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DrBlackbird
02-28-2005, 04:30 PM
New to this site........Just bought a Bombardier Baja650 4 wheeler........
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.Ques:.....Here in Houston, where are people riding these days......Is the river 1960/Treshwig behind Carter country still open. Rode the forest on 2 wheels many years ago, is it any good for 4 wheel
Hemibee
02-28-2005, 06:23 PM
Forest good - river bad

The State outlawed riding on the banks of any river within the state. The only exceptions being rivers that do not both begin and end inside the state borders.
Tourmeister
03-01-2005, 12:57 AM
Why is that? Errosion issues?
Hemibee
03-01-2005, 05:47 AM
I'll see if I can find the actual report from A&M that discusses the ruling. I think I know where it is so maybe I can find it today.
Hemibee
03-01-2005, 06:06 AM
I'll see if I can find the actual report from A&M that discusses the ruling. I think I know where it is so maybe I can find it today.

Found it quicker than I thought I would.

ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH OFF ROAD VEHICLE USE IN TEXAS (http://www.texasoffroad.net/TPWD-TAMU_OHV_Study.pdf)

See - Section 3.4 Area Closures: ORV Use in Rivers
Sleepy Weasel
04-01-2005, 12:32 PM
Why is that? Errosion issues?

They gave all sorts of flawed reasons, one of which was riverbank erosion, though a good storm can erode those banks more in a day than ORV's could in a month. They also talked about water pollution from leaking fluids, oil, coolant, etc, but they're happy to let PWC's and boats out there puking the same fluids. The only realistic issue raised is that a lot of people don't care where they toss their trash.

Really, though, the big drive behind this was private landowners who wanted to deny the public any access to what they saw as their own private water source.