of trails ready for Monday's opening day. The North Country has the largest network of trails, with more than 500 miles available for all-terrain vehicles. Jericho Mountain State Park in Berlin will have 70 miles of trails open. -- Source: Greenwich Times |
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Written by Union-Leader
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Saturday, February 12, 2011 |
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Greg Kwasnik One local resident is making himself heard this year with a petition warrant article to limit nuisance noise in residential areas. Wayne Perreault, of Spring Street, collected 40 signatures this winter to place his article on the town warrant. If approved by voters, the article would amend the town's noise ordinance to prohibit excessive noise from ATVs, dirt bikes, 4x4s, modified cars or other machinery.
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Read more... [Warrant article aims to put a lid on noise]
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Written by Lowell Sun
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Saturday, February 05, 2011 |
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Hiroko Sato Just call them the snow patrol. Pelham police have launched a snowmobile-patrol program to keep illegal four-wheel drivers off snowmobile trails. |
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Read more... [Snow patrol hitting the trail in Pelham]
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Written by Concord Monitor
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 |
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Shira Schoenberg Joseph Cartwright owns 430 acres in Alstead. He has cut timber and sold firewood, but he said he can't make a living off his land. "Before you cut a tree, you give 35 percent to government agencies," Cartwright said, citing a litany of federal and state taxes. "If you can correct that so you make money owning land, the conservation problem will solve itself." |
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Read more... [Ag secretary lends ear to landowners]
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Written by Concord Monitor
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Saturday, July 17, 2010 |
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Trent Spiner Despite the best efforts of local volunteers, vandals have destroyed a number of gates blocking traffic into Bow's Nottingcook Forest, also leaving behind trash and damaged hiking trails. Selectmen voted to have the gates installed after the police found a number of people dumping items such as old appliances and roofing shingles in the town-owned forest. The gates were installed two weeks ago. |
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Read more... [Vandals shear off gates to forest]
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Written by Berlin Reporter
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
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Edith Tucker GORHAM — A controversial proposal by the state Bureau of Trails to open about a mile on the east end of the 20-mile-long state-owned Presidential Rail Trail to summertime use by ATVs and trail bikes has been withdrawn, for at least a year, said Trails Bureau Chief Chris Gamache in a Monday afternoon telephone interview. Businesses in Gorham requested the state's help in finding a route that would bring ATV enthusiasts to their doors, he explained, noting that the Gorham have been notified. |
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Read more... [Proposal to open Rail Trail to ATVs withdrawn]
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Written by Manchester Union-Leader
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 |
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John Harrigan This letter ran in Colebrook's weekly News and Sentinel last week, and yes, I helped my wife write it. It concerns a farm she owns just up the river in Beecher Falls, Vt., but it could well have been written about just about any open lands near populated areas anywhere. Several readers thought that the letter touched on so many core issues that it deserved wider publication. (Caveat: We own an ATV for farm use, and I have written often about my many friends and readers who are responsible riders and about ATV clubs and the many good community deeds they do.) |
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Read more... [Column: One 'user' problem that threatens all]
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Written by Concord Monitor
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Monday, August 10, 2009 |
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Donald B. Hinman, Danbury Re "ATV death points to dangers for youths" (Monitor Local & State page, Aug. 1): The response of Ken Domey, vice president of the New Hampshire Off-Highway Vehicle Association, requires a response. I assume he said more in his interview than that ATV use is a "family sport" and a potential money-maker for the state. I certainly hope so. The article reports that about 20 percent of ATV riders who are killed were under the age of 16 and 12 percent under 12. That seems to me a staggering percentage. The other statistic that should be highlighted comes from a study in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "found that children treated for ATV-related injuries were about five times more likely to be hospitalized than children treated for all other kinds of injuries." If those numbers were occurring in our schools' athletic programs, those programs would vanish instantly. |
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Read more... [Children should not drive ATVs]
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Written by Manchester Union-Leader
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Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
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A 12-year-old boy died yesterday afternoon when he was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle and it rolled on top of him, police said. Brandon McKinstry was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which took place at the River's Edge Campground and ATV Park, located at 500 Route 118. Police said McKinstry was operating the vehicle within the park. As he drove it atop an embankment, the soil gave way, causing the machine to tip. |
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Read more... [12-year-old boy killed in ATV accident]
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