Brad posted a message about wheeling at Natural bridge so I thought I would do the same for South Dakota. Years ago there was some interest in 
doing a run in SD, but nothing ever came of it. I did try to contact people in SD about it and the only good thing I can say about it is it was frustrating! I did get some maps but the NFS was not willing to point out any places that off road driving was allowed. Basically they said that if the group was over a certain amount a permit would be needed and a plan of the event, and clean up submitted. They also said that any permits that were submitted would be rejected! Then I asked how many people would require a permit and we would limit attendance to under that amount. He said they really prefered that we would not do that as they want people to work with them, so applying for the permit would be preferable but the permit would be denied. 
Didn't make much sense to me at the time either.
I tryed to contact the local club there, the ones that run the Dakota Challenge. They were not willing to help either. Their fear was that the more people who knew about the trails the more use they would see. The more use they saw the more likely for the NFS was to shut them down, so they wouldn't help. With the attitude of the local FS I really didn't blame them.
My last call went the Jeep Jamboree to see if they could help out with any info. All they wanted to do was have affiliate themselves with JJ. Without doing that they would not provide any info! Their not all about money, right.
So I gave up on it. Here we are many years later and I'm hoping that with the size of, and the collective amount of wheeling we have all done that someone knows where the trails are there. I know the MWC would like to branch out and have events in more areas of the country and one of my absolute favorite states is SD so I think an event there would be great. Plus the way I hear it there are some pretty radical trails there.
So, anyone have any info on wheeling in SD?
B-loose
doing a run in SD, but nothing ever came of it. I did try to contact people in SD about it and the only good thing I can say about it is it was frustrating! I did get some maps but the NFS was not willing to point out any places that off road driving was allowed. Basically they said that if the group was over a certain amount a permit would be needed and a plan of the event, and clean up submitted. They also said that any permits that were submitted would be rejected! Then I asked how many people would require a permit and we would limit attendance to under that amount. He said they really prefered that we would not do that as they want people to work with them, so applying for the permit would be preferable but the permit would be denied. Didn't make much sense to me at the time either.I tryed to contact the local club there, the ones that run the Dakota Challenge. They were not willing to help either. Their fear was that the more people who knew about the trails the more use they would see. The more use they saw the more likely for the NFS was to shut them down, so they wouldn't help. With the attitude of the local FS I really didn't blame them.
My last call went the Jeep Jamboree to see if they could help out with any info. All they wanted to do was have
affiliate themselves with JJ. Without doing that they would not provide any info! Their not all about money, right.So I gave up on it. Here we are many years later and I'm hoping that with the size of
, and the collective amount of wheeling we have all done that someone knows where the trails are there. I know the MWC would like to branch out and have events in more areas of the country and one of my absolute favorite states is SD so I think an event there would be great. Plus the way I hear it there are some pretty radical trails there.So, anyone have any info on wheeling in SD?
B-loose
