Off-highway Vehicles

• Groups concerned about potential changes to OHV ban in Castle Parks

  In 2018, the Castle Management Plan was released, saying off-highway vehicles (OHVs) were a threat to conservation in the Castle Provincial Parks.

  Environment

  Jul 8, 2021
  
• Teen dead after crash involving semi-truck, off-highway vehicle in northern Alberta: RCMP

  A teen has died following a collision involving an off-highway vehicle and a semi-truck in northern Alberta over the weekend.

  Traffic

  Sep 28, 2020
  
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• Changes to allow off-road vehicle use in two Nova Scotia protected areas

  Environment Minister Gordon Wilson says the changes would allow him to authorize all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile usage on the Grand Lake-Ross Lake connector trail.

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2019
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• Public discussion about off-highway vehicle use gets heated in Lethbridge

  The province is set to spend $5 million over the next four years for recreational several projects in the Livingstone-Porcupine Hills area.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2018
• Alberta releases trail plans for off-highway vehicle use on threatened land

  The Alberta government is releasing plans for two heavily used areas of the southern foothills that include restricting off-highway vehicles to designated trails.

  Environment

  May 17, 2018
• More fines, tickets await land abusers on Alberta public lands this summer

  Alberta provincial officers with the power to hand out more fines at heftier costs will be out again this summer on public lands and protected areas.

  Canada

  May 14, 2018
• Off-highway vehicle trails threaten Castle parks: Alberta government study

  A government study warns that off-highway vehicles have become the main source of human impact in a large park planned for Alberta's southern Rocky Mountain foothills and threaten the area's fragile environment.

  Environment

  Jan 3, 2018
• Barbed wire across Porcupine Hills trail has OHV users warning others

  A group of dirt bikers was faced with a terrifying experience over the weekend when someone strung barbed wire across a trail in the Porcupine Hills.

  Crime

  Apr 24, 2017
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• Scientists back Alberta plan to ban off-highway vehicles from Castle park

  On Tuesday, 57 scientists said the area includes important ecosystems that support animals, plants and sources of water that need protection.

  Environment

  Apr 4, 2017
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• Some Alberta hunters raise concerns over park plan for Castle region

  Brian Dingreville, with the Alberta Fish and Game Association, suggests there is still a lot of uncertainty about what happens in 2019 and beyond.

  Environment

  Mar 27, 2017