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6/8/01 Contents:
1: 6/8 Week-ending brief on the Trail Funding Bills
2: Some historic news
3: Two new NY clubs to tell you about
3/9/01 Contents:
1: Trail Funding Legislation Update
2: Reports on recent DEC landuse Meetings
3: EVENTS PAGE! Finally
4: AMA Announces Online Rapid Response Center
5: OHV Facts
6: NHTSA nominee not right for motorcyclists?
7: Letter of the Month (Mike Cayo)
8: Group buying land needs members
12/14/00 Contents:
1: Editor’s Notes
2: RECREATION TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT ROUND ANNOUNCED
3: $50,000 TRAIL FUND ESTABLISHED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
4: HATFIELD-MCCOY TRAIL SYSTEM NEWS
5: ATV SAFETY & EDUCATION
6: AMA OHV WATCH:
— EPA To Set New Emissions Standards For Bikes and ATVs
— PA Trail Development Halted
— United Way Inadvertently Funds Anti-recreation Groups
7: NCATVA 2001 EVENT ANNOUNCED
8: BLM OHV STRATEGY PUBLISHED
9: Guest Article: OUTDOOR RECREATION AS A MOTIVATIONAL TOOL FOR YOUTH
10: “ROADLESS INTIATIVE” UPDATE
6/26/00 Contents:
1: Editor’s Notes
2: Volunteers Needed to Assist NYSORVA
3: NEW YORK NEWS
-- New ATV Access in the
Adirondack Region Announced (Former Champion Lands)
-- ATV Trails in Treaty Line: ATV Enthusiasts Speak up Boldly, A Lesson
Learned
-- Trail Fund Bills: Progress in the Senate but the Assembly Remains the
Chief Stumbling Block
4: FEDERAL OHV WATCH
-- The Clinton/Gore Roadless
Initiative: Its Potential Impact and How You Can Help
-- Federal Bureau of Land Management to Develop a National OHV Strategy
-- Ban on Snowmobiles in National Parks
-- ARRA Formed to Educate Americans About Threat of Administration Plans to
Limit Use of Public Lands
5: NYSORVA ATV Raffle Announced
6: AMA District #3 Political Action Committee (PAC) – Donations Needed
7: July 29th Dual Sport Ride in Hancock NY
8: ATV Trail and Camp Facility Under Development in Western New York
9: ATV Makers Promote Safety With Interactive CD-ROM “ATV Rally”
1/25/2000 Contents:
1: Editor's Notes
2: OHV Recreation Survey Update (Again)
3: Save-Our-OHV-Access To-Do List (Anti-Closure Recap)
4: Champion Lands Trail Potential
5: APA Land Reclassification Update
6: Update--Lewis County- Resolution Adopted, Roads Opened
7: More County Resolutions on the Way?
8: Bike Ban: Don’t Ride in Chili, Monroe Co., NY!
9: (Another) Call for Membership Renewal
10: Letter of the Month
12/29/99 Contents:
1: Editor's Notes
2: Trail Funding Legislation Update
3: OHV Recreation Survey Update
4: Lewis County- Resolution Adopted, Roads Opened
5: 1999 In Review/2000 Goals
6: A Call for Membership Renewal
7: Federal Land Shenanigans Update
8: New Motorcycling TV Program
11/12/99 Contents:
1: St. Lawrence County Passes ATV Trails Funding
Resolution
2: ATV/Trailbike Survey
3: ANF Draft Policy Comments Requested
4: AMA News
5: 4-H ATV Safety Training Program
6: The Truth about the New Millennium
7: More National Park Trails in Jeopardy of Closure
8: Businessman Tries to Open OHV Park
10/20/99 Contents:
1: Nine Mile: UMP Public Input Needed
2: Nine Mile: Meeting Report
3: Pro-OHV Counterpoint
4: NRTF Trails Grant Fund Increased for 2000
5: AMA: Massive Federal Land Closure Possible
6: New ATV TV Show
7: New NYTRO Chapter Opening in Southern Tier
8: New ATV Club in Eastern New York
9: Wayne County Trail Planning Meetings Announced
10: NYSORVA President Receives National Award
11: BRC: Roadless Area Policy Alert
9/8/99 Contents:
1: Editor's Notes
2: ATV Raffle Winner Announced
3: Land Reclassification Threatens Trail Closures
4: NYSSA Raffles Kids’ Snowmobile
5: County Resolution Draft Available on Web
8/28/99 Contents:
1: ATV Raffle Drawing August 29 at Broome-Tioga MX
2: SATRA Needs MX Volunteers at Broome-Tioga MX
3: Franklin County Adopts Trail Fund Support Resolution
4: Letter of the Month (to DEC)
5: EATV News Subsides
6: Wayne County Dual Sport Announced
7: Motorcycle Summit to be Broadcast Via Internet Radio
8: NYSSA News
9: Horicon Town Board Contests ATV Law
7/29/99 Contents:
1: ATV Trail Funding Legislation Update
2: St. Lawrence County Opens Highway to ATV Traffic
3: Vermont OHV Association Closes its Doors
4: Poker/Dice Runs, Sand Drags
5: AMA: Beef-for-Bikes Tariff Avoided
6: AMA: Hatfield-McCoy Trails Receive Federal Recognition
7: DMV- New ATV Brochure, Web Site, Special Logo Plates
8: State Sued Over Motorized Vehicles in Adirondack Park
9: Maine ATV Policy- Input Needed
10: NY Snowmobile Trail Resources on the Web
6/16/99 Contents:
1: Letter of the Month
2: ATV Trail Funding Legislation Update
3: Champion Recreational Easement: Letters Needed
4: Riding Massachusetts
5: Wayne County: Rider Input Needed
6: Recreational Trails Fund Grant Update
7: MC Thruway Toll Reduction Legislation Update
8: AMA: Motorcyclist Solidarity in NY
9: Pennsylvania Event
5/25/99 Contents:
1: Lobby Day Success
2: Free Sticker
3: A letter from the President Regarding Lobby Day
4: Trail Funding Bill Update- A1060 Attention Needed
5: Mud Drags Announced
6: State Ed. Blows-off MC Safety Training Info
7: Recreational Trails Fund Grant Applications Available
8: Ride the Great White North
9: Why OHV Trails on Private Lands?
5/7/99 Contents:
1: OHV Lobby Day Update
2: Trail Funding Legislation Update
3: DEC Region 7 Recreational Survey Update
4: Welcome Three New Member Clubs
5: Riding in Franklin County, NY
6: AMA Logo License Plates
7: Why OHV Trails on Public Lands
8: Fed Threatens 100% Tariff on European Motorcycles
4/23/99 Contents:
1: NYSORVA’s New Web Address
2: DEC Recreation Survey
3: New Member Club
4: Champion Land Q&A
5: AMA Public Lands Position Statement
4/8/99 Contents