Trail Preservation

Tread Lightly

"Tread Lightly!, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to proactively protect recreation access and opportunities in the outdoors through education and stewardship initiatives.

Tread Lightly! provides outdoor ethics for all types of outdoor recreation-- everything from hiking to hunting to camping, with a special focus on motorized and mechanized recreation-- like four wheeling, motorcycling, snowmobiling, and boating."

Some of Tread Lightly's educational material is listed here. Click on title to view or print this material. Tread Lightly has material for every age, child to adult.

The BlueRibbon Coalition

From the BlueRibbon Coalition website: "The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national non-profit organization dedicated to preserving responsible recreational access to public lands and waters. We want to keep your land open for use, whether you recreate on a mountain bike, snowmobile, motorcycle, personal watercraft, ATV, four-wheeler, horse, or your hiking boots.

Today, the BlueRibbon Coalition is a respected national recreation group that represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. Here are some links of interest on their website.

Recreational Trails Program

From their website: "The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) provides funds to the States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail uses. The RTP is an assistance program of the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Federal transportation funds benefit recreation including hiking, bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian use, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, off-road motorcycling, all-terrain vehicle riding, four-wheel driving, or using other off-road motorized vehicles."

Here are some links of interest:

United Four Wheel Drive Associations

From their website: "Protecting 4X4 Access Worldwide! The United Four Wheel Drive Associations are a group of state, regional, provincial and national 4WD associations in the United States and around the world. We also encompass various 4x4 clubs and businesses. Our members span the globe from the U.S. and Canada, New Zealand, Australia, England, Japan, South Africa, and Iceland. "

National Off Highway Vehicle Conservation Council

From their website: "NOHVCC, as a national body of OHV recreation enthusiasts, develops and provides a wide spectrum of programs, materials and information, or "tools", to individuals, clubs, associations and agencies in order to further a positive future for responsible OHV recreation."