Wilsons Sandbox

[dsn_klr650] digest number 181

Even private land has become targeted in many states. I know many people cringe or get upset when I mention the AMA, but this very subject has been one of the major items pursued by the AMA. Clinton and others want to do to Utah, and other states, what Feinstein, Boxer, and Clinton did to California. If these organizations had their way, we would all be banished from anything even resembling dirt. The one problem about trying to organize offroaders, is the one thing that draws them to the sport in the first place. Their individualism, their unwillingness to follow the group-the crowd. The one thing that draws us to the sport, is the one thing that makes organizing us so difficult. Many groups have tried, but only succeeded on the small or local type level. Groups like CORVA, CATVA, AMA, etc., have tried. But they haven't been very good at working together for a common goal. I too, would like to see all offroad/dual sport type groups supporting one another. We need to band together as a cohesive and politically powerful group if we intend to hold on to our right to ride in the country. I would suggest that each person should write a letter to their favorite group, or membership, to talk about spreading our communication lines, working together, and striving for a common goal that protects and serves the needs of our community. For those that are not members of any group dedicated to protecting and promoting our sport, I would suggest that you select one and become as active a member as you can. Because I guarantee to you, that those that want you off public land are doing the very same thing against you......right now. It is scary out there folks, we need to stick together as a group, on issues important to us as a group. If we don't, the old axiom of "divide and conquer" will be our epitaph. Jim Sherlock