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I know there are a lot of atv trails out there and they have all been there long before i got here. I know quite a few of them had to require a lot of backbreaking work to accomplish, just like the remote airstrips. I pose this question, why do people have so much heartburn with atv trails but not with remote airstrips? I know the problem is with the riders going off trail and creating trails that may only be used a time or 2 but the airstrips will always be used. Do they not damage the terrain? Are more being built every year? Don't a lot of the pilots use ridgetops and flat terrain to land on?
I now some of you will say there is no comparison but i'm pretty sure aircraft were accesssing the backcountry long before atv's were.
Maybe we should be paying closer attention to ALL the ORV traffic, not just the atv's.

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• air taxis holding areas for guides... BRWNBR Jan 10 2006
  • Airstrip Issues too... Michael Strahan Jan 11 2006
    • public property twodux Jan 12 2006
      • building strips and such bushrat Jan 12 2006
        • On Remote Airstrips- Michael Strahan Jan 13 2006
          • Strips and trails AkHunter45 Jan 13 2006
            • ATV Trail Eyesores Michael Strahan Jan 14 2006
    • Sorry but......... sdog Jan 11 2006
      • Semantics... Michael Strahan Jan 12 2006
        • Thanks for the Kind Words- Michael Strahan Jan 13 2006
        • Mike, chignik Jan 12 2006
        • Doesn sdog Jan 12 2006
          • Math Lessons Michael Strahan Jan 12 2006
            • math and guides BRWNBR Jan 12 2006
    • You said it all Rutting Moose Jan 11 2006
  • exclusive areas Sollybug Jan 11 2006
  • world record ram Chisana Jan 10 2006
    • Ram Glacier Fullcurl Jan 10 2006
      • ram glacier BRWNBR Jan 10 2006
        • fair enough Chisana Jan 10 2006
          • rams BRWNBR Jan 10 2006
      • jobs Chisana Jan 10 2006
  • careful what you wish for bushrat Jan 10 2006
  • Business sense martentrapper Jan 10 2006
  • It Happens; Skin the Cat Differently Mark Jan 10 2006
    • bushrat BRWNBR Jan 10 2006
  • air charters AkHunter45 Jan 10 2006