Russ Ehnes is the Executive Director of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC). He has lived in Great Falls, Montana his entire life. He began riding motorcycles with his family when he was five. He has enjoyed trail riding as well as competitively racing motorcycles until the mid-eighties. Since then, Russ has turned his attention to off-road advocacy, dual-sport riding and trail riding with his wife, two children, parents, and friends. He is the current Past-President of the Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association (MTVRA) and is President of the Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Association (GFTBRA). Russ is the current Chairman of the Montana OHV Grant Advisory Committee. Russ has been an active participant in several US Forest Service Travel Planning and Forest Plan Revision processes in Montana and is currently a member of the Federal Advisory Committee for the Forest Service Planning Rule.