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IN HR0012
Resolution
Status
1/28/2019
Primary Sponsor
Michael Karickhoff
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AI Summary
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Indiana House of Representatives urges the U.S. Forest Service to establish an off-road vehicle (ORV) trail system in the Hoosier National Forest, which currently prohibits ORV use on all trails
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The proposed trail system would utilize the full 15,300 acres identified in the Off-Road Vehicle Used Areas document from 1987
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The resolution calls for a timely administrative process through amendments to the current Land and Resource Management Plan and Travel Management Plan
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National forests in Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio already permit ORV use on designated trails, while Indiana's Hoosier National Forest does not
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A copy of the resolution is to be transmitted to Vicki Christiansen, chief of the United States Forest Service
Legislative Description
Urging the United States Forest Service to establish an off-road vehicles (ORVs) trail system.
Last Action
First reading: referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
1/28/2019