Hello

[jeepinjp]

Hi All,
I am JP, I am from north jersey, some of you may know me, some may not. I am here to offer whatever help I can. I have a bit of experience when it comes to OHV and will share what I can.I have had many discussions with Russ over the years and I know Rob from NJBBA.
I am a member of NJJC.
I had been asked by a member of the equine community to see if I could lend a hand to Tom as he reached out to them. I am on the NJ Trails council as the motorized rep, also was part of the ORV subcommittee as mentioned in the ORV policy by our beloved Bradley Campbell.

Further and this is just for info and areas of expertise that I can reach out to if needed.
I am the NJ partner of NOHVCC, I am on the board of directors of BRC, I founded NJOHVA also a Tread Lightly Master Trainer, and an ASI liscenced instructor, to mention some. I have sat in Trenton many a day either fighting or pushing different forms of OHV legislation.
I say this again just so you know I am here and have access to all these folks and more if you wish and think it can help. But not being from south jersey I do not know all the players or the areas you speak of, but it is a generic issue and education of those that are damaging sensitive areas is an important aspect of controling this problem, as well as signage. I can tell you that in most other states all user groups coexist with minimal issues, NJ is just slow coming to the party... I spoke to the regional park director last week and got his prospective.

I will be lurking around and if I feel I can help or if I am asked I will post up.. I wish you all good luck and salute you for your efforts..

[HamiltonLJ]

Welcome JP! We need all the help we can get! Any advise you can give will be greatly appreciated!

[mudboy]

Welcome. Not sure if you remember but I contacted you about this issue about a month or so ago. Nice to see you on board here.

[jeepinjp]

Thanks Tom and Mudboy,

Yes I do remember and I lost your contact info and was waiting for a return call... but I got here anyway, so all good..
It sounds like you all have the makings of a coalition that is desperately needed in NJ... so long as it is truly a coalition of all users..........and that motorized users(in coalition) are not blamed for and penalized for damage done by other "motorized users" for which they have absolutely no control.

What I caution is that there is not a buy-in from all the "Enviro" type groups and that while you feel you are working with them another group is persueing the no motorized use in the park...I have no knowledge of this but have seen it done. I believe that Russ is a stand up guy and would not knowingly participate in this but I thought I should share it with you guys. I must also say the trash can idea and clean-ups are great but must be done along with the education component, weather it be sign and flyers that can be handed to the offenders or maybe even left in the area they frequent pinned to a tree or something as you only need to get one or two of them to get the picture and they will talk to the others.

Anyway this is just my 2 cents and food for thought for you all.

Good Luck

[njjeepthing]

What's up JP, we've met before up at an OK4wd event. Name is Jamie, founder and former Prez. of New Jersey Jeep. Good to see you on board.

[jeepinjp]

Hey Jamie,
Yes I remember ... thanks for the welcome and glad to be here.. Will I see you next week at the crawl for the cure ??
I am heading out to PA later this week for a few days as I am helping the Northumberland county OHV park project.

[njjeepthing]

I actually won't be at the C4C this year, have two previously planned engagements that day that I can't get out of, I will be at the clean up on Sunday however.