WARREN COUNTY, N.Y. -- Steve Alheim's been doing this for six years. He's part of a group of 2,500 people called off-road highway users or OHVs.

“It's like a puzzle,” Alheim said. “You have to get through it.”

It's a hobby that he says is just like hiking or mountain biking, but for the last five years, Alheim's been noticing that the roads are closing.

So he called the Department of Environmental Conservation who said…

“That they were within their rights to close the roads to motor vehicles,” Alheim said.

But Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward disagrees.

“People pay for that land. There should be access for everybody,” said Sayward.

Sayward's the sponsor of a bill in the Assembly that would amend the highway so that local governments, not the state, can have authority over what to do with the roads.

“We have people who can't get electricity ‘cause they can't put power lines into their homes because the roads are closed,” Sayward said.

There is only one known, legal and open road in Warren County for Alheim and his friends to ride. The other closest one is in Johnstown, 50 miles away. Alheim doesn't want us to reveal the name or location of the road, because he says if we do, they may close it down tomorrow.

“It immediately gets on the radar of the DEC and other groups to go in and say this is a bad idea, close this road immediately,” Alheim said.

“My bill will not go anywhere if my name is on it because I am minority member,” Sayward said.

And in the New York State Assembly minority members are only allowed to get local bills issued, like tax extenders that only affect the area the member represents.

“So what I do with my bills is I shop them. There are a lot of member who own second homes in Adirondack Park that have been extremely helpful to me,” Sayward said. “This is one that I haven't had any success with, but I will continue to try to shop this bill.”

Alheim says he's glad that he has the ear of Assemblywoman Sayward. He says that no matter how frustrating this fight gets, he'll only preach legal wheeling and never drive a road that is closed.

We contacted the local branch of the DEC for an interview to talk about the ways they preserve Adirondack Park, but because of a scheduling conflict, they weren't able to participate in our story.