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The U.S. Forest Service is nearing a decision to build a 130 mile trail for off highway vehicles in the Ochoco National Forest.  The proposal is being met with much opposition from conservation groups who fear habitat damage such as illegal mud bogging by OHV’s. Watch our short video tour of the Ochocos.      

This article appears in Mar 30 – Apr 6, 2016.

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Sourcecast Video: The magnificent Ochoco National Forest

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 6, 2016

<h1>Sourcecast Video: The magnificent Ochoco National Forest</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 6, 2016</p> <p>The U.S. Forest Service is nearing a decision to build a 130 mile trail for off highway vehicles in the Ochoco National Forest. &nbsp;The proposal is being met with much opposition from conservation groups who fear habitat damage such as illegal mud bogging by OHV's. Watch our short video tour of the Ochocos.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br /> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/WhYo7iFVGKA </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/sourcecast-video-the-magnificent-ochoco-national-forest-2617902/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=37512&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/sourcecast-video-the-magnificent-ochoco-national-forest-2617902/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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