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MISORVA Meeting Dates
Board of Directors
March 21, 2020
The meeting will be held at
Crown Choice Hotel
722 S Huron St
Mackinaw City Mi 49701
Hamilton Inn Select
69.00 + Tax
701 S Huron
Mackinaw Mi 49701
800/410-5302
The meeting will begin at 10:00AM
Watch for emails from your committee chairs to see if there is a committee meeting planned.
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SUMMER RIDE IN!
Campout is June 19-21!! Make sure you get this event on your calendars! You can start making your reservations now
call the Headwaters Campground in Fredrick at 989/705-2066
Please also let the office know how many adults and kids
you will have with you-
This will help in planning the food and games!
There will be a sxs/quad ride on friday at noon!
More details to come later.
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Check out the new website!
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Save Money on Insurance!
518-725-7000
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MISORVA would like to thank our friends at the White Pine Lodge for the exemplary accommodations for our December BOD meeting!
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Want to see your logo and link here?
There are a couple main sponsor spots that will be available for the upcoming year. August ~July
500.00 buys you a link for a year and 250.00 more for the main sponsor with information about your location or business for one month!
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Did you know....
Special Services Bureau is able to issue a replacement Historic Snowmobile decal?
Snowmobile decal...similar to the replacement of a regular snowmobile registration decal, $5.00 and the written request giving us the previous HSNO decal number, or a copy of the original HSNO registration is quite acceptable, and the customers' name and mailing address to :
MDOS - Special Services Branch (SSB)
7064 Crowner Drive
Lansing, MI 48918
M-F, 9am - 4:45pm
517-322-1473,
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Trail Informational Sites
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Michigan Trails Advisory Council
The Michigan Trails Advisory Council advises the Department of Natural Resources and the governor on the creation, development, operation and maintenance of motorized and non motorized trails in the state, including snowmobile, biking, equestrian, hiking, off-road vehicle and skiing trails.
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Who Needs to Take a Snowmobile or ORV Safety Course???
Keep checking for new dates added next fall!
You must successfully complete a snowmobile safety course if you are:
- A person who is at least 12 but less than 17 years of age operating a snowmobile without direct supervision of a person 21 years of age or older must have in their immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety certificate or ......Read More
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Joining A Snowmobile, ATV or Dual Club Is Easy,
Important & Fun
Snowmobiling and ORVing is also unusual in how incredibly dependent it is on its participants to develop, maintain and protect its infrastructure. Golfers don't personally build and maintain golf courses; bicyclers don't personally pave trails. But snowmobilers and ORVers- grouped together as club members - actually do create, nurture and defend their trails and riding areas
. While this particular article was written about snowmobiles it is just as prevelent with the ORV community!
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What Is the Snowmobile Trail Improvement Program?
The Snowmobile Trail Improvement Fund provides funding to maintain snowmobile trails as part of the designated statewide trail system. Grant funds are available for three purposes, seasonal grooming and general maintenance of snowmobile trails Special maintenance projects that improve the condition and/or access to trails. Replacement of equipment used for maintaining trails.
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Genesee County puts plan in gear to allow ORVs on some roads!
Read more here!
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The Off-Road Vehicle Advisory Workgroup (ORVWA)assists the Michigan Trails Advisory Council with its duties and responsibilities and provides the Department of Natural Resources advice related to the creation, development, operation and maintenance of the state's designated ORV trail system.
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ORV License and Permit Requirements
An ORV license ($26.25) is required to ride eligible county roads, frozen surface of public waters, state forest (that are open to ORV use) and eligible national forest roads. A license is not required.............
Learn more..
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Snowmobile Advisory Workgroup
The purpose of the Snowmobile Advisory Workgroup (SAW) is to provide the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) advice related to the snowmobile program. This includes advice related to the creation, development, operation and maintenance of the designated snowmobile trail system.
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Feeling the need to check out some SNOW videos? Kind of get you in the mood, like you all need help for that!
communicates and educates the public while increasing the awareness of organized, recreational snowmobiling throughout the entire North American region with the goal of growing the number of participants.
SNOWMOBILER TV SEASON 21 EPISODE 1 Brand new Season of Snowmobiler TV, who else is excited to get on the snow?!
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Lots of changes happening for sure! We are working as quickly as possible with our webmaster to get the appropriate changes made. The clothing that is featured will come with the new MISORVA logo!
Be proud to show the world you support MISORVA!
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Wondering where your trail permit dollars are spent?
Check here...
