NotSoPC
Well-Known Member
O.M.G..
folks. you just don't get it! we're NOT BIG ENOUGH.
Does one little mosquito flying around prompt you to put on bug spray? No. You probably wouldn't even notice it.
After that mosquito bites you, do you end up putting on bug spray? Yes.
Translation: begging for NOVA or a fair user fee will get us nowhere. There are 10-15 other groups out there asking the same thing, wanting a piece of the pie. We're not going to win that fight in an economic deficit.
What will get us somewhere is putting DNR into triage mode. Putting them in a position where they have to go "OH ****, we have a problem and we need to solve it. NOW." We don't have any money to ticket and prosecute 500 people.. plus it'd be a big PR boondogle. Opps. Well we better see what we can do to mitigate the problem and make ORV users happy until we get money to fix it right. It has worked with other user groups, and can work for us :;
This is why I think rallying for old reiter might actually work. I'm not for opening deer flats and proclaiming the rest closed.. because this will look bad for us. Go big (all of reiter as I mentioned above) or go home.
Could also back fire and they say "See! ALL wheelers are bad land killing people with no regard to rules and laws!" Then what?