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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public comment on a grant application it is submitting to create an off-highway vehicle response team.

Sheriff's Capt. James Bauman reported Thursday that the agency currently is applying to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division for the 2010-11 grants program for a proposed OHV enforcement project.

Bauman said the project is proposed to include a well equipped, well trained, OHV enforcement and off road response team with funding assistance from the Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program.

The purpose of the sheriff’s OHV enforcement project will be to promote and support the safe and authorized use of public lands by OHV enthusiasts in areas such as the BLM Cow Mountain and Knoxville Recreational Areas, as well as designated OHV use areas of the Mendocino National Forest, Bauman said.

The project also will provide for effective responses and abatement efforts relating to OHV trespass problems on private undeveloped lands and encourage the use of authorized, well managed, OHV recreational areas through public education, he said.

A 30-day public review and comment period for the 2010-11Grants and Cooperative Agreement Program begins March 7 and ends April 4.

He said the comment period provides an opportunity for the public to review the preliminary application submitted by the sheriff’s office to the OHMVR Division for consideration during the grant cycle.

Bauman said the grant application will be posted on the OHMVR Web site on March 8 and can be viewed at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov.

The public may provide comment on the proposed project to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office by contacting Bauman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to the OHMVR Division of California State Parks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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