Well put !
Ralph for 2012..........................
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I couldn't do any worse than the current tard in the White House.
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Well put !
Ralph for 2012..........................
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Sorry Dogmeat, here is evidence of the damage caused by sleds. This is Cottonwood Pass area last week. High use area! Notice how the willows are standing straight up, the non-existance of existing trails. Beer cans and cigarette butts all over the place.![]()
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Sorry Dogmeat, here is evidence of the damage caused by sleds. This is Cottonwood Pass area last week. High use area! Notice how the willows are standing straight up, the non-existance of existing trails. Beer cans and cigarette butts all over the place.![]()
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see, i really wonder how this wilderness / roadless bs is going to pan out in the end.
there are already many areas getting hit hard...
so, as snowmobilers, do we keep backing down and drive further n further n further to keep doing what we love?
soon or later people will refuse to drive to the otherside of the country to ride...and then...
i know this is already going on in many areas...you can't keep kicking people down before they either dgaf...or kick back in what way they know how.
most of us are not, nor want to be politicions and lawyers and fight in courts and play this stupid environmental game w/ these zealots.
we want to go out, have some fun for a weekend, and can't even "legally" do that anymore. so, like other "fun things" that are illegal...people will just do it anyway. some, only because its illegal, some, because we just wanna have a good time for 5 months of a year.
i know, its a lot to ask for humans to get along...and i find it really quite odd that these hippy greeny peace loving environmental nazis don't even realize the war they are creating themselves..
i'm still tryin to decide where I stand, weather i'll just ride wilderness as i see fit, or if i'll just have to drop out of the sport and be miserable for 12 months of the year instead of 6...
maybe just take up a drug habit, thats better for america, keep all of its people intoxicated and immobalized ! easier to handle and control. genious...
ok...took it a bit far...but some things are so far beyond broken now days..its simply a disapointment.
We took some folks out last winter (From Texas) and we stopped for luch. They smoked their cigs and threw the butts on the ground.
Ummmm, excuse me, could you please not throw garbage in our beautiful backyard! (Exact Quote from me).
Back to wilderness, enough is enough. By my pic's, as you all know, We do not damage the eco-system. Unless we grind a hippie into the snow, that will leave a grease spot that will last for generations.
I even looked at the tips of the willows, no broken branches. And this is Cottonwood Pass right south of the bowl.
What I don't understand is the horse thing. Anybody who has ever been in the backcountry knows that cloven or shod livestock can decimate a trail more so than a dirtbike and such. I have hiked around RE/Buff many times during hunting season and have seen the damage first hand caused by domestic animals. The sheep that the USFS allows to graze on open range can completely destroy an open meadow in two days, cattle and horses can punch out a trail with their heavy cloven feet and you have to wait months for the trail to smooth out again. Large herds of cattle allowed to graze in open range can contaminate a creek, stream or river just by defecating nearby. That has been proven.
I believe that it isn't a Wilderness thing but more than likely a hatred of motorized use caused by the constant whining of the Greenies. These people have very deep pockets as they are financed by the uber-wealthy. The insecure rich people seem to think that donating to PETA, Greenpeace and other "Green" groups is going to make them "good" philanthropic people. Meanwhile they fly off into the blue in a private jet to their weekend getaway, get into their 4mpg SUV and drive off to a 10,000 S.F. mansion and proceed to leave the lights on all day and night. I wish that off-road motorized enthusiasts had the same financial support of these wealthy people but we don't and probably never will. Just my 2 cents.
Couldn't agree more.I'm going to be reasonable. I will not ride a motor vehicle in a wilderness area without there being at least 3' of snow on the ground.
Like I said, I will be reasonable ... You get enough people on dirt bikes, 4-wheelers, jeeps and pickup trucks especially .... it WILL tear up the land. I don't think there is any denying that.
Sleds on the other hand? There is no traceable evidence they were ever even there.
With that said, I also agree that we have enough wilderness in this country and don't need anymore.
I have nothing against grazing rights and horsebacking. I just think that its funny that some of the things that do the most damage or at least 99% of the damage, will still be able to do damage. It just goes to show that its not about saving the land, its about a war between motorheads and hippies.What I don't understand is the horse thing. Anybody who has ever been in the backcountry knows that cloven or shod livestock can decimate a trail more so than a dirtbike and such. I have hiked around RE/Buff many times during hunting season and have seen the damage first hand caused by domestic animals. The sheep that the USFS allows to graze on open range can completely destroy an open meadow in two days, cattle and horses can punch out a trail with their heavy cloven feet and you have to wait months for the trail to smooth out again. Large herds of cattle allowed to graze in open range can contaminate a creek, stream or river just by defecating nearby. That has been proven.
I believe that it isn't a Wilderness thing but more than likely a hatred of motorized use caused by the constant whining of the Greenies. These people have very deep pockets as they are financed by the uber-wealthy. The insecure rich people seem to think that donating to PETA, Greenpeace and other "Green" groups is going to make them "good" philanthropic people. Meanwhile they fly off into the blue in a private jet to their weekend getaway, get into their 4mpg SUV and drive off to a 10,000 S.F. mansion and proceed to leave the lights on all day and night. I wish that off-road motorized enthusiasts had the same financial support of these wealthy people but we don't and probably never will. Just my 2 cents.
Sorry Dogmeat, here is evidence of the damage caused by sleds. This is Cottonwood Pass area last week. High use area! Notice how the willows are standing straight up, the non-existance of existing trails. Beer cans and cigarette butts all over the place.![]()
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