The State of Colorado has nearly 1.5 million acres that are classified as "Inventoried Roadless Areas". The deep pocketed special interest groups are working very hard to get these "Inventoried Roadless Areas" designated as wilderness areas. What that means to you is that you might lose the trail that you love the most, the trail you share with your family and friends.
In other words - what it means to those of us that recreate on the land using any type of motorized vehicle is that this area will be closed to us. Once a off highway road is closed it is almost always permanent, with each new closure gaining power and momentum from a previous closure. So we need to fight to keep all roads open so that one roads closure won't be used to close your favorite road too.
In order to help keep our "roadless" off highway roads open we need to work with the Forest Service thru the COHVCO TIGeR teams to list the roads and their locations on the Travel Management Plan.
The Travel Management Plan "will provide for a system of national forest system roads, national forest system trails and areas on national forest system lands that are designated for motor vehicle use by class and if appropriate, by season. Once these roads, trails, and areas are designated, motor vehicle use that is not in accordance with these designations would be prohibited, unless exempted from the designations" (copied from Travel Management Rule, Implementation Strategy, Rocky Mountain Region, page 3).
COHVCO has created TIGeR teams. These teams will work with the Forest Service to collect the GPS, Pictures etc. for all off-highway roads so that they can be considered for the Travel Management Plan. Remember; roads on the Travel Management Plan are legal to be driven, all other roads, even your secret roads, will become illegal to be traveled on. Visit http://tiger.cohvco.org/ for more information.
(thanks Jeff Miller!)
In other words - what it means to those of us that recreate on the land using any type of motorized vehicle is that this area will be closed to us. Once a off highway road is closed it is almost always permanent, with each new closure gaining power and momentum from a previous closure. So we need to fight to keep all roads open so that one roads closure won't be used to close your favorite road too.
In order to help keep our "roadless" off highway roads open we need to work with the Forest Service thru the COHVCO TIGeR teams to list the roads and their locations on the Travel Management Plan.
The Travel Management Plan "will provide for a system of national forest system roads, national forest system trails and areas on national forest system lands that are designated for motor vehicle use by class and if appropriate, by season. Once these roads, trails, and areas are designated, motor vehicle use that is not in accordance with these designations would be prohibited, unless exempted from the designations" (copied from Travel Management Rule, Implementation Strategy, Rocky Mountain Region, page 3).
COHVCO has created TIGeR teams. These teams will work with the Forest Service to collect the GPS, Pictures etc. for all off-highway roads so that they can be considered for the Travel Management Plan. Remember; roads on the Travel Management Plan are legal to be driven, all other roads, even your secret roads, will become illegal to be traveled on. Visit http://tiger.cohvco.org/ for more information.
(thanks Jeff Miller!)
