I hate to keep sounding like the controller of this, but I will offer some of the thoughts me and Mike spoke about the other night in form of a reply.
One important thing to consider, a LARGE part of this is getting ideas. It would be very beneficial to see some opinions of what is wanted/what would be attractive. This isn't a complete plan and thee more input the better.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION ON THE MATTER, I WELCOME YOURS AND OTHERS
I think the purpose of the park is 4x4 OHVs. Anything that would detract from that should be strictly against the mission statement of the organization.
Camping - Comes with the territory. Would need to be Designated areas like anywhere else (Dont want someone sleeping ON the trails) and Id like to see potentially full service hook ups (at least a few) for the RV/toterhome crowd.
Fishing- If the property has a pond sure why not.
Hunting- I am an avid hunter, but probably better if this is left out. #1 Irresponsible hunters could injure others #2 This would be a wheeling site that wouldnt be condusive to good hunting, and I don't wanna see a conflict because some one scared away your 10 pointer. Perhaps if there was a high demand you could have a few designated hunts a year. Maybe Bow only and during the week? anything along these lines would need to be approved by the "owners"
ATVs -Im not sure where they fit. In my experience OHV and ATV crowds never get along. Maybe if the whole deal is borderline on enough members an ATV crowd could make it fly? Or maybe it would be OHV only and have 1 or 2 ATV events/year. Again. Im not sure Id want them at all, despite owning 2. But if there is a strong support for it I wouldnt mind them either.
Horses and Mountain Bikes - I'm gonna lump these together. Again It wouldn't be a deal killer for me, but IMHO both of these are probably better left out. Simply put they would require different types of trails and would serve to clog up trails as they couldnt keep up with OHVs generally speaking.
Now Bolt On John I have given my opinion what is yours?
What I think me and Mike would love to hear, is feedback such as, If X is/is not allowed I would/would not be interested.
For example, Im non committal on ATVs, if you said I am interested ONLY if ATVs are allowed and 5 others said I am in ONLY if they are banned then wee know where this stands.
We are talking about a joint proposition where a group of people would BUY the land. As such you would have access as long as "we" own the land. Unless of course you sell your stake .
I think trail maintenance could be maintained by a few work days a year, and hopefully since each user would have a vested interest in the upkeep of the property there would be a strong level of self policing.
