road vehicle is not a highway vehicle, it is obvious that USDA prohibition on my recreational activity and recreational equipment (including an off-road vehicle) is retaliatory and is definitely intended to and does prevent public use of land. PROTECT PUBLIC LAND ACT #4: Highway Safety Act Even though the USDA cites this Act as authority to prohibit and ban the use of off-road recreational vehicles on Public Land, this Act only relates to on-highway passenger vehicles and the passengers within them. Since my off road vehicle is not a highway vehicle, it is obvious that USDA prohibition on recreational activity and recreational equipment (including an off-road vehicle) is definitely intended to and does prevent public use of land. USDA DUTY TO AGEING OR DISABLED PUBLIC Americans With Disabilities Act This Act protects Americans with disabilities and insures equal use and access to all public places that are open to the general public, including Public Land. However, the USDA has made recent alterations on the forest roads that completely block access for any kind of motorized vehicles, including recreational off-road vehicles, which would normally transport elderly and handicapped to historical sites shown on road maps of the forest. The USDA has recently built permanent commercial metal gates across forest roads. The blockades are not built at the highway exit onto the forest roads The blockades become apparent to forest visitors only after we drive several miles in our 4- wheel drive passenger vehicles from the highway up the mountain on a dirt road. The USDA used bulldozers to build rolling earth-bermed barriers beyond the locked commercial gates. The USDA posted signs prohibiting motorized vehicles, including recreational off-road vehicles. The posted signs cite the National Safety Act as authority to prohibit motorized vehicles; however, the NSA regulates only vehicle traffic on the highway. It is obvious that the alterations to forest roads (blockades and barricades) and USDA prohibition on recreational use and equipment (including an off-road vehicle) is definitely intended to and does prevent public use of land. USDA DUTY TO VACATIONING PUBLIC: 1968 National Trails System Act (16 U.S. Code§ 1241) CONSIDERATIONS FOR DETERMINING ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAILS In order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding population and in order to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nation, trails should be established (i) primarily, near the urban areas of the
road vehicle is not a highway vehicle, it is obvious that USDA prohibition on my recreational activity and recreational equipment (including an off-road vehicle) is retaliatory and is definitely intended to and does prevent public use of land. PROTECT PUBLIC LAND ACT #4: Highway Safety Act Even though the USDA cites this Act as authority to prohibit and ban the use of off-road recreational vehicles on Public Land, this Act only relates to on-highway passenger vehicles and the passengers within them. Since my off road vehicle is not a highway vehicle, it is obvious that USDA prohibition on recreational activity and recreational equipment (including an off-road vehicle) is definitely intended to and does prevent public use of land. USDA DUTY TO AGEING OR DISABLED PUBLIC Americans With Disabilities Act This Act protects Americans with disabilities and insures equal use and access to all public places that are open to the general public, including Public Land. However, the USDA has made recent alterations on the forest roads that completely block access for any kind of motorized vehicles, including recreational off-road vehicles, which would normally transport elderly and handicapped to historical sites shown on road maps of the forest. The USDA has recently built permanent commercial metal gates across forest roads. The blockades are not built at the highway exit onto the forest roads The blockades become apparent to forest visitors only after we drive several miles in our 4- wheel drive passenger vehicles from the highway up the mountain on a dirt road. The USDA used bulldozers to build rolling earth-bermed barriers beyond the locked commercial gates. The USDA posted signs prohibiting motorized vehicles, including recreational off-road vehicles. The posted signs cite the National Safety Act as authority to prohibit motorized vehicles; however, the NSA regulates only vehicle traffic on the highway. It is obvious that the alterations to forest roads (blockades and barricades) and USDA prohibition on recreational use and equipment (including an off-road vehicle) is definitely intended to and does prevent public use of land. USDA DUTY TO VACATIONING PUBLIC: 1968 National Trails System Act (16 U.S. Code§ 1241) CONSIDERATIONS FOR DETERMINING ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAILS In order to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor recreation needs of an expanding population and in order to promote the preservation of, public access to, travel within, and enjoyment and appreciation of the open-air, outdoor areas and historic resources of the Nation, trails should be established (i) primarily, near the urban areas of the