Lettter 3

Mr. Jerry Ingersoll


Siuslaw National Forest Service Supervisor File code 1950

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

The trails within the ODNRA (Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area) need to stay as trails, if you were to close off 103 miles of trails that many families enjoy at the slower pace when teaching the kids how to ride. This would put more riders into a smaller concentrated place with higher speeds; higher speeds plus new riders would/will cause more injuries.

The Forest Service is saying that they are giving us OHVer’s 287 acres, well how much of that 287 acres is ride able maybe 10% due to all the overgrown vegetation that we were not allowed to ride due to you mismanagement/ hidden agenda of the 1994 plan.

These are the #’s off of your own website

10 (A) – Non-Motorized Undeveloped – 7,830 acres (27%)

10 (B) – Off-Road Vehicle Open – 5,930 acres (21%)

10 (C) – ORV on Designated Routes – 4,455 acres (15%)

This is very misleading…we have approx.3.92 miles of designated routes thru this area which is NO more than 5 acres, so in reality 4,450 ACRES CLOSED to OHV riding



10 (D) – Developed Corridors – 1,050 acres (4%)

Another bogus number maybe 500 acres is more like it



10 (E) – Snowy Plover Habitat – 1,010 acres (3%)

10 (F) – Plant, Fish and Wildlife Habitat – 3,120 acres (11%)

10 (G) – Wetlands Emphasis – 2,540 acres (9%)

10(F) & 10(G) continue to grow into larger acreage every year due to the winter rains



10 (H) – Wildlife and Fish Viewing – 315 acres (1%)

10 (J) – Recommended Wild and Scenic River – 1,090 acres (4%)

10 (K) – Research Natural Area – 1,190 acres (4%)

10 (L) – Noise Control Buffer – 370 acres (1%)

So by calculations

OHVer’s ride able area (acres) 6,435

Closed to OHV use (acres) 22,415

And you are wanting to take away another 103 miles of trails…NOT GOOD

 
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