Trail_Fanatic

From ARRA:

Congress has avoided a government shutdown and an access crisis by crafting a Continuing Resolution (CR) that has been agreed to by House and Senate leaders. The CR legislation for Fiscal Year 2011 includes a provision that limits the use of funds for the Department of Interior (DOI) to “implement, administer, or enforce” Secretarial Order 3310 (also known as the "Wild Lands" policy). This means that DOI cannot implement its Wild Lands Initiative in Fiscal ...

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Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,

U.S. Representatives Tom Petri (R-WI) and Mike Michaud (D-ME) released a Dear Colleague letter asking members of the House of Representatives to sign a letter to the leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) in support of the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). You can read their Dear Colleague request and the planned letter to the T&I leadership HERE.

The RTP is a Federal Highway ...

A public meeting was held last evening in Escanaba to take public comment on proposed alternatives on future use of the Escanaba to Hermansville Rail-Trail. Public comments will be taken until May 5. More information about the proposed alternatives and how to provide comment is available on the DNR website at:

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7...3580--,00.html

Contact: Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
Agency: Natural Resources

March 30, 2011

The Department of Natural Resources is seeking qualified applicants to become volunteer ORV Safety Education instructors.

As part of long-standing ORV Safety Education recommendations, the DNR has implemented an ORV Instructor Academy. The academy is free of charge, and attendance is mandatory for all new successful instructor applicants.

There are three ...