Off-highway vehicles including motorcycles, quads, jeeps, and full-sized vehicles may generally travel on all BLM improved and unimproved roads, with the exception of a few county roads. For those wishing to travel cross-country, more than 8.3 million acres of public lands in Oregon and Washington are designated as open for cross-country travel. Consult with the BLM District where you want to ride to determine which areas and roads are legal to travel and which are closed.

OHV recreation is just one of the many uses allowed on National Forest lands. OHV travel is regulated by the OHV travel plan; check with the closest Ranger Station for specific areas. It is your responsibility to know and abide by regulations relating to motor vehicle travel. State law requires registration of all motor vehicles before being operated on public lands.

The Bishop Field Office provides a downloadable and printable brochure to answer these questions. (PDF 440 kb)

There are thousands of miles of established dirt roads in the Eastern Sierra. Some range from drivable by two wheel drive to very challenging four wheel drive routes. We ask that you stay on existing dirt roads. There is one open area east of Bishop managed by the Inyo National Forest. This area is called Poleta Canyon and can be accessed by taking East Line Street out of Bishop and traveling approximately 9 miles east. The area will be marked where open riding is allowed.

Government employees and contractors may operate government vehicles when conducting official government business in support of NASA functions or activities. Refer to Official Use of Vehicles, paragraph 3.1 through 3.10. Yes. For government employees, the government is self-insured, negating the need for further insurance. Contractors must be properly insured for vehicles operated in connection with the applicable contract. See paragraph 11.

BLM public lands offer more recreational opportunities over a broader geographical area than any other Federal land agency. In 1996, nearly 60 million people visited the public lands for recreational purposes, which included some of the following opportunities: hiking, fishing, hunting, boating, horseback riding, birding, off- roading, camping, and visiting historical, archaeological, and cultural sites.

The BLM administers public lands within a framework of numerous laws. The most comprehensive of these is the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). All Bureau policies, procedures and management actions must be consistent with FLPMA and the other laws that govern use of public lands. It is the mission of the Bureau of Land Management to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.

State and local laws relating to the use of firearms or other weapons apply on public lands due to proximity to residential areas, high recreational use, or other resource concerns. It is legal to discharge firearms including handguns, rifles, and shotguns on public lands in Oregon and Washington as long as you are outside of designated developed sites and areas that have been closed to shooting due to proximity to residential areas.

The public can become involved directly with individual development projects as they undergo site-specific environmental analyses.

In most areas of National Forest, you need to stay on roads and trails that are open to motorized travel. You may not take your ATV behind a closed gate, or travel OFF the road or trail (cross-country), unless the area is specifically designated for that use. Motorized vehicles are not allowed in any Wilderness Area. You should contact the local Forest office for more details and maps to help you learn where you may ride. Back to Top

There are two prefered points to measure vehicle ride height. Both measurements should be taken on a level flat surface. One is at the center of the fender well to the ground.The other is at the bump stop to the axle housing or frame..

Don't do it! The only exception may be a private road with absolutely no traffic and of course the owners permission to do so.

The Long Island Central Pine Barrens Preserve is intended to protect the areas natural resources and underlying drinking water aquifer. All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have become a very serious threat to the Preserve and other natural areas. There are many sensitive habitats (e.g. coastal plain pond shorelines) in the Pine Barrens containing rare species of plants and animals that are being degraded or destroyed by ATVs.

Almost all are in the western states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.

Not at all. In fact, in extremely dense urban cores like that of New York, Washington DC, London, and Paris, it's much more effective to simply walk around with a Wi-Fi equipped PDA in your pocket running a stumbling utility like MiniStumbler on a PocketPC or Kismet on a Zaurus. People have reported stumbling while riding bicycles and flying airplanes. (In the air, it helps not to get too high.

Under common law, pedestrians, horse riders and carriage drivers have public user rights over the whole width of land designated a highway. Usually this is between the hedges and fences on either side of the carriageway and this area may include verges. These rights may, however, be restricted where limitations are imposed such as the provision of a footway, along which only pedestrians have user rights.