NOHVCC Helps Riders
Protect ATV Trails with Web Based Workshops and
Videos
Washington, D.C. (5/22/2009)
- With help from Yamaha, the National Off-Highway
Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC) will be
conducting interactive web based workshops, or
webinars, for OHV riders and anyone interested
in OHV land use beginning in mid-June. The workshops
are designed to give riders the skills they'll
need to keep trails open in their areas. The sessions
will be 2 -3 hours long and will be conducted
by the same OHV management experts who conduct
the on-site NOHVCC workshops.
There are four separate modules that will be
presented at various times to accommodate people's
busy schedules.
- The first session, Understanding Planning
Processes, will help people understand the processes
required for land planning, particularly on
Forest Service Lands, how the process has changes
since November, 2005, and how we reached this
point.
- The second session, Getting Involved –
Saving Your Trails, will help riders understand
how to be effective in their efforts to influence
the decisions that will determine where they
can ride.
- Sessions three and four, Planning OHV Trails
– Part 1 and Planning OHV Trails –
Part 2, will help riders and land managers understand
how to plan, design, manage, and maintain trail
systems that meet riders’ needs by providing
high quality and adequate quantities of trails
that riders will want to stay on, not trails
that they have to stay on.
In addition to the interactive webinars, NOHVCC
will be offering fourteen video workshop sessions
as podcasts. The videos will cover the same topics
as the webinars but are not interactive. They
will allow riders or groups who can't participate
in the webinars or groups to get the knowledge
they need to protect their riding opportunities.
The videos can be watched as streaming videos
at www.nohvcc.org
or NOHVCC can mail you a DVD with all sessions
on one disc.
Russ Ehnes, Executive Director of the NOHVCC
said "In these tight economic times we need
to take advantage of technology to help riders
get the information they need. Last year we began
developing the webinar and video programs with
financial support from the Motorcycle Industry
Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America.
This year, we will be delivering the webinars
and videos with funding from the Yamaha GRANT
program. This program will help us reach thousands
of OHV activists who otherwise wouldn't have a
chance to take part in a NOHVCC workshop."
The workshop modules were developed in cooperation
with the American Motorcyclist Association, BlueRibbon
Coalition, Motorcycle industry Council, Off-Road
Business Association, Specialty Vehicle Institute
of America, and United Four Wheel Drive Associations
For more information about signing up for the
webinar sessions, viewing the video sessions,
or to order a DVD, check out www.nohvcc.org
or call 800-348-6487 .
www.nohvcc.org
Great Falls, MT 59404
800-348-6487
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