Forest wants rangers to police all-terrain vehicle offenses.

From: The Montana Standard (Butte, Montana) | Date: May 22, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Nick Gevock

May 22--DILLON -- Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest officials hope to step up enforcement of all-terrain vehicle riders by hiring up to six patrol rangers with money from a state grant.

With three law enforcement officers covering an area one-and-a-half times the size of Yellowstone National Park, it's difficult to catch the people who ride cross country or on trails that are closed to motorized vehicles, said Jack de Golia, forest spokesman.

"That's only a million acres a piece," he said of law officers. "Enforcement is a problem; we just don't ...

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