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PowderGirl
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"The only realistic long term strategy is to work towards a total ban on Thrillcraft."
Thrillcraft is defined by this organization as snowmobiles, dirt bikes, dune buggies, ATVs, jet skis, and anything that travels off road.
I dont know if you all have seen this website or heard of this organization but this is a SERIOUS threat to us and is seriously misconstruing who motorized users are and our impact on public lands!
STOP THRILLCRAFT is the name of the website and this organization wants to see all "thrill craft" parked or restricted to public, paved highways ONLY." This is the ulitimate example of an EXTREMIST organization who is implying that motorized users are a disrepectful, rebelious, "estranged from the natural world" group who purposfully destroys plant life, cause excess erosion, puts unnessary dust into our air that blocks invaluable suns rays, causes 22% of our atmospheres polultion, causes noise that burst the ear drums of desert animals, and completely defaces our landscape all over our nation.
Watch the video on the home page and see for yourself how this organization depicts us. Much of the "defacing landscape" footage shows motorcycles and ATV's riding on huge plantless sand dunes or what looks like to be ORV parks that are very small contained areas compared to all the public lands out there that are off limits to us. They potray us like we have access to ALL pulblic lands and/or that 67% of us ride closed trails and off trails where only designated trail access is allowed! There are so many statements by this organization that may be true when applied to a specific situation and/or a small area but because this organization is mearly generalizing it's statements - it allows any one who is not familiar with how OHV users actually use our lands and what they do have access to, to come up with a completely distorted view!
http://www.stopthrillcraft.org/
Here are many statements off their website:
"Thrillcraft users are turning our national pride in a national tragedy."
"Thrillcraft threaten our national heritage. It is time to take back our lands"
"Millions of arcres are under asualt.... by Thrillcraft abuse."
"Many owners of thrillcraft enjoy challenging themselves by “attacking” the land or water, seeking out steep slopes or rough pathways through the woods."
"Reckless and rude behavior is common among thrillcraft users. "
"A major problem endemic with thrillcraft culture is the notion that one straddles these machines to go “where no one else has gone.” As a consequence, there is a strong tendency to ignore trail and road closures, and violate any limitations placed upon use of the machines."
"Another study conducted in Colorado on behalf of Colorado Coalition for Responsible ORV Riding found that despite the fact that most thrillcraft enthusiasts understood that they should not stray from designated trails, more than two-thirds admitted they go off-trail occasionally, and 15-20% admitted they regularly rode off legal routes."
"A recent survey by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks found that 90% of Montana trail users were on foot, and only 2% used thrillcraft."
"Snowmobiles dump approximately 30% of their fuel out the tailpipe into the snow, including highly persistent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are then frozen into the snowpack. When the snow melts in the spring, a concentrated surge of pollutants contaminates ground water and surface water that can harm aquatic insects, amphibians and fish, not to mention human water supplies."
"According to the California Air Resources Board, a typical two-stroke snowmobile engine produces as much harmful pollution in seven hours as a passenger car driven for 100,000 miles! The newer four-stroke engines are not much better. Pollutants for all snowmobiles emitted include carbon monoxide, benzene, and formaldehyde.
"According to EPA, thrillcraft produces13% of the hydrocarbon emissions from all mobile sources annually, including approximately 5 million tons of carbon monoxide, nearly 1 million tons of hydrocarbons, 340,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 8 thousand tons of particulates."
"Noise from thrillcraft has been found to cause erratic behavior, bleeding from the ears, and hearing loss in kangaroo rats."
Thrillcraft is defined by this organization as snowmobiles, dirt bikes, dune buggies, ATVs, jet skis, and anything that travels off road.
I dont know if you all have seen this website or heard of this organization but this is a SERIOUS threat to us and is seriously misconstruing who motorized users are and our impact on public lands!
STOP THRILLCRAFT is the name of the website and this organization wants to see all "thrill craft" parked or restricted to public, paved highways ONLY." This is the ulitimate example of an EXTREMIST organization who is implying that motorized users are a disrepectful, rebelious, "estranged from the natural world" group who purposfully destroys plant life, cause excess erosion, puts unnessary dust into our air that blocks invaluable suns rays, causes 22% of our atmospheres polultion, causes noise that burst the ear drums of desert animals, and completely defaces our landscape all over our nation.
Watch the video on the home page and see for yourself how this organization depicts us. Much of the "defacing landscape" footage shows motorcycles and ATV's riding on huge plantless sand dunes or what looks like to be ORV parks that are very small contained areas compared to all the public lands out there that are off limits to us. They potray us like we have access to ALL pulblic lands and/or that 67% of us ride closed trails and off trails where only designated trail access is allowed! There are so many statements by this organization that may be true when applied to a specific situation and/or a small area but because this organization is mearly generalizing it's statements - it allows any one who is not familiar with how OHV users actually use our lands and what they do have access to, to come up with a completely distorted view!
http://www.stopthrillcraft.org/
Here are many statements off their website:
"Thrillcraft users are turning our national pride in a national tragedy."
"Thrillcraft threaten our national heritage. It is time to take back our lands"
"Millions of arcres are under asualt.... by Thrillcraft abuse."
"Many owners of thrillcraft enjoy challenging themselves by “attacking” the land or water, seeking out steep slopes or rough pathways through the woods."
"Reckless and rude behavior is common among thrillcraft users. "
"A major problem endemic with thrillcraft culture is the notion that one straddles these machines to go “where no one else has gone.” As a consequence, there is a strong tendency to ignore trail and road closures, and violate any limitations placed upon use of the machines."
"Another study conducted in Colorado on behalf of Colorado Coalition for Responsible ORV Riding found that despite the fact that most thrillcraft enthusiasts understood that they should not stray from designated trails, more than two-thirds admitted they go off-trail occasionally, and 15-20% admitted they regularly rode off legal routes."
"A recent survey by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks found that 90% of Montana trail users were on foot, and only 2% used thrillcraft."
"Snowmobiles dump approximately 30% of their fuel out the tailpipe into the snow, including highly persistent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are then frozen into the snowpack. When the snow melts in the spring, a concentrated surge of pollutants contaminates ground water and surface water that can harm aquatic insects, amphibians and fish, not to mention human water supplies."
"According to the California Air Resources Board, a typical two-stroke snowmobile engine produces as much harmful pollution in seven hours as a passenger car driven for 100,000 miles! The newer four-stroke engines are not much better. Pollutants for all snowmobiles emitted include carbon monoxide, benzene, and formaldehyde.
"According to EPA, thrillcraft produces13% of the hydrocarbon emissions from all mobile sources annually, including approximately 5 million tons of carbon monoxide, nearly 1 million tons of hydrocarbons, 340,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 8 thousand tons of particulates."
"Noise from thrillcraft has been found to cause erratic behavior, bleeding from the ears, and hearing loss in kangaroo rats."
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....or maybe i should install a catch can below my can if this is true
