
08-02-2007, 08:04 PM
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Hummer Guru
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Fairfax, VA
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Re: Saving the Trails- what YOU can do
A similar list:
- Cross streams slowly, at a 90-degree angle and only at designated trail fording points. This will help minimize stream bed damage and will help keep water out of the engine's air intake.
- Respect the rights of others while they recreate in the woods, even the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) and Sierra Club members.
- Educate yourself and others about regulations and compliance to barriers, oh, and use maps and proper Leave No Trace ethics.
- Avoid wet meadows, stream banks, chasing wildlife and livestock and tromping on Cryptobiotic soil at all costs.
- Make the most of the environment.
- Yield the right of way for drivers on the uphill grade or overtaking you.
- Avoid slide slipping, which can start a rut, ultimately leading to erosion.
- Stay within the marked trail, going around an obstacle is cheating yourself, your fun, the challenge and the environment.
- Straddle ruts, even if they are wider than your vehicle. This will keep your vehicle level.
- Leave nothing and take nothing while on the trail.
- Opt for"tree safe" equipment for recovery should you need it.
- Avoid mud if you can while remaining on the road or trail. If you can't, use low gearing and just enough throttle to maintain forward movement.
- Drive responsibly to protect your right to operate my motorized vehicle on roads in WILD lands and to help conserve those lands anyway you can.
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