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Rural Utahns support reining in ATV abuse

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Written by The Salt Lake Tribune   
Sunday, October 26, 2008

Lisa Varga

Rural Utahns have one thing in common: We find beauty in the pace of small-town life and the landscapes around us.

We depend upon the long-term health of the land - our mountains, rivers, forests and canyons - for our quality of life. They give us game to hunt, fish to catch, firewood to burn, lumber to build our fences and houses and barns, and water to irrigate our fields.

 

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Landowners ask cities for help with trespassers

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Donna Milakovic

Keep off the grass. Private Property. Beware of Dog. Property owners use all kinds of signs to let potential trespassers know that the land they are on belongs to someone else, but signs like those aren't making much of a difference in part of Eagle Mountain.
Landowners along Lake Mountain Road in Eagle Mountain are fed up with recreational interlopers on motorbikes, all terrain vehicles and automobiles driving on their property to get to BLM land. Their property has been stolen, their horses scared and their grass slowly trampled to dirt because of the traffic.

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Guv: ORV off-trail damage an 'abomination,' crackdown is coming

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Written by The Salt Lake Tribune   
Thursday, October 02, 2008

Robet Gehrke

Off-road vehicles that stray from trails are doing immense damage to the state, said Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who has directed state officers to begin cracking down.

"It's an abomination, it's an embarrassment," the governor said Wednesday during a meeting with The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board.

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State by State Momentum

Community Voices

"Nevada Sheriffs' and Chiefs' Association worked closely with the Nevada OHV community to develop our current law and we believe that when fully implemented it will be very helpful in dealing with the problems of theft of OHVs and it will go a long way in identifying those who participate in destructive acts on or off public lands."

- Frank Adams of the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association