Next ORV advisory board meeting

[Creative Fab]

Holiday Inn south Lansing MI 6:30 pm, ask at front desk which room, it is never the same one twice.

There will be big changes to the ORV program so you do not want to miss this meeting!

For more info visit the DNR web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr


or call the GL toll free line at 1-888-705-8683

Pat

[Creative Fab]

The meeting went well for the most part with Dr. Nelson from MSU giving his recommendations to the board after his most recent ORV study.

This time around the fullsize contingency actually made it into Dr. Nelson's study, he expounded on the fact that there is a definate need to add more scramble areas and chalenges to our exsisiting system. To read Dr. Nelson's full study visit the DNR's web site at www.michigan.gov/dnr and look for the ORV study link.

After reading this report make sure to voice any concerns or suggestions you might have, as there is a public comment period avaiable to us for one month.
8/11/05 - 9/11/05

The chair of the ORV advisory board also gave a brief presentation on a new senate bill titled Senate Bill 278, it outlines some proposed legislation directly affecting our ORV program. One of these changes would be to the price of the ORV sticker itself, increasing it from the current $16.25 to $25.50.

Also included in this legislation would be the authority to spend down an excess of the ORV fund and create 700 plus more miles of trail as well as increase the amount paid to grant sponsors per mile or trail or route. I will add the link to this item soon.

If you were at this meeting and think I might have left out something please feel free to add it here!

Pat