Philipsburg Country Club's Golf Course Damaged by ATV Rider

Written by Gant Daily

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

PHILIPSBUG – The Philipsburg-based State Police reported that an all terrain vehicle rider caused an estimated $1,500 in damages to the golf course at the B.P.O.E/Philipsburg Country Club between 9 p.m. Monday and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

According to the police report, someone rode an ATV on the greens. Police indicated that two holes, which measured approximately four inches deep, were bored into the first green with the vehicle’s rear tires. They said that the rider tore up the green with the tires and removed the flag from the first hole. They said the greens were also torn up on the eighth hole.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Philipsburg-based State Police at 814-342-3370.

Source: http://www.gantdaily.com/news/43/ARTICLE/60397/2009-09-02.html

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“As a rancher who leases public lands for cattle, I’ve seen my share of cut fences and rangeland damaged by ORV use. I’ve also experienced ORV trespass onto my private lands. But I’ve had no way to identify the culprits when reporting trespass or illegal ORV use to local law enforcement. Congress should require that ORVs used on public lands have visible identification plates or decals. Doing so would remove the anonymity enjoyed by ORV riders who are bent on breaking the rules.”

- Ambers Thornburgh, second-generation rancher from Oregon who grazes cattle on his private land and adjacent lands leased from the Bureau of Land Management