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www.smile.amazon.com today & sign in with your regular account or create a new account if you do not have one.
Remember, if you want Amazon to donate to Michigan Snowmobile Education and Advancement Fund, you need to start each shopping session at the URL
http://smile.amazon.com
, and we will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases.
Just type in the full name: Michigan Snowmobile Education and Advancement Fund under the charity of your choice. The site will walk you through it! Reset your favorite to
www.smile.amazon.com & order. It's easy & it doesn't cost you a cent!
You can help organized snowmobiling every time you shop on Amazon!
HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET?
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A message from our snowmobile friends across the border.....
Snowmobilers who want to buy their trail permit (FCMQ)for Quebec from this year, the trail permit is sold only online and when you write your request do not forget to choose a club which we are 698-08 and good season.
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Throughout the northern Lower Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, state forest roads are open (unless posted closed to ORVs). Beginning in January 2019, additional forest roads in the southern Lower Peninsula will be available for riders.
Find maps of which roads are open in the northern Lower Peninsula and which roads are being proposed to be open/closed in the Upper Peninsula on the ORV Use on State Forest Roads page (also know as the Forest Roads Inventory Project or PA 288).
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Notes from the office.........
Well Legislative Ride 2020 was a huge success! We had 1 Senator and 17 Representatives take a spin on snowmobiles in the Petoskey area!
Thank you to the Petoskey Snowmobile Club for your help and the use of your clubhouse!
Several of these legislators had never been on a snowmobile and wondered why we would enjoy the cold..they quickly found out its not cold at all... and the sights were amazing, we stopped at the Barrel Back for a fantastic lunch and then a quick photo op by the Sturgeon River..
We had good conversations about the flaws and enhancement we would like to see in the future of motorized recreation and where we need their help..
All in all a fantastic day!
We need to throw out a huge THANK YOU to Indian River Sports, Lakeside Motorsports and Fox Powersports and EarthCom! Each help to supply the sleds for each legislator to ride.
We had many volunteers on hand to help guide and tail the riders also .
RIde In was a BLAST! Hats off to the chair Rich Rottier for a great job and the engaging agenda to keep everyone busy! While it certainly was a long drive the time spent there was awesome! There were inside snowmobile races to keep busy during the non riding hours... there were scavenger hunts and lots of furry friends to pick up on the trails! If you were unable to attend this year be sure to watch the calendar for next years event! You won't want to miss it!
There are open positions on the BOD, do you want to get involved? Do you feel you can be helpful in moving our recreation forward? We need you! Check out the BOD openings on the website,
click here!
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We rode 180 miles and the only bad trails we rode was 30 Miles both ways for a total of 60 through XXXXXXXX County on trail X. They have fresh snow to work with, we saw no groomer tracks in that stretch of trail. Pretty
disappointed for a Thursday Ride.
We welcome any feedback positive and negative. We know we did not have our trails in top notch shape after the snowfall we had last week until we could get our volunteer groomer operators out. We currently have 3-4 people who operator our groomers. We schedule and plan as their time allows. Amazing that we had another two people attend our monthly meeting on February 24th and volunteer to assist because they also rode on that Thursday and noticed that the trails needed attention and felt compelled to step up and see how they could assist the club to have the best trails around. We are having a class on Tuesday March 3rd to hopefully get one or two more people up to speed to groom for us. We have also scheduled a groomer meet and greet with our tractors a bonfire, hotdogs and coffee at the "T" Junction of trails 651 and 6, for March 21st 9am-2PM to hopefully spark some interest in folks to come join our group of core volunteers who literally give up their own time and often money to make the trails as enjoyable as possible. It is easy to send an email and again we welcome all feedback but our volunteers do the best they can.
FYI ~I'm seeing more and more lack of trail manners out there causing unsafe riding conditions. Not just myself but many others also commenting the practice recently. It now seems to be the norm of people parking on the trail or intersections to take pictures, smoke, chat, look at maps, whatever. Seeing many sites where people are posting pictures and videos of this practice. This is totally unsafe. Case in point I was riding the Jordan Valley this past Tuesday. We come around a corner to a couple taking up the whole trail, both sleds facing us over a culvert with water on both sides. Nowhere to go. Thankfully we were able to stop front bumper to bumper. She's taking pictures of the scenery and he's taking a pee. Again... all in middle of the trail. I address the issues and the response I received is... we thought nobody was out being it was not the weekend. Duh?Really! 100% support the Ride Right campaign but feel we need to make it Ride Right, Act Right. Something? Not sure. Sorry, getting very frustrated. I'm 44 and been riding for 30yrs. In the process of training my almost legal riding age children the correct and safe way to do things. Unfortunately we are now altering when we ride... early mornings or after dark. Our big rides are now Sundays to hopefully avoid the nonsense but appears weekdays (which are rare) are still a risk. People need to understand that the trail itself is for riding... period. Know you guys are tackling a ton of issues and not trying to add more to the plate but I know trail manners and safety are a priority.
