another great letter..

Riding ATV`s at these dunes has been a person hobby of mine since I was very young. They have had a huge impact on my entire life. What these people need to understand is that to us riders, this is not just a sport but a lifestyle choice. Most of my most fond childhood memories are that of which were made at the Oregon Dunes with my family, and in my adulthood the fond memories I have with friends. Many of whom I would have not had the amazing opportunity of knowing if it weren't for meeting them at the Dunes of riding trips, or sharing the unique love for riding ATV's. The sand makes riding the fun experience it is. If they are to take away a majority of this space, this sand that we love every spec of... Then they are taking away the one thing that means the most to so many people! If they were to go through w/this it would not only make many people disappointed and saddened but I believe it could also have many serious affects as well. One for example being (Taking into considering this is a hobby of thousands of people) taking away a majority of where we ride would confine all these ATV`s and motorcycle`s (not to exclude those who choose playing in the Sand with Vehical`s other than those previously mentioned, via side by sides, etc..) into a much more concentrated area. This would cause many saftey issues. The saftey issues would not stop at that. There are many different types of riders. Ranging anywhere between Vetran riders who like the adrenaline of going fast and doing hard climbs, to beginners such as CHILDREN (Due to this being a lovely family sport). These trails they are talking about closeing off, some of them have way less traffic which make it perfect to take your children or even anyone else who would just like a relaxing slow paced (FUN!) ride or to teach a beginner how to ride. All this by doing so not having to put them out where the possibility of them being hurt could be hire. Now imagine if people didnt have that right. Would they like to put their children into a high concentrated high traffic environment where due to so many people around and so many things going on an accident could very well happen? I don't think so. PLEASE see that to US this is like any other hobby.. You like golfing, great, how about someone takes away half your course... You like bowling? How about we shut down half the lanes. Fishing? Lets close down half the river. You're talking about taking away something we LOVE. You're taking away our lifestyle. You're taking away our happiness. PLEASE do not do this!!! Everyone has that something in their life that they can go to, to escape a bad week at work, a special place they have and make a tradition with their family's to vacation at, or just the one place they can truely kick back, relaxing, fully enjoy themselves and be able to have fun!! Serving the people!? I REALLY hope you decide to do just that. Whether or not you care about riding or not I hope you can see how many people are truley passionate about this lifestyle and how much you doing this would absolutly break thousands of peoples hearts. I am urging you, PLEASE make the right decision.


Thank you!