GET ACTIVE

Everyone remembers places they used to ride, over there where the new housing devolpment is, over there behind that strip mall, we all have those stories. A little over 6 months ago I got involved. Tired of constantly hearing people say SOMEONE should do something about the lack of riding areas I decided I would do something. I joined the NJOHVA in an effort to change the downward spiral of losing riding areas. I understand everyone has busy lives but if?you ?don't take the time today there may not be aa tommorrow. Riding areas are being lost at a critical pace. Take the time out of your life to join your state's organization and get active, participate.?It is only a couple of hours a month. If you don't who knows if we'll even be able to ride in 5 or 10 years. Here is a way for New Jersey riders to help the cause. 1. Join the NJOHVA at www.njohva.com and 2. fill out the survey listed below: ? NEW JERSEY RIDERS: WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!! IF YOU WANT THE STATE TO BUILD MX TRACKS IN STATE PARKS WE NEED YOU TO REPLY TO THIS SURVEY-MAKE SURE TO CLICKOFF DIRT BIKES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY FOR MX IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM!!!!!! New Jersey is in the process of revising the State Trail Plan which dictates where state money goes for ALL TRAIL USE in the STATE OF NEW JERSEY. There is currently interest within the state to fund recreational trails and that is going to be dictated by who responds to this state sponsored online poll. Currently it doesn’t look good for ATV riders because no one and I mean no one has responded to the poll. If you want places to legally ride in the Garden State you had better respond to this poll before it’s to late NOTE: When they ask the question about what type of uses you use trails for ONLY check off ATV or DIRT BIKE! If you put hiking or Mt Biking then that counts as a vote in those areas. Apparently a lot of the Dirt Bike guys have been putting Dirt Biking and Hiking and that counts as a hiking vote. These are the stats as of Tuesday Sept 5 2006 and it was pulled from the state website where the votes are being collected: HIKERS: 1002 voters Walking: 625 votes Mountain Biking: 549 votes Dirt biking: 415 votes Horseback riding: 299 votes OHV/ATV: 238 votes This is where the survey and the voting is located: http://www.njtrailsplan.org/ Thanks for listening Scott