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Contact your U.S. Representative now to SUPPORT the Recreational Trails Program
H.B.
5797 will dramatically improve the RTP; co-sponsors urgently needed
Recently Representatives Peter Welch (VT-1), John Curtis (UT-3), Angie Craig (MN-2), Michael Simpson (ID-2), Ann Kuster (NH-2), and Chris Stewart (UT-2) introduced the Recreational Trails Program Full Funding Act of 2020,
H.R. 5797
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The legislation requires the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide a revised estimate of the gas taxes paid by recreators and to update that amount at least every five years. The program is funded through taxes paid on gasoline used to fuel motorcycles, ATVs, side-by-sides, snowmobiles, and other recreational activities. The RTP program is currently funded at $84 million annually, which is substantially less than the amount of taxes paid on fuel used by recreators.
For more than a quarter-century the RTP has provided funding for recreational trail development and maintenance across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with more than 25,000 projects across the nation since its inception. "The Recreational Trails Program has created countless opportunities for motorized recreation and human-powered experiences," said Rep. Curtis. "This bill will ensure that future generations get to visit the great outdoors, while supporting local economies and jobs, especially throughout rural areas."
The legislation also establishes reporting of Financial Management Information System (FEMIS) Codes in order to provide additional transparency into projects funded and ensure that the principles of the 30% motorized, 30% non-motorized, and 40% mixed-use are being met. The FHWA will be allowed to keep up to $1.5 million annually to administer the program and maintain recreational trail-facilities for both non-motorized and motorized recreational uses. The FHWA will also develop a formula for distributing RTP funds whereby half of the total RTP funds are divided equally among the 50 states (and D.C.), and then the other half is apportioned to them based on the portion of off-highway gas tax paid by that state's users. Finally, the legislation provides for an immediate increase in RTP funding to the greater of either $250 million or the latest non-highway recreational fuel study as required by this legislation.
Last year, trail enthusiasts of all types celebrated when Congress instructed the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop a best estimate of the fuel used for off highway vehicles, the basis for funding the RTP. It would require:
- The non-highway fuel use study be repeated at least every five years;
- The annual RTP funding to be increases from $84 million to $250 million, or to the new amount from the mandated study;
- The adoption of new reporting standards for RTP projects to increase visibility, helping ensure motorized projects are getting their share;
- The simplification of the Federal Highway Administration's management of RTP, including an increase in funding; and
- The re-establishing of the original RTP funding formula to the states.
For anyone whose representative was an original sponsor or cosponsor, the letter will thank them for their leadership and continued support. For those whose representative has not yet signed on, your request will be that they do so immediately.
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Recreational
Trespassing....
This problem is one that plagues all motorized recreation!
It's
not ok to quick cut a corner, play in a field
alongside
the trail, ride on
someone's
lawn because the road is bare.
It is a BIG DEAL to some, some may have things planted and your snowmobile may damage or kill their seedlings. Some simply do not want snowmobiles on their property!
It is a big deal to ride on
someone's
private
property.
While you may not care if it happened to your property, your yard, your field, your driveway..... others do and we must respect that.
We are recreationalists, we want to retain and gain every mile we can!
We need to be
cognisant of others respect their thoughts and correct their actions when someone riding with you is disrespectful.
Trails are not a RIGHT in Michigan they are a
privilege
and just as that privilege can be granted it can even quicker taken away.....
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The 1st Rail to Trail in the State of Michigan is in Manistique, Schoolcraft County. The Haywire Grade Trail 41. We will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of this transition of Railroad to Recreation Trail.
1970-2020
50 YEARS
FOUR EVENTS
Snowmobile Event Equine Event Bicycle Event ATV/ORV Event
February 29, 2020 June 6, 2020 August 22,2020 October 3, 2020
Event Registration form More Information
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Ride service will get your snowmobile across the Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Bridge Authority's maintenance staff is available daily to trailer sleds across the bridge, according to a tweet by the organization. The service runs 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The
service costs
$15 for a snowmobile and driver, and an additional $3.50 for a passenger.
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