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Alcohol Ban In Sand Dunes Of Oregon Curbs Trouble

Holiday In Wales For six years, Bart Jones and his friends have headed to sand dunes along Oregon's south coast for holiday weekends to party and speed across the slopes on their all-terrain vehicles. This year, Mr. Jones and a friend were given $75 tickets for having beer in the dunes and were barred from camping for the rest of the weekend.

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Holiday Wales The arrests were a result of a new Forest Service ban on alcohol in parts of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, where officials say drunken rowdiness is a growing problem.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales Administrators decided that enough was enough after a chaotic scene last Labor Day weekend in which people drag-raced in their vehicles and left mounds of litter strewn about the park.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales This spring, the administrators of the Oregon dunes banned alcohol on the sand, whether people are riding or camping. And they capped the number of permits for groups to camp on the sand at 550.

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Camping Holiday Wales The few allowed to reserve one of the 232 sites in paved campgrounds with bathrooms can drink and have alcohol in their coolers, but cannot take it with them on the sand to ride.

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Accommodation Holiday Wales The crackdown on all-terrain-vehicle users was effective, officials said.

Holiday Last Minute Wales Only one other national forest or park has enacted a drinking ban for all-terrain-vehicle riders, a rule that public lands managers around the country say is too difficult to enforce.

Catering Holiday Self Wales The Forest Service estimates that A.T.V. use nationwide grew from 28 million people in 1995 to 36 million in 2000, helping some rural areas like Oregon's southern coast make up for the loss of timber and fishing jobs with tourism dollars.

Holiday Wales Walking A 1999 study by Rebecca Johnson, an Oregon State University resource economics professor, found that A.T.V. riders spent $74 million on equipment in Oregon and $46 million for groceries, gas, motels and other necessities.

Family Holiday Wales But with the growth in numbers has come a growth in rowdiness, drinking and accidents on the three- or four-wheeled vehicles, which can be driven on sand, rocks and trails.

Holiday Riding Wales The 2002 Consumer Product Safety Commission report said A.T.V. deaths and injuries had been rising fast in recent years.

Adventure Holiday Wales The number of A.T.V.-related deaths hit 547 for 2000, nearly double the number in 1997. Injuries requiring an emergency-room visit hit 111,700 in 2001, more than double the estimated 54,700 in 1997.

Holiday Park South Wales Although problems with A.T.V.'s and drinking have been reported around the country, alcohol bans have not been widely embraced.

Cottage Holiday Wales The Bureau of Land Management decided against an alcohol ban in the 150,000-acre Imperial Sand Dunes in Southern California, which can draw 190,000 people on a holiday weekend, said Chief Ranger Robert Zimmer.

Holiday In Wales Associated Press - 7/13/2003

Topic: All Terrain Vehicles and Off-Roading

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