We need to remember to send letters to politicians that we think will be on our side as well. This is very important especially since the way these land use actions are accomplished is to slip them into a larger bill and will be overlooked if not made aware that there are constituents interested and with thoughtful reasoning that they can bring up.
There is some cheap action implementation, azz covering, and true bias going on, on the part of the forest service…. They are trying to show action by trumping snowmobile use and adding regulation/limits. The truth is 90% of sleds are used on the existing road system.
The fact is that for many reasons, stated and cited in the land use section, over the snow travel should be the preferred method of access into remote areas. The damage done by the road, trail system and its users, including me (by truck, bike, and on foot) is more detrimental than the 1-3% (est) of sledders able to and willing to go into remote areas.
Bottom line is that there is an overwhelming amount of government employees and general public that believe the general paradigm that snowmobiles, or things motorized, are bad and the people that ride them should be, well; punished.
I don’t think we will change that as there is a growing portion of even sledders that support the opposition even if indirectly for other reasons.
But try and copy your letters and send them to several politicians from both parties.