Number: 1980-37
WHEREAS, the use of off-road vehicles (ORV’s) for recreation purposes on public and private lands throughout the United States is a recognized national management problem of major significance; and
WHEREAS, hunters and fishermen, through their own initiatives, solved many wildlife management problems by self-imposing taxes such as the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson programs and such other devices as the Migratory Bird Stamp and license fees, and
WHEREAS, several million acres of lands have been acquired and developed through these programs to the benefit of hunters, fishermen, and others with compatible interest, and
WHEREAS, these seems to be no reason why the ORV users, dealers, and manufacturers could not be equally successful in adopting similar programs to acquire, develop, and manage areas within reasonable access to ORV users as to serve their needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 20-23, 1980, in Miami Beach, Fla., hereby recommends that the ORV community work for the adoption of taxes similar to those imposed on sporting arms and ammunition and fishing tackle to provide money to acquire, develop and manage suitable land for recreational ORV use.