To: OUTDOORS EDITORS Contact: Russ Ehnes, Executive Director of the National Off- Highway Vehicle Conservation Council, +1-800-348-6487 WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The top executive at one of the nations leading off-highway vehicle recreation organizations told a Congressional panel today that active management of OHV use on federal lands is working and that the closure of public lands to the millions of Americans who enjoy motorized recreation would be a step backward.

By Joe Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune Jan. 24--Another confrontation is brewing in southern Utah between local county officials and the federal Bureau of Land Management.