One main difference between fishing pressure and OHV damage is that as a fisherman I pay a fee to fish, which can be used to improve and mitigate some of the harm my recreation may inflict on a waterbody. I will pay a licensing fee and those monies will be used to support the Alberta fishery. However, OHV users do nothing to repair/mitigate the damage they may do to streams. They are not required to purchase a fishing license to tear up a stream bed and damage fish habitat. Therefore, they do not contribute any funds to support the repair of that damage. At least as a fisherman I am invested in the health of the areas I fish and will try to protect and/or improve those areas( stream improvement projects Trout U). I doubt OHV users are as interested in those issues as fisherman are. Just another thought.
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