Canada & USA sign NOHVCC agreement

[DIAMOND DAVE]

Monday, November 24, 2008
 

 


 

 

USA AND CANADA SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT OHV RECREATION IN NORTH AMERICA

Memorandum of Understanding between the NOHVCC and the Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council (COHV) seals the deal


   The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC) is pleased to announce that, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council (COHV) in partnership with the All-Terrain Quad Council of Canada (AQCC) and the Motorcyclists Confederation of Canada (MCC), will work together to provide a wide spectrum of programs, materials and information to further a positive future for responsible off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation in North America.
   "The mission of NOHVCC and the aims and goals of COHV are parallel, and a strong OHV community in both the United States and Canada is mutually beneficial," said Russ Ehnes, Executive Director of the NOHVCC. "Together, the NOHVCC and the COHV and its partners, the AQCC and the MCC, enter into this Memorandum of Understanding to mutually strengthen responsible OHV recreation in both countries."

   "The aims and goals of COHV are to promote the safe and responsible use of off-highway vehicles and to develop and expand communication and cooperation among all levels of the OHV community," stated Bob Ramsay, President of the COHV. Ramsay added, "The NOHVCC's expertise in OHV development will contribute greatly to COHV's ongoing endeavours to promote and protect responsible recreational opportunities for OHV riders across Canada and with this partnership, into the United States."
   The MOU, signed during the All Terrain Quad Council of Canada's annual general meeting in September, allows the AQCC and the MCC to appoint one "NOHVCC Partner" for each Canadian province and territory who will in turn work with their NOHVCC counterparts, fulfilling those duties agreed upon by the NOHVCC and the COHV.The AQCC, MCC and NOHVCC will work cooperatively to share and distribute existing NOHVCC/COHV information, materials, products, and programs in Canada and the USA, while approaching the development of new information and programs in a manner that is adaptable and useful in both the United States and Canada.
   Canadian OHV activists have had an increasing presence at NOHVCCs Annual Conferences over the past several years and that trend is expected to continue following the signing of this agreement. In addition, this past fall the NOHVCC held an OHV Management workshop in Alberta in conjunction with a meeting of Alberta's Sustainable Resource Development Lands Division.

 

The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council is a publicly supported, education foundation organized for the sole purpose of developing and providing a wide spectrum of programs, materials and information, to individuals, clubs, associations and agencies in order to further a positive future for responsible OHV recreation. Find out more at: www.nohvcc.org


The Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council (COHV), originally founded in 1984, is a national, non-profit, trade association representing the responsible interests of Canada's major ATV and off-road motorcycle manufacturers, distributors and retail outlets of ATV and off-road motorcycle related products and services. Find out more at: www.cohv.ca
 

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The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, as a national body of OHV recreation enthusiasts, develops and provides a wide spectrum of programs, materials and information, or "tools", to individuals, clubs, associations and agencies in order to further a positive future for responsible OHV recreation.
 
 

 


 

 

High-resolution photos for publication are available on request.

For more information on this press release, contact;

NOHVCC Communications Director

 Steve Casper

608-527-4152

[email protected]

 

The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council

427 Central Ave. West

Great Falls, MT 59404
Ph: 800.348.6487
Fax: 406.454.9142

www.nohvcc.org

[email protected]
 

[frenchy]

Nice !!
But, Holy mackerel! Never seen a memo with so many abbreviations.

Do we have anyone here locally working with these groups ?

[Hi Lo Silver]

Dave is this the same organization that came up here and met with ASRD and fully agreed with ASRD that seismic lines were not a sustainable network of trails to consider for a base trail system?  I wonder if they were aware of probably 85% of the trails given to quads and taken from 4x4's were old seimic lines and the by passes that go with them.

[SOMETHING WICKED]

Yes Gun, that is the same group. Nothing against them, but I fail to see how that is true. In some cases I can agree with certain areas of cut lines, like low areas/wet spots. However, a most of the cut lines still in use are rocky, or have bypasses around the problem areas. I have a very strong feeling, especialy after attending that work camp, that they were STRONGY influanced in that oppinion by ASRD.

[DIAMOND DAVE]

To top things off I'm finding out that the ATV representation for GAMP and the trail monitoring committee that I have no input or idea about is submitting a budget request to the minster for funds for trail maintenance. Think this will be applied to 4x4 trails? I’m starting to thing not. Both Myself and Garry have been doing work for both communities with the emphasis that things we are doing are for multi-use trails or with the understanding that they will go back to the status. I even purchase equipment with the understanding that Parks had money to put into 4x4-trail repair in McLean Creek. No one has talked with either of us to get an idea of what it takes to put together large-scale projects or what’s involved with getting equipment into the remote sites.

Well I am selling the equipment and getting out of this fight. The people that are attending the meetings and making decisions have no idea what it takes nor do they really get involved out in the actual projects. Instead, they have plans and somehow it will magically happen. I really do hope they put together a multi million-dollar budget to get the trail work done, because that is what a standard contractor will charge to do the work and you can bet the trails will be paved to every work site because they won’t haul there equipment down a regular 4x4 trail.