In general, land owned in the quantities worth driving on are held in trust for one reason or another - either pubic or private. For this reason, you want to present yourself, and or you organization, as a partner in the care of the land. You could get together with other interested user groups to propose a use access and management policy. Then offer to assist in the administration of the policy. Mountain bikers might be another user group to pal up with.
Basicly, you have to sell the land use as a benefit of some sort. Limiting undesired use (abuses like equipment vandalism and garbage dumping) is a huge administrative issue for large land holders. For this reason, offering a regular presence with an emphasis on stewardship could be a benefit to offer. This, of course, is a big bite to take for the occasional off road weekend use of an area. That's where the other potential users come in. Get them to help with the admin and coordination of the effort.
This day in age, you really have to be aggressive on the stewardship thing as soon as you mention OHV usage.
Best of luck.
Bryan
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