ATV / UTV Owners
Your Trail Maintenance and Grant funds are at risk.

A Coeur d’ Alene Representative has introduced a bill (HB 437) that would take 85% of each Idaho OHV registration and give it to the county that each user designates. Currently all Idaho registration funds go to Idaho Parks and Recreation who use that money to purchase trail clearing equipment, trail construction machinery, pay operators/trail rangers, and fund on the ground grant projects through the ORMV and motorbike fund.

This legislation would destroy these programs and damage the only
state agency that supports OHV recreation. While some large counties like Kootenai County may have enough registrations to fund some sort of OHV program, other counties where we ride such as Shoshone, Benewah, Bonner, and Latah, will not have enough registrations to fund a program. Keep in mind that there are only about 60 miles of designated OHV trail within Kootenai County and I personally am not willing to sacrifice the hundreds of miles of OHV trail that we enjoy for Canfield and a potential OHV park. Also remember that IDPR has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in trail maintenance equipment that is currently open to all land managers in Idaho who request their use. This will not be the case if this law passes.

We encourage all residents to contact your Idaho Representatives through our easy to use link to let them know you are against the passage of this bill. If you are a Washington resident I encourage you to speak to your friends in Idaho or those who purchase non- resident permits and let them know what is going on. Out of state residents who enjoy using Idaho trails can also use this link to let your thoughts be known. It will also be important to inform OHV owners who don’t have access to e-mail.

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Thank you, David

David P. Claiborne, President

IDAHO STATE ATV ASSOCIATION, INC.

david@sawtoothlaw.com www.idahostateatv.org
Telephone: (208) 867-7062
P.O. Box 7985, Boise, Idaho, 83707