From the "Colorado Bowhunter" (the newsmagazine of the Colorado Bowhunters Association)...
May/June 2007 Issue, Paul Navarre (CBA Colorado Division of Wildlife Liaison) writes...
"Colorado Wildlife Commission conducted their February workshop meeting in Estes Park and their March public meeting in Denver. Topics of interest, at the workshop, were the Rocky Mountain National Park Elk/Vegetation Management Plan, the ATV/OHV background briefing and the general discussion on hutning licenses fees and revenue projections."
The number one item on Paul Navarre's list of items covered at the CWC workshop is...
"1. ATV/OHV: The CDOW is well aware of the problem with illegal use of ATV/OHVs on public land and especially on the thousands of square miles of National Forest. Enforcement, lack of manpower, current laws and the OVERWHELMING INCREASE IN NUMBERS OF ATV/OHVs has created a challenge for the Division. Eddie Coachman, retired DOW, testified that ILLEGAL USE MAY BE THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO WILDLIFE HABITAT AND PREMATURE GAME MOVEMENT IN COLORADO..."
