No more Mr. Nice Guy.  I’ve had it!  Our recreation is in serous jeopardy, I don’t care what you ride.  Whether a dirt bike, buggy, 4wd, ATV, PWC, sled, or wake skates behind a boat, WE are in trouble.
 
I am writing this as me, Del.  I am not claiming to represent any group or organization that I work for, represent or am a member of.  This is from my guts telling me we had better change the way we’re doing business, or we’re gonna lose our motors.  I am getting firmer and staunched in my positions on land use and access.  But we need an army of people getting in the game so our voice can be heard.
 
Now I’m not playing Chicken Little here, either.  The sky is not falling.  But from my experience around the continent, the atmosphere is sure shaky.  Tune in here and see what I think we need to do before it’s just any further down the road, too late.
 
To make a long, bring tears to your eyes, story short, this is the gist of the problem:
1.  Our image is so tainted we’re an easy target for bad press and closures due to the few yeh-hoos and dip-wads out there.
2.  We deserve some of the bad press – we are not policing our own.
3.  By not showing up and speaking out as much as our opponents, we are the vast minority, under dog, get stepped on groups.
4.  We are a HUGE army waiting for the call to help manage our public lands, but we’re not there in mass.

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