SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Richard Beardall is getting exactly what he wanted: a trespassing ticket from federal land managers for ignoring the rules and riding his ATV on a closed road in the San Rafael Swell.

Beardall, three other ATV riders and a Jeep, moved a 10-foot barricade near an old uranium mine and made a half-mile roundtrip along the access road to the Muddy River on Saturday.

The Bureau of Land Management closed the area to recreational vehicles in 1993 due to riparian damage, said Price, Utah-based BLM manager Roger Bankert.

Beardall, president of the Americans with Disabilities Access Alliance knows that, but he and others are angry over the closing of public lands, Bankert said.

"He wants the ticket to go to court and challenge the closure," said Bankert, who is in his fourth week on the job.

The citation carries a penalty of about $250 and would have to be challenged before a federal magistrate, Bankert said.

"We did nothing wrong by accessing our county road on our public land," Beardall said Monday. "We plan to plead not guilty."

Beardall, who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, says a legal challenge may be the only way to restore access to much of Utah's public lands to the elderly and disabled who can't access wilderness areas on foot.

No BLM rangers or paid staff were on hand to witness Saturday's ride. A check of the area Monday found no damages caused by the riders, Bankert said.

For now, only Beardall is being cited, but Bankert said he would issue additional citations if he obtained the names of other riders.