Jamie Sherwood

This bill undermines current OHRV trail permitting processes, NH DOT safety standards and adds more responsibility to the already understaffed, overburdened Fish and Game Department. HB 375 also undermines the on-going work of the HB 1188 OHRV Study Commission whose mandate is to study the complex issues and make recommendations. It is improper to submit OHRV legislation while the commission has 2 more years to work. There is talk that OHRV clubs want to create a southern NH Ride the Wilds - HB 683 would expedite that. Rather than correct the mistakes of Ride the Wilds, and other roads open to OHRV riding around the state - HB 375 will repeat and amplify the nuisance - so problems will grow and spread instead of being corrected.