Rep. Causer Pushed For More Opportunities To Ride ATV's On State Forest Land

Causer Questions DCNR About ATVs
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources took its turn in front of the House Appropriations Committee this morning, and State Representative Marty Causer asked why the agency has not moved to increase the number of publicly accessible ATV trails in Pennsylvania’s state forests.

"We pay ATV registration fees and yet we have limited opportunities in our area to ride those ATVs on legitimate legal trails," Causer said after the hearing. "And we all know that we have very significant amounts of state forest land; and if we’re going to have the state forest land, if we’re going to pay these ATV registration fees; we should have opportunities to ride those ATVs."

Causer added that increased opportunities to ride ATVs on state forest trails would reduce problems caused by ATV riders trespassing on private land.

He said he also wants to know how much money in the ATV fund and what it’s being used for.

Posted by Anne Holliday at 1490 NewsBlog