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Utah Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Management Workshop

June 23-26, 2008

Weber State University, Davis Campus
2750 North University Park Blvd., Layton, UT 84041-9099

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW!
https://conference.nohvcc.org/?EVENT&EVENTCODE=010193-45&PASSWORD=nohvcc&template=UTwork

The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council in cooperation with Davis County, Utah State Parks, US Forest Service Region 4 and the Bureau of Land Management Utah State Office will conduct an Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Management Workshop in Layton on June 23-26, 2008.

The purpose of the 2008 workshop is to conduct an educational forum on OHV recreation management for land management agencies and local government with the specific objectives of:

Defining Utah public land management, public, and industry stakeholder issues;

Sharing the current status of local, state and federal planning efforts;

Building a better understanding of laws and regulations governing the use of OHVs;

Improving education information and the distribution of educational materials to the OHV recreation public;

Improving the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management of OHV facilities, areas, trails and trail systems in order to:

o Minimize impacts to natural and cultural resources;
o Reduce conflict between recreation and other public land stakeholders; and
o Better meet the needs and desires of the OHV recreation public; and

Improving working relationships between local, state, and federal land management agencies and the OHV community.

The Workshop will consist of classroom instruction and field exercises. In addition, optional ATV Safety Institute(r) ATV RiderCourse(tm), Motorcycle Safety Foundation Dirt Bike School(tm) , and Tread Lightly!(r) Tread Trainers(tm) Course classes will be offered on Monday, June 23.

Please register on-line using the link provided above. Advance registration is required. Registration is required and limited to 80. Registration closes June 17th. Registration fee is $100.00.

For further information regarding the workshop please contact Ann Vance at 888-458-0131 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council is a non-profit educational foundation. For information regarding NOHVCC and its workshop programs visit its website at www.nohvcc.org.

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News Release
May 1, 2008

Open House and Public Meeting Planned for Clear Creek Asbestos Health Risk Presentation

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host an open house and a public meeting May 8 in Santa Clara for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to present its human health risk assessment for asbestos exposure from recreational use of BLM’s Clear Creek Management Area (CCMA). BLM will also present information on its recent closure of about half the area in response to the findings.

EPA's assessment, released May 1, states that asbestos exposures measured by EPA for many recreational activities at CCMA are "above the EPA acceptable risk range of lifetime cancers," and also concludes that children "have greater risk than adults due to higher exposure measurements [and] are of special concern because their exposures occur earlier in their lives."

 

BLM issued an immediate temporary closure of 31,000 acres of the 63,000 acres of public lands in the CCMA, located in western Fresno and eastern San Benito counties, in response to the assessment, according to BLM Hollister Field Manager Rick Cooper. The EPA assessment is available online at www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/noa/clearcreek; the BLM closure order is at www.blm.gov/ca/hollister.