OHV Management Strategies

	Definitions

25.

Based on Executive Order 11644 (Feb. 8, 1972, as amended), OHV management shall include protecting resources, promoting safety, minimizing user conflicts, ensuring compliance with regulations, and conducting monitoring activities. For each of the following strategies you have used for managing OHV use in [name of unit appeared here], please indicate how effective or ineffective that strategy has been in meeting the goals of the Executive Order. If your unit has not used the strategy, or if the strategy does not apply to your unit, please indicate that by checking "NA/Have not used this strategy"

Management - Enforcement Strategies

		Very effective	Somewhat effective	As effective as not	Somewhat ineffective	Very ineffective	NA /Have not used this strategy	Don't know
25a.	Conducting occasional patrols of routes and/or open areas
25b.	Conducting routine patrols of routes and/or open areas
25c.	Developing agreements with local and/or state law enforcement
25d.	Issuing written warnings/citations for OHV violations
25e.	Arresting individuals for OHV violations
25f.	Revoking or suspending OHV use privileges (e.g., revoking an OHV use permit)

Management - Partnership Strategies

		Very effective	Somewhat effective	As effective as not	Somewhat ineffective	Very ineffective	NA /Have not used this strategy	Don't know
25g.	Developing cooperative agreements with other federal, state, and/or local land management agencies
25h.	Attending OHV user group meetings
25i.	Attending other user group meetings (e.g., environmental, friends, hiking, equestrian groups, etc.)
25j.	Developing adopt-a-route programs
25k.	Soliciting OHV user volunteers for peer enforcement activities
25l.	Soliciting volunteers for maintenance and/or education
25m.	Conducting workshops (such as for safety, route ethics, etc.)
25n.	Conducting public message/ad campaigns (e.g., "Stay the trail," "Keep it green")
25o.	Internet searches of local OHV outfitters to find photos or messages about OHV use in unauthorized areas

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Full Report: GAO-09-509

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