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Originally Posted by redcj3a
I am relatively new to this hobby and have already been impacted by public trail closures. Specifically the vacating of public roads Vinton County that provided four wheeling opportunities in the Richland Furnace area. I am under the impression OMTA helped with the legal expenses to oppose this action by the Township Trustees. (Blazerbrad may be able to correct me if I am wrong.) This is when I first became aware of the organization.
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OMTA coordinated all of the legal efforts and with the money coming from donations to OMTA. Basically, many seperate off-road clubs (Jeep, 4x4, ATV, bike) and other organizations donated money directly to a "legal defense fund" of OMTA that was then used to pay an attorney. I think there was around $9,000 spent on this, with the Ohio 4x4 Trailriders out of Columbus donating a large portion of that.