| Ethics is what we do when no one is watching. | | | | Don'ts |
| Please follow these do's and don'ts of ATV operation. | | | | 1. Do not operate an ATV on a maintained |
| Do's | | | | snowmobile trail any time of the year except when |
| 1. Always seek landowner permission before | | | | landowner permission has been given or it is also a |
| operating your ATV. | | | | designated ATV trail. |
| 2. Respect private property you have permission to | | | | 2 Do not operate an ATV on a private road without |
| operate on and operate your ATV. | | | | landowner permission. |
| 3. Become a member of your local ATV club. If there | | | | 3. Do not operate an ATV on, along or adjacent to a |
| is not a club in your area, help in the forming of one. | | | | railroad track or within the right of way of a railroad. |
| 4. Take an ATV education course and then become | | | | Abandoned railroad right of ways that have had the |
| a certified instructor so that you can help pass the | | | | tracks removed may be used if the use has been |
| education along to others. | | | | approved by the landowner. |
| 5. Become involved and help in the creation of trails. | | | | 4. Do not operate an ATV within 200 feet of any |
| Seeking and receiving landowner permission before a | | | | dwelling, hospital, nursing home, convalescent home |
| trail is developed is a must. | | | | or church. |
| 6. Stay on designated trails at all times. Straying from | | | | 5. Do not operate an ATV on any salt marsh, |
| the trail can jeopardize landowner permission for the | | | | intertidal zone, marine sand beach, sand dunes, |
| trail in the future. | | | | cemetery or burial place, alpine tundra or unfrozen |
| 7. Avoid operating an ATV when conditions are such | | | | freshwater bag or marsh. |
| that excessive damage will be done which in turn | | | | 6. Do not operate an ATV on any croplands or |
| may lead to erosion problems. (Example: mud season | | | | pasture land or tree plantations. |
| Spring and Fall). | | | | |