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[QUOTE="bbbom, post: 529971, member: 16301"] This is the text from an email I received from NMA VOLUNTEER Land Use/Legal Director: ================================================== The NMA received two calls from two different newspapers regarding the NMA's position on the IAC's NOVA fuel use study. I have attempted to return both of their calls without success today. I did fax them each two documents. The text of those documents is included in this email. This is our chance to show the world the truth about the WTA. The WTA is a well-funded Special Interest Organizaton which has totally disregarded the desires of 5 of the 6 NOVA Advisory Committee members! Our primary talking ponts need to be - (keep these handy so you can use them if talking to someone or writing a letter) ---- "NMA is a 100% volunteer organization with no paid staff." "A Fuel Use Study was not needed. The Legislature has refused to fully fund even the original 1% since 1990 when they capped the fund at 18/23 of 1%. Do you think the Legislature will raise NOVA funding now if the study shows NOVA is owed more money?" "This Study did accomplish the waste of NOVA funds which the well-funded WTA Special Interest Group wanted. Money was spent on studies instead of providing something on the ground for the users." "WTA is an EXTREME Special Interest Group AGAINST the SHARING of public lands!" "NOVA funds are from forfeited vehicle gas tax refunds and cannot legally be used for non-motorized purposes." "At first glance the current Fuel User Study appears to be fatally flawed. NMA will fund a court challenge if necessary to protect these SHARED USE funds from becoming the UNSHARED property of Special Interest Groups like the WTA." "UNSHARED Special Interest Group money from State and Federal sources is HUNDREDS of times the amount currently refunded for SHARED use through NOVA." - Refer to the specifics stated in the 2001 NMA Position Paper (included as exhibit "B" in the 1/17/2003 email) "The WTA is the only organization on NOVA taking funds for NON-SHARED use. Hiking Only! Everyone else SHARES!" "Every project ever funded by NOVA is open to SHARING by all users EXCEPT the hiking only project money the WTA has stolen from NOVA for their Special Interest Group." "WTA has proven what a well-funded, elitist Special Interest Group, with professional staff, can do to override the desires of 5 out of the 6 NOVA Advisory Committee members." [B]Nonhighway & Off-Road Vehicle Activities Program (NOVA) User Representatives Agreement on Fuel Use Study & Recommendations to the IAC Committee[/b] July 14, 2000 The user representatives with a STATUS of APPROVED shown by their name have agreed to make the following recommendations to the IAC Committee and further state they will support a new fuel use study by the IAC under the conditions agreed to herein. ATV: Dale Knowlton STATUS = APPROVED Equestrian; Lori Lennox STATUS = APPROVED Four Wheel Drive: Carol Jensen (alternate) STATUS =APPROVED Hiker: Ken Konigsmark -WTA STATUS=Has never worked with the others as of 1/17/2003 Mt. Bicyclist: Kevin Collier STATUS=APPROVED ORV/Motorcycle; Rick Dahl STATUS=APPROVED NOTE – Separate copies of the following document were circulated to all six (6) of the NOVA user representatives for their approval. Separately signed copies of this document are on file and can be produced to show that each representative with a status of "approved" following their name has signed this agreement. General Conditions of this Agreement; The final methodology for the study must be disclosed to the NOVA user representatives for comments and suggestions. Majority vote approval of the final study methodology is to be obtained by the IAC Staff from the NOVA user representatives before the IAC Committee approves funding for the actual study. The IAC Staff will hold fuel use study definition/review meetings with the NOVA Committee user representatives. These meetings will be limited to the NOVA user representatives and one other member from each user organization with a seat on the NOVA Committee. Current NOVA user representative members who do not participate in at least two thirds of these meetings will be replaced by a user representative from a different organization with the same user type by the IAC Staff. Funding for a new study is not to be obtained from existing NOVA funds as this would cannibalize existing funding for NOVA projects. The IAC Staff recommendations to the legislature will be concurrent with the recommendation(s) approved by majority vote of the NOVA user representatives. The IAC Staff will not seat additional user group representatives on the NOVA committee unless approved by a majority vote of the existing NOVA user representatives. The IAC Staff will not reallocate NOVA funding on their own without majority vote approval by the NOVA user representatives. The IAC Staff is not to implement potential changes to NOVA funding allocation until after the Legislature acts as a result of the information presented by this study. Funds derived from off road use of fuel are the sole property of those motorized users just like Off Road Vehicle (ORV) sticker money for the purposes of this agreement. Voting on appropriation of these ORV funds will be limited to motorized NOVA user member representatives by the IAC Staff. Study Methodology; Study methodology must recognize off road use of fuel as a separate category from the Non-Highway Roads (NHR) use of fuel. NHR gas tax use is going to have to be studied to determine the type of facility utilized and mode of utilization upon arrival at their NHR destination. Surveying personnel utilized in this study must be trained to clearly understand the definition of a NHR and the types of facilities accessed by use of NHR. There are three basic categories of NHR fuel usage for NOVA purposes; 1) - Fuel usage on nonhighway roads and trails attributable to recreation on trails and areas open to motorized use. 2) - Fuel usage on nonhighway roads attributable to recreation on trails closed to motorized use. 3) - Fuel usage on nonhighway roads not related to trail activities. The study will list the original trailhead at the surveyed user’s NHR destination as the type of facility utilized. Seasonality of use must be addressed and be properly taken into consideration by the study methodology proposed. On the ground sampling is not to occur at any one point for more than one consecutive day in order to prevent intentional skewing of the results by someone who discovers the location. Sampling locations, dates and times are to be kept secret from all users to prevent intentional skewing of results. Sampling data must include type of vehicle used and gas mileage categories by type of vehicle or vehicle combination. The survey data must take into account all of the non-motorized use that occurs on multiple use trails and facilities that are open to motorized users. This study shall focus on the amount of fuel utilized for NHR recreation, not on the number of users in a particular user group. We feel that acceptable survey methods include and should utilize; mailing surveys to proportionate random segments of the population in every county of the state; on the ground surveys of users at NHR usage entry points; and on the ground surveys at proportionately representative samples of facilities while properly taking into account the seasonality of that particular use. Funds derived from Non-Trail facility NHR use, e.g. recreational driving on NHR roads without use of a NOVA funded facility, will be factored into NOVA funding allocation recommendations ONLY IF the legislature approves additional funding for NOVA as a result of this study. All methods of sampling are to clearly inform the person being surveyed of the legal definition of a Non-Highway Road (NHR) and off road vehicle fuel use. Miscellaneous NOVA User Representative Agreements; The above signed and the organization(s) they directly represent agree to support NOVA projects approved by majority vote of the NOVA Committee user representatives and not attempt to subvert the majority vote process through legislative or other legal action. The definition of NOVA Committee user representative does not include Agency representatives on the NOVA Committee. The above signed agree that the use of NOVA funding for use on projects approved by majority vote of the NOVA Committee user representatives will not be challenged through the legal or legislative systems. Organizations that actively seek to overturn these majority vote decisions are to be removed from the NOVA Committee by the IAC Staff without recourse through the IAC. The above signed agree to work to expand opportunities for all NOVA user groups. Not just their own. The above signed agree to support efforts to obtain additional funding for all NOVA users if justified by this new study. [/QUOTE]
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