Motor Vehicles

  • Sylvan Pass opens and closes

    Ralph Maughan

    Nature fails to cooperate with Dick Cheney- The Park Service wanted to halt the extremely expensive and dangerous practice of keeping Sylvan Pass just west of the East Entrance of Yellowstone open for snowmobiles. As usual a handful of Cody businesses screamed that the economy would disintegrate if a couple dozen snowmobiles didn’t pass through…

  • Idaho Fish and Game develops wildlife collision database

    Ralph Maughan

    For now it’s just data, but its uses in trip planning, signing, road construction, and road routing are obvious- Highway Wildlife Collisions. Idaho Fish and Game. Idaho Fish and Game says it’s web site database will be available for public use soon.

  • In light of Judge's ruling, a temporary plan is set for YNP snowmobiles this winter

    Ralph Maughan

    Temporary snowmobile plan has a low limit on snowmobiles- Plan issued for snowmobiles in Yellowstone. Temporary measure sets limits lower than plan rejected by judge. The Associated Press. LA Times. Plan: 318 snowmobiles. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. This came out very close to the opening of the season. The Park closed…

  • Thrillcraft Video

    Brian Ertz

    A video detailing the damages of ORV use on America’s public lands following the general theme of George Wuerthner’s book Thrillcraft: The Threat of Motorized Recreation has been posted online:

  • Off-road rage

    Brian Ertz

    More people, more off-roaders (50 million?!), more off-road rage – standardNET

  • Smokey's new ad makes ATV users angry

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Barker writes how the Blue Ribbon Coalition (an off-road vehicle lobby) doesn’t like the new Smokey the Bear ad that says ATVs can start wildfires. This is true. Such fires happen all the time. So do dirt bikes and full-sized vehicles that travel over dry grass. I started one once with my truck is…

  • Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise

    Ralph Maughan

    Rethinking the Country Life as Energy Costs Rise. New York Times. Higher energy costs may greatly reduce the housing sprawl into our wild country, which costs the taxpayers to much to provide services, increases the cost of forest fires, and uses a lot of energy (the emerging check on the sprawl).

  • Appeals court reopens long quieted Jarbidge road fight

    Ralph Maughan

    Appeals court reopens long quieted Jarbidge road fight. Rocky Barker. Letters from the West. Idaho Statesman. Significantly Mother Nature sent a huge boulder crashing down on road the other day. Hopefully that is a good omen for the future. Copyright © Katie Fite

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