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Hi Chris, thanks for your comment. I'd imagine that there are lots of OHV clubs out there, some of which are larger than others. Regardless, your small group of enthusiasts probably isn't representative of the "lobby."
There are definitely corporate funded/sponsored groups out there that have a big vested interest in getting the government to designate more OHV areas, even as existing areas continue to be poorly supervised and scarred with hundreds, if not thousands of miles of illegal trails. And even if there weren't corporate interests involved, I'm certainly more glad that there are well-funded environmental groups out there vs. well-funded OHV advocacy groups.
But even if the OHV lobby is as weak as you say it is, I still want fewer OHVs on our public lands, not more. I don't know why people think that their ability to enjoy nature is contingent upon their ability to destroy it. Maybe you're not one of those people, but mud pluggers and dune bashers remain the people who ultimately benefit from more off-road areas, and people who wish to quietly enjoy nature (the majority of people who visit these places) are the ones who suffer.
As Edward Abbey said, "A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."
"The well-funded off-road vehicle lobby is pressuring forest managers to add unnecessary roads and permit other destructive practices in the forest."
This statement is so full of fail. You do not know the reality of citizen involvement in the Forest Service's Travel Management Process, and you do not know the reality of OHV advocacy groups. I'd match my OHV organization's spreadsheet against any green group's in a comparison for resource scarcity. We've received one (1) $3000 gift from Kawasaki USA in the entire time I've been associated with the organization, and that can be attributed to the fact that one of our officers is a former Kawasaki factory racer. How much does the Pew Charitable Trusts give to green advocacy groups? Hmmm?