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Participate in Travel
Management Survey
ARRA has teamed up with several national OHV
organizations to develop a survey designed to help get a better
understanding of how the Travel Management process is unfolding
on the Forests you access with your OHV. Even if you are
unaware of this process please proceed with the survey, as that
information is useful as well. To take the survey, please
click here: Travel
Management Survey.
ARRA, American Council of Snowmobile
Associations, American Motorcyclist Association, BlueRibbon
Coalition, Motorcycle Industry Council, National Off-Highway
Vehicle Conservation Council, Off-Road Business Association,
Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, Tread Lightly!, and
United Four Wheel Drive Associations worked together to develop
this survey
and your participation will help these organizations get a
clearer picture of the process on your Forest(s) and will
ultimately help the groups focus advocacy campaigns.
Background:
The U.S. Forest Service finalized its Travel
Management Rule in November 2005. The rule requires each
Forest to designate roads, trails and areas open to OHV use and
to publish a Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM) indicating those
decisions. After the MVUM is published, any use of OHVs on
routes or areas not identified on the map will be illegal.
While there was no deadline for Forests to publish an MVUM in
the rule, the Forest Chief directed Forests to complete work on
travel management by December 2009. Virtually every Forest
in the nation is currently implementing the rule, and the survey
will help us get a better understanding of how you believe the
process is unfolding on the Forests you access with your
OHV.
Your participation in the travel management
process is critical. We encourage you to attend meetings,
write comments and to stay involved. Completing this survey
will help us have a better understanding of the process on your
Forest, and we are here to help, but your involvement will be
crucial to ensuring continued responsible access for OHVs on
your National Forest.
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