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Written by Associated Press
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
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SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) - The publication of a travel management plan for off-highway vehicles has been delayed to February. The plan will detail the first system of designated trails in the Black Hills for motor vehicle use. Trails that are not designated will be made off-limits to motor vehicles. |
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Read more... [Off-road vehicle travel plan due in February]
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Written by Argus Leader
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Monday, December 21, 2009 |
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The South Dakota Transportation Commission has approved a request to close three segments of state highway road ditches to off-road vehicles. The sections have had a considerable amount of damage from off-road vehicles. |
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Read more... [Some highway road ditches close to off-road traffic]
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Written by Rapid City Journal
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Monday, November 09, 2009 |
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Harrison Schmitt The citizens of South Dakota deserve credit for working towards effective off-road vehicle (ORV) management by advancing a license and registration system ahead of the U.S. Forest Service's (USFS) Black Hills plan. As the Rapid City Journal correctly noted, a minority of riders are generating complaints and causing serious habitat damage to the Hills by riding irresponsibly. South Dakota isn't alone. Nationally, states are taking several approaches that are worth consideration here. However, reckless riding on federal lands demands additional action from Congress to ensure the new Black Hills trails system is sustainable. We have followed this rising national problem for years and a minority of reckless riders are trespassing on private property, damaging wildlife habitats and creating conflicts with other trail users. Moreover, when areas are destroyed, riding areas close. Recently, a popular riding area in the East, the Upper Tellico, was closed indefinitely due to habitat damage. These trends will continue without action. |
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Read more... [Responsible trail use imperative to future]
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Written by Rapid City Journal
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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The new off-road vehicle travel management plan for the Black Hills National Forest should be in place by the first of the year. The plan, developed by the National Forest Service after the review of months of public input, will establish a designated off-road trail system in the national forest for off-highway vehicles - ATVs and dirt bikes. |
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Read more... [Editorial: Off-road efforts good for all users]
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Written by Rapid City Journal
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
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Steve Miller A loose coalition of off-road riding enthusiasts will ask the South Dakota Legislature for a more uniform set of laws to govern all-terrain vehicles, including a ban on riding ATVs on major highways, a new license system and a requirement that all ATVs in the state be registered.
Tom Blair, owner of Whistler Gulch Campground in Deadwood, gave a brief outline of the still-developing plan to a gathering of the Dakotas Chapter of the Society of American Foresters in Lead last week. |
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Read more... [Changes coming for ATV riders]
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Written by Associated Press
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - 1 of 6 men charged with causing more than $8,000 in damage while off-roading in the Black Hills National Forest has acknowledged disturbing land and vegetation. Twenty-year-old Nicholas Sukstorf of Spearfish pleaded guilty in federal court in Rapid City to prohibited use of vehicles off-road June 15 at Johnston Gulch. |
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Read more... [Spearfish man pleads guilty to off-road damage]
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Written by Argus Leader
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Sunday, June 07, 2009 |
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Thom Gabrukiewicz Officials in the Black Hills National Forest, a popular destination for visitors from across South Dakota, have closed about 327 acres near Piedmont and Stagebarn Canyon to cross-country motorized travel. The closure area is near the far eastern flank of the Ricco fire, which scorched portions of the forest in 2005. |
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Read more... [Move shields national forest area]
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Written by Argus Leader
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 |
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Clinton Larson Signs to mark the off-road vehicle ban on County Highway 110 from Interstate 29 through Harrisburg will go up soon, though exactly where in the right-of-way they appear is still being determined. Lincoln County Highway Superintendent Allan Bonnema informed the Lincoln County Commission at its May 12 meeting that he had recently ordered 40 signs to cover the stretch of highway recently banned from off-road vehicles. |
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Read more... [Signs banning off-road vehicles coming soon]
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Written by Black Hills Today
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |
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Forest Service officials will hold public meetings in March to familiarize the public with new draft plans for motorized travel management on the Black Hills National Forest.
The meetings are scheduled for two hours each, 6-8pm, March 9, 10, 11 & 12. |
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Read more... [Forest Service to Release Draft Motorized Travel Plans]
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Written by American News
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
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Bob Mercer South Dakota's secretary of transportation would receive the power to close ditches to off-road vehicles along any state highway, under a measure moving forward in the Legislature. The House Transportation Committee voted 9-4 Tuesday to endorse HB 1024. The full House of Representatives could take up the issue as early as Wednesay afternoon. |
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Read more... [Legislature considers off-road vehicles issue]
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