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Message: [QUOTE="2TrakR, post: 1029818, member: 27322"] A good portion of the majority will take a bypass on a mudhole or other (say, severe whoops) and unintentionally add to the braided trail issue. That's such a tough situation to resolve, but education and staying on top of a trail (as maintainers/maintenance/grading) would be the logical steps to take. Don - you have great ideas. The dollars needed to do something like that are probably out of our reach. There may be another way, that being to partner with Tread Lightly or the BRC or similar and jointly work on spreading the message. I wouldn't be surprised to find grant dollars available for this. It's quite a task when the very basic message, that being the ORV handbook that is supposed to come with your ORV stickers, is never handed out to begin with. There are lots of ideas along this line. One guy has pushed to get the ORV pamphlets to be available at the State Welcome Centers, like the snowmobilers do. I think there is some progress in this area, but am not sure. The CCC makes copies of it's magazine available at any dealer who will let us, but there's really no key message in there about good trail practice - it's more of an understood value. The mag in itself doesn't push the message, but if people join and become active, the message will usually be absorbed. Putting more material at the trailheads wouldn't hurt. Some have decent tread lightly brochures and some are lacking. Making the major problem items very clear certainly won't hurt. I always thought putting the snowmobile trail signs out there on the ORV trails that say "Stay on Trail" would be good little reminders for key areas. The one Rec Tech that I approached this idea with didn't think it would help and that sign was not part of the ORV Trail Sign Program. Dunno, thought it could be helpful. [/QUOTE]

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