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Organizations
ATV Free New Hampshire is a citizen's activist group dedicated to limiting ATV use of public lands in New Hampshire. www.ATVfreeNH.com
An organization dedicated to reducing the
number of children seriously injured and killed by ATVs. www.atvsafetynet.org
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
Natural Trails and Waters Coalition is a nationwide coalition of 120 groups working to protect and restore all public lands and waters from the severe damage caused by dirt bikes, jet skis and all other off-road vehicles. www.naturaltrails.org
NARPO is a non-profit, tax exempt foundation dedicated to principles that private property ownership must be maintained in the hands of citizens and not the government. home.earthlink.net/~dick156/
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
Miscellaneous
by Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph.D. and Christopher B. LaPointe School of Natural Resources at the University of Vermont
Vermont Public Radio Switchboard show: ATVs and land access (audio file)
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