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Showing posts with label ATVs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ATVs. Show all posts
Monday, September 25, 2023

Farm safety quick hits: Create a rescue plan; manure pit accidents; women in ag; ATV safety; mental health first aid

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Farming comes with a distinct set of dangers and demands. Sound planning, accident prevention and know-how can improve measures to keep farm...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

Study: Surge in child ATV injuries likely linked to pandemic

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An increase in all-terrain-vehicle injuries among children is likely linked to more of them being out of school during the pandemic, accordi...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Boys, 3 and 5, die in unsupervised ATV accident on rural road; safety, education should be promoted

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Now that spring is here and schools will soon begin letting out for summer vacation, it might be a good time to remind readers of the danger...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Minneapolis paper's 'Risky Riding' series examines dangers of children riding ATVs

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ATVs are a common sight in rural areas—often used for work and recreation— but almost as common are accidents , often involving young ride...
Thursday, October 09, 2014

ATV accidents, casualties remain a concern in rural America; safety precautions being ignored

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All-terrain vehicles are a common sight in rural areas — often used for work and recreation —and almost as common are ATV accidents result...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

National forests in Virginia crack down on mud-slinging four-wheelers

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National forests in Virginia are cracking down on "mud-bogging," a four-wheeling sport that involves souped-up vehicles through mu...
Friday, December 05, 2008

Ban on road construction in national forests is narrowed to only 10 Western states

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The ban on creating new roads in national forests, enacted during the Clinton administration, has been narrowed by a federal court decision....
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Kentucky's lieutenant governor heartily endorses mountaintop-removal strip mining for coal

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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has called for dialogue on how to mitigate the impacts of mountaintop-removal coal mining, and some other Democr...
Monday, January 14, 2008

Proposal to close off-road trails in western Montana national forest sparks unruly public hearing

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Debate over the environment often inspires emotional responses on both sides. In the case of Bitterroot National Forest in western Montana...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

ATV enthusiasts want Appalachian regional system

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Building trails for all-terrain vehicles in national forests and other public areas would attract adventure tourism and reduce ATV-caused er...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

All-terrain vehicles damaging national forests

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"Federally owned lands are rapidly being transformed into the new playgrounds — and battlegrounds — of the American West. Outdoor enth...
Sunday, September 02, 2007

Paper mills long gone, town in northern N. H. banks on prison, ATV park for economic revival

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In northern New Hampshire. the town of Berlin once relied on paper mills, now long gone. "Plagued by high unemployment, vacant building...
Friday, August 17, 2007

Kentucky county on edge of Cumberland Plateau rejects idea of allowing ATVs on public roads

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An ordinance to allow all-terrain vehicles on public roads, which got national attention when introduced in Wayne County, Kentucky, last mo...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

All-terrain vehicles, now integrated into the rural landscape, pose serious risks for children

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DeKain Abnee, 10, talks to his brother, 12-year-old Jaiden Willoughby, who sits on the all-terrain vehicle Jaiden was driving when it wrecke...