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  • A battle for turf on a flat-top mountain

    Forest Service seeks to limit all-terrain vehicle access to Colorado's Grand Mesa.

    by Todd Hinnen And David Frey, Feb 07, 1994

  • A gutsy activist challenges a powerful industry

    California homeowner Karen Schambach puts together a report documenting the abuses of off-highway vehicles and the lack of enforcement of environmental regulations.

    by Joshua Chaffin, Jul 03, 2000

  • Agency will try to track trails

    The BLM has released a new plan for managing off-highway vehicle use on public lands across the country.

    by Matt Jenkins, Jan 29, 2001

  • Are bears de-fenceless?

    Roads closed to protect grizzlies are easily used by ORVers in Idaho.

    by Staff, Dec 26, 1994

  • ATV revolt

    A proposal to close 400 miles of forest roads and 200 miles of trails to motorized vehicles on Idaho's Targhee National Forest has raised the ire of all-terrain vehicle advocates.

    by Dustin Solberg, Jan 18, 1999

  • Can Madison Avenue tread lightly in the West?

    Tread Lightly! tries to rein in reckless ORV advertising that glorifies the vehicles ripping up the land.

    by Elizabeth Manning, Dec 09, 1996

  • Cars and wilderness collide on a rim

    Some want to open the last 12 unroaded miles of Oregon's Hells Canyon western rim to vehicles.

    by Scott Stouder, Apr 14, 1997

  • Cleaner machines drive (slowly) toward Yellowstone

    The Environmental Protection Agency is developing the first emission standards for off-road motors, including snowmobiles.

    by Ray Ring, Apr 01, 2002

  • Close those roads

    Environmentalists want to close some backcountry roads near Paonia, Colo., that are increasingly popular with all-terrain vehicles.

    by Staff, Sep 01, 1997

  • Coalition finds harmony in the backcountry

    In Idaho, the Winter Coalition has brought together snowmobilers and Nordic skiers to zone winter recreation uses in the Sawtooth National Forest.

    by Steve Stuebner, Jan 15, 2001
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