mud4funtoy
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Well, you're ideas go to waste if you won't share them....
I can only speak for the situation at Elbe, but during the summer, the ONLY person with enforcement ability is Nancy and the DNR cop that has a HUGE area to try to patrol and he's not outfitted to travel the trails. Nancy is gone much of the summer fighting fires and has little time to spend out on a trail waiting for someone to come by and break the rules. She's responsbile for much more than just the ORV trails. They tried last year to get the money to bring in 18 new trail stewards which would be specifically dedicated to working with the user groups and would have enforcement ability. However, it was voted down in the legislature so they didn't get to hire the additional staff. That's where it needs the extra money, to hire enough people to enforce. We didn't even have a focus group meeting for 8 months because Nancy wasn't available and she missed the last work party because she got called out to a fire. Without more people there's minimal enforcement ability.
Yes, I know, you're going to say, "then why make new rules if you can't enforce them anyway...?" I agree on that point.
So, since the option of having more enforcement, present an alternative that could be presented INSTEAD of restrictions. Don't give me this BS about not wanting to put it out on a public forum...
Dale is right. there was a point that was 2 years long that thier wasnt even a dnr cop at all and the one they have now has to cover a huge area all the way from Tiger mountain to elbe and over to Tahua. I only saw the Dnr cop 1 time in eight years. Nancy will write tickets if she is there and in the summer she will be fighting forest fires as stated by gibby.
I would be more worried about the swb people that want the trail all for them selves. They will take pictures of you and your Rig and they will send them to the Authorities. This is a comon practice. Beware of the SWB person with a smile taking a picture of your Lwb rig stuck on the trail.