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Silence is a value held dear by many outdoors enthusiasts. To people with a strong sense of place, the noise and destruction by ATVs is felt as a personal injury. When thrillcraft dominate an area, other users of the land are displaced or have their own experience diminished, though the opposite is not true. A thrillcrafter seldom has his or her experience ruined by coming upon a backpacker. Available through The Foundation for Deep Ecology published by Chelsea Green Press).
Organizations
An organization dedicated to reducing the
number of children seriously injured and killed by ATVs. www.atvsafetynet.org
Off-road vehicles have become a leading threat to the ecological
integrity of many of our country's most biologically rich public
lands. Due to increasingly irresponsible behavior coupled with
technological advancements and poor government management, riders are
pushing their way further and faster into remote areas, leaving few
wild places safe from their reach. We are fighting an aggressive
campaign to secure strong protections, rules, and enforcement for key
areas and threatened and endangered species across the country.
Forest Watch is a Vermont-based non-profit working to restore wilderness, protect imperiled wildlife, improve public land management, and promote ecological forestry throughout New England. They have been vocal opponents of ATVs in Vermont's National Forests. www.forestwatch.org
Great Old Broads for Wilderness has developed and launched a database - nicknamed GINGER - designed to catalogue the broad spectrum of ecological effects associated with off-road vehicle use. It will document the range of impacts of cross-country ORV travel through pictures, GPS coordinates, narrative descriptions and other means. This is a web-based, searchable application that could become a national repository of detailed information about routes on specific BLM lands, National Forests, and other public lands. www.goginger.org
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, based in Vermont but working nationwide, provides information on all things noisy, and the effects of noise on humans and the environment. www.nonoise.org
Quiet Use Coalition takes action to prevent assault by noise while recreating in our national forests, public lands and waterways. www.quietuse.org
The Sierra Club's members are more than 700,000 of your friends and neighbors. Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. The Sierra Club offers one-page fact sheets to in-depth research on ATVs and the environment. www.sierraclub.org
For over forty years, VNRC has been Vermont's leader in protecting and restoring our natural resources. By building coalitions, working together, and offering common sense solutions, VNRC has set the standard for an approach to environmental protection that endures. www.vnrc.org
Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads (Wildlands CPR) protects and revives wild places by promoting road removal, preventing new road construction, and limiting motorized recreation. Their bi-weekly email newsletter, Skidmarks, reports on activist efforts to challenge motorized recreation nationwide. www.wildlandscpr.org
Vermont State Government
The Vermont Statutes Online Title 23: Motor Vehicles Chapter 31: All-Terrain Vehicles
The Vermont Statutes Online Title 23: Motor Vehicles Chapter 29: Snowmobiles
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