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Off-Highway Enthusiasts ARE Environmentalists
In a showing of support as the environmental stewards they are, many motorized OHV enthusiasts from the Pacific North West 4 Wheel Drive Association, Oregon BushHackers, Pacific Land Rovers, Brush Busters, Jolly Jeepers, and various other 4x4, motorcycle, all-terrain-vehicle and snowmobile clubs participated in the Apr. 29, 2000 Stop Oregon Litter & Vandalism (SOLV) cleanup of the Tillamook State Forest in Oregon's breath-taking northern coastal mountain range.
This annual forest cleanup has traditionally been highly attended by Sierra Club members, but this year, one of its more active members noted: "Our absence was especially humiliating considering the fact that 50-plus off-road vehicle enthusiasts showed up to pull cars and sofas out of the forest. (Who is the environmentalist here?)"
The clean-up crew removed 20 cubic yards of garbage, 3 tons of scrap metal, 368 tires and seven abandoned vehicles. This effort illustrates out how environmentally aware the off-highway vehicle community is, and who the real environmentalists are: us, the tax-paying public who access our lands and actually did the work of caring for our environment.
Visit http://www.odf.state.or.us/tsf/solv.htm to learn more about SOLV 2000 cleanup of the Tillamook State Forest.
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