Roads Not Ruts! Campaign
Citizen Audit calls for End to gas-tax funding of motorized recreation in
st. Louis county

St. Louis County, the nation's largest county east of the Mississippi River, is the home front for MRR's statewide campaign to reform or abolish gas-tax funding of motorized recreation.

For many years MRR has documented the unwanted effects of gas-tax funded motorized recreation in the St. Louis County, uncovering regular trespass on private and public property, damage to forests and wetlands and abuse of private property owners suffering from unwanted snowmobile and ATV routes.

In May, 2007 MRR completed a nine month landmark citizen audit of St. Louis County's gas-tax funded motorized recreation program - the county is one of 100 local fiscal agents diverting gas-tax funds to motorized clubs - finding pervasive violations of basic grant-in-aid requirements. Instead of becoming more transparent and accountable, St. Louis County has since adopted low DNR standards in its laissez-faire diversion of gas-tax revenue for motorized recreation.

MRR will highlight St. Louis County in our work at the legislature in 2008. We have invited St. Louis County to be positive partner leading the way, not a bad example, during reform at the state capital this session. 

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