ORV Visible IdentificationNorth Dakota requires visible identification on ORVs. Learn more about the requirements. View our report to learn more about he 37 states that do require visible identification. Learn how North Dakota ranks compared to other states on visible identification requirements. Recent Legislative Action2009 SB2262: Increases fines on failure to register ORVs and other usage infractions like riding too fast. (1/19/09: Referred to Transportation Committee) SB2378: Requires visible decals or plates on all ORVs and permits ORV fund revenues to be spent on law enforcement and safety programs (4/8/09: Enacted) Community Voices Demand Action in North DakotaNorth Dakotans 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. - "We have a lot of problems with people cutting our fences. ATVs on the levees destroy our levee embankments. It causes significant erosion." -- Jeff Keller, a federal park ranger and manager of the Williston office of the Army Corps of Engineers, "Northwestern North Dakota parks hit by vandalism", Associated Press (5/12/07)
"We want to encourage people to learn responsible use of the ATVs and motorcycles so they understand the impact it has on the environment." -- County Commissioner Brian Bitner, "Editorial: Off-road area has potential", Bismarck Tribune (9/6/10)
- "We have a problem with someone putting two-by-fours with sharp steel spikes on them, then placing them in the dirt and sand where ATVs travel...They don't realize the danger." -- Mike Stoltz, sheriff's deputy of Burleigh County, "Officials investigate 'spiked' trail", Bismarck Tribune (10/20/07)
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"If you want to understand the potential for damage by off-road vehicle, take a drive down any sectionline road in this area. Trails can be seen in the ditches and, where there are embankments, the ruts left by recreational vehicles has scarred and eroded the contours. Near approaches, you can see how the trails and erosion have uncovered drainage systems. It seems harmless until you figure the cost of sending out a county crew to reshape ditches and reinstall culvert." -- Bismarck Tribune Editorial Board, "Editorial: Off-road area has potential", Bismarck Tribune (9/6/10)
- "I'm not anti-snowmobile or recreationist, but I do want to promote the safe use of facilities such as Burleigh has to offer... Ditches were never intended for off-road vehicle use. They are acquired from the landowner for utility use, roadway maintenance and safety. Now they are being used extensively by off-road vehicles, and they're tearing up the ditches. The ruts are deep and the vegetation gone." -- Richard Barrios, Resident of Burleigh County, "Burleigh County Commission hears ATV complaints", Bismarck Tribune (11/22/07)
Recent ORV-Related Media Coverage
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Written by Inforum.com
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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State Parks officials are proceeding with building 22 miles of trails for all-terrain vehicles through a portion of the scenic Pembina Gorge in northeast North Dakota. Parks and Recreation Director Mark Zimmerman says in answer to opposition from some landowners that the agency isn’t bringing the ATVs to the area – he says they’re already there. The state is building trails on land it owns and also negotiating easements with private landowners to provide a continuous system of trails. The exact routes have not been determined. -- Source: http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/324899/group/News/ |
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Written by Grand Forks Herald
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
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WALHALLA, N.D. — Despite protests from some landowners, the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department is proceeding with building 22 miles of trails for all-terrain vehicle use through a portion of the scenic Pembina River Gorge. “We’re not bringing the ATVs here. They’ve been here,” Parks and Recreation Director Mark Zimmerman told a group of about two dozen people Tuesday at Frost Fire Ski and Snowboard Area. “I’ve got a mandate. There will be trails on land we own.” The state also is negotiating easements with private landowners to provide a continuous system of trails. While the exact routes have not been determined, officials said they would be northeast of the Pembina River and north of the Vang Bridge and County Road 55. |
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Read more... [Angst over ATVs in Pembina River Gorge]
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Written by Grand Forks Herald
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Monday, June 20, 2011 |
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Some people living in and around the Pembina Gorge are making noise about a state plan to allow all-terrain vehicles to operate within the scenic natural wonder. North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department officials will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday with local residents at Frost Fire Ski and Snowboard Area and Summer Theater, near Walhalla, N.D. “It’s to discuss whether or not ATV trails should be in the Pembina River Gorge. People have a major concern about the ATV trails,” said Judith Johnson, Frost Fire co-owner. |
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Read more... [Officials plan trail for ATVs in Pembina Gorge]
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Written by Bismark Tribune
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Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
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Doug Leier Every year about this time, at least in those years when North Dakota’s landscape is covered with snow, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and other agencies work to remind outdoor recreationists to keep an eye out for wildlife. We could almost get by without even mentioning it. |
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Read more... [Column: Wildlife needs a break this winter]
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Written by Associated Press
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010 |
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The Ward County Sheriff's Office has charged a Grand Forks man with drunken driving in the weekend death of a Canadian man at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds in Minot. Capt. Todd Keller tells KCJB that 23-year-old Tyler Fedyk of Estevan, Saskatchewan, was a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle that overturned about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. He was pronounced dead at a Minot hospital. |
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Read more... [Grand Forks man charged in Minot death]
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Written by Bismark Tribune
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Monday, September 06, 2010 |
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Taking vehicles off the road and taking on hills and rough terrain can be a lot of fun, especially done safely. One of the drawbacks of off-road vehicles is the damage they can do ditches, approaches and protected natural areas. The tires grabbing for purchases can tear out grasses and invite erosion. The damage off-road and all-terrain vehicles can do is substantial and, potentially, expensive. A group in Burleigh County, led by County Commissioner Brian Bitner, wants to develop an off-road vehicle training area at the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds. |
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Read more... [Editorial: Off-road vehicle area has potential]
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Written by Bismark Tribune
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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Lauren Donovan Some 800 miles of existing road in the Little Missouri National Grasslands in western North Dakota will be closed to the public in an effort by the Forest Service to reduce damage and keep vehicle traffic off oil service and other private roads. Anyone who wants to comment on the agency's proposed Travel Management Plan can get information about planned road closures by looking at the maps and road descriptions online or by getting a copy of the environmental assessment from the Forest Service. |
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Read more... [Forest Service plans to close 800 road miles]
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Written by Bismark Tribune
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Thursday, April 22, 2010 |
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its policy on the use of vehicles on the shoreline of seven designated areas around Lake Sakakawea. Use of vehicles is allowed for fishing and other day use activities. |
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Read more... [Corps outlines shoreline access policy for 2010]
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Written by Bismark Tribune
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 |
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Leann Eckroth Many suggestions rolled out from an off-road vehicle forum held Wednesday at the 4-H Building at the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds. User groups, parents, county officials and State Parks and Recreation groups again tried to balance the fun in operating snowmobiles and the off-road devices against the damages and risks they pose. |
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Read more... [Off-road vehicle use debated at public forum]
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Written by Bismark Tribune
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 |
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Leann Eckroth Licensing fees and recreational grants may pay for a proposed off-road vehicle play area at the Missouri Valley Fairgrounds. User groups and the public are invited to attend a 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting at the 4-H Building at the fairgrounds to gauge interest in the proposed project. |
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Read more... [Meeting set on ATV area]
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