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Originally Posted by TexasBadlands
No fee required - it is PUBLIC LAND.
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Agreed.
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New trails CAN be blazed responsibly to the chagrin of some earth firsters on here.
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Creating new trails responsibly (after you backpedaled and claimed "responsibly" means with the BLM's/RD's approval and direction) isn't what concerns some folks here. That has happened many times and continues to happen. It's the irresponsible destruction of land, either from straying off the trail or abusing existing trails. As already mentioned, the volume and capability of users is vastly different than what it was even 15 years ago. We have to be very careful how we treat our trails or we will erode the land to the point where it can't recover on its own.
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Errosion is going to happen anyway- it's just misplaced dirt. To shut down a trail is gestapo tactics used by a government that has gone awry.
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The level of destruction fourwheelers are capable of far exceeds natural erosion. Sometimes a trail must be shut down because the fourwheelers in that area haven't treated the trail well enough and steps must be taken very quickly. I don't ever like to see trails being shut down, but I can understand when they must be to prevent more damage until the correct measures can be implemented.
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Yes "V for Vendetta" and "1984" are movies I own and I think our government is out of hand.
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I've read the books and love them as well. The only fault I see on the government side here is that too many trails stay closed once we mess them up. It's a learning process and I can understand growing pains, but we need to figure out a way to coexist, not restrict. If a trail needs to be shut down to save it, shut it down. Once the traffic has stopped, repair the trail and fix it so we don't screw it up again, then reopen it.
my humble opinion, of course...