YotaDude1997
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Did you see any smashed salmon out there?
The Reiter Foothills Forest is devoid of all terra firma life. The tracks I witnessed were human made. It's a ghost town.
I believe the salmon to be happy.
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Did you see any smashed salmon out there?
very nice pics Mark. :awesomework: do you mind if I steal some of them for my records and a possible PowerPoint presentation ?
Pretty good evidence that 4x4 usage, even HEAVY 4x4 usage doesn't "destroy the environment" like our opponents always claim. It just temporarily alters the landscape. Given the chance nature will always take it back.
Heck, first good natural slide or forest fire and you'd never know 4x4's were there.
No kidding, if it all grew back that quickly why not open it up seasonal or every other year. Sell tickets to it. Then nature will repair itself by the time it opens again...
All the erosion BS is just the biggest fish net like enforcing tool they have. I believe it has almost everything to do with Money (the paper kind, not the legendary kind:kiss. It's all about the $...and the lacking ability to enforce laws & rules on us out there.
Reiter is and was the culmination of a perfect storm. When you take in the big picture it's really interesting to look at. We are all a part of it.
The the erosion thing is so over hyped though if you consider how much erosion we cause compared to how much mother nature does everyday and how small of an area we affect. There is also the pollution "problem" but damn what do the greenies think happens to those lovely toxic prius batteries when theyre dead? I will agree railing your rig into a stream and smashing some salmon is bad and should not be allowed since there are many things that could happen if repeated. But seriously mother nature erodes a lot more than we do and one event that happened in Alaska proved that when a huge boulder fell into a lake and created a couple hundred feet tall wave that blew down everything it hit including the forest along the banks. I just dont see why any of that comes into consideration. Dont mean to rant but being a part of the new generation it sucks to see places get closed and more laws and restrictions get made every year and makes me wonder where it will be when i am older.
The the erosion thing is so over hyped though if you consider how much erosion we cause compared to how much mother nature does everyday and how small of an area we affect. There is also the pollution "problem" but damn what do the greenies think happens to those lovely toxic prius batteries when theyre dead? I will agree railing your rig into a stream and smashing some salmon is bad and should not be allowed since there are many things that could happen if repeated. But seriously mother nature erodes a lot more than we do and one event that happened in Alaska proved that when a huge boulder fell into a lake and created a couple hundred feet tall wave that blew down everything it hit including the forest along the banks. I just dont see why any of that comes into consideration. Dont mean to rant but being a part of the new generation it sucks to see places get closed and more laws and restrictions get made every year and makes me wonder where it will be when i am older.
I have walked all those a dozen times in the last 6 months....
Its really very simple. They cant control mother nature but they can control us. Its also simple that the greenies are much smarter than the average ORV user. They support their movement by joining in, paying up and pitching in to get what they want. Just take a walk into your local wilderness society or WTA office to see what the few of us fighting are up against :booo:
I have walked all those a dozen times in the last 6 months making sure nobody is going in there. Because I love the DNR, and us wheelers were really hurting the environment...