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REPORTS, NEWS,
PRESS RELEASES, NEWSLETTER
RECENT
NEWS AND INFORMATION
1/26/06, DNR
moving on North Shore ATV trail report
OUTDOORS: Draft indicates project to make trail suitable for ATVs
would require flattening about 100 hills. Duluth News Tribune
1/17/06, ATV
Use on the North Shore State Trail - DNR Feasibility Study
1/13/06, City
bars snowmobiles from rights of way
RECREATION: Efforts for temporary and permanent trail links
through the city have reached a dead end.
Duluth News Tribune
11/4/05 Duluth News Tribune ATVs
Reconsidered on North Shore State Trail
10/21/05 Press Release: DNR
Cancels ATV Meeting After Public Involvement Requested
10/19/05 Press Release: Public
Involvement Requested in DNR/County Decisions Regarding ATVs on
the North Shore State Trail
REPORTS
 2003
Office
of the Legislative Auditor Program
Evaluation Report: State-Funded Trails for Motorized
Recreation
 2002
Caught
in the Treads: Unethical Advertising in the ATV Industry, Izaak
Walton League
 2001
St.
Louis County Recreation Participation Survey Report: County
residents seek peace & quiet
 2000
Drowning
in Noise: Noise Costs of Jet Skis in America, A Report for the
Noise Pollution Clearinghouse by Charles Komanoff and Howard Shaw
 1999
Off-Highway Vehicles in Minnesota, Minnesotans for
Responsible Recreation. Click on report cover for 46 MB PDF
report in its entirety.
(Available for purchase in hard copy.)
Off-Highway Vehicles in Minnesota
The following files are smaller pdf documents.
2003
Minnesota
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) 2003-2008
2000
Wisconsin
State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) 2000-2005
CAMPAIGN
NEWS
MRR on the Motorized Recreation Money Trail
4/6/05 MRR
Requests Data on Grant-in-Aid Funding Accountability and Proposed Duluth-Area Crosstown State Snowmobile Trail
4/5/05 MRR
Calls on DNR to Withhold Public Trail Funds from Snowmobile Club
Violating Grant-in-aid Agreements
2004 Seeking
Accountability on the Money Trail
MRR
on the Motorized Money Trail
Not-so-funny-money
Case
Studies of Systemic Failure of Minnesota's Motorized
Recreation Funding Program:
Case
#1 - Rep. David Dill, the Voyageur Trail Society
and the City of Orr
Case
#2 - The "Missing Link" Snowmobile Trail in
Hermantown: See above "Action Alerts! and
News"
Learn more about Gas Tax Funds
Easement
Education
Defend your land against "taking" by
the government and snowmobile and ATV clubs!
IN
THE NEWS
Minnesota
Wisconsin
PRESS
RELEASES
Minnesota
Wisconsin
"The
Voice" Newsletter
(pdf)
RADIO
SPOT
Spring
2002 - MRR
Radio
Spot Asks Governor Ventura
"Where is the DNR in providing comprehensive protections from
ATV impacts?"
ACTION ALERTS (Archived - pre-2002)
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8/5/03
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National Forest Plan Comment Needed
Chequamegon-Nicolet
National Forest Plan - Due Aug 11
MRR
Comment Letter
Talking
Points
Superior
& Chippewa National Forest Plan- Due
Sept 11
MRR
Comment letter
Talking
Points
Apostle Islands National
Lakeshore - Due October 17. |
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8/5/03
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Comments needed on regional National
Forest Plans. |
| 5/16/03 |
Take
Action to Protect our State Forests from Illegal Bulldozing by Snowmobile
and ATV Clubs!
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| 5/7/03 |
5-7-03 Attend DNR
Moosewalk/Mooserun Open House May 14, 4-7 pm in Two Harbors.
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| 4/25/03 |
Snowmobile and ATV clubs are
using public funds
to damage our environment with no
accountability! Grant-in-Aid funds.
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| 4/25/03 |
4-25-03 Protect
your right to review and challenge 1500 miles of new DNR proposed ATV,
dirt-bike motorcycle, and four-wheel drive trails in your back yard or
special place! |
| 4/16/03 |
4/16/03
Two Bills
(SF580 and SF 173) Need Action before
Tuesday, April 22 |
| 3/31/03 |
Contact
legislators now! See reasons
to oppose funding of permanent snowmobile trails.
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| 3/24/03 |
Call
legislators today! Tell members of the House
Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee "No
Public funding for permanent snowmobile trails on private property"
Announcement.
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| 3/10/03 |
Help MRR Oppose Permanent Snowmobile
Trail in Hermantown
3/10/03 Take Action-Letters to the
Editor Needed
3/10/03 Point
of View, Duluth News Tribune
3/7/03 Action Alert: Contact
Legislator
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| 11/12/02 |
Summary
of Motorized Trails Task Force. See the DNR
webpage for more information. |
| 8/15/02 |
MRR Comments
on Superior National Forest trail plan |
6/6/02
Comments due June 28, 2002
Public meeting held June 21. |
Finland - Foothills State Forest RMV plan
Proposed change in RMV use of the Finland and Foothills State Forests
FMI see the DNR
webpage. |
| 5/24/02 |
MRR Gunflint Ranger District Trail
Project comments |
| 4/16/02
Comments were due June
28. |
DNR proposes changes for use of OHVs in portions
of the Finland State Forest in southern Lake County. Comments due June 28.
Click for more info.
DNR proposes changes for use of OHVs
in the Foot Hills State Forest near Spider Lake. Click for more info.
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| Comments were due January 23, 2002. |
Proposed Moosewalk
Mooserun ATV Trail, Lake County.
See comments written by MRR members. |
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Public Comment Ended January 23. |
DNR
proposed motorized "conversion" of the North Shore State
Trail and connecting trails in Finland State Forest to off-highway
vehicle traffic requires Environmental Impact Statement. Click
for more information and to see submitted comments. |
| Deadline was January 31, 2002 |
Lakeview
Resource Management Plan |
| Deadline was Jan. 15, 2002 |
Apostle
Islands National Lakeshore |
| December 1999
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OHV
Action Alert (pdf) |
| March 1999 |
OHV
Action Alert (pdf) |
| March 1999
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Jet
Ski Action Alert (pdf) |
Public
Information (pdf
documents)
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ADDITIONAL READING
Consumer
Federation of America press release "Injuries and deaths
from ATVs are increasing dramatically"
Economic Benefits of Health Trails by Stan
Rose.
Machine
Triumph Poem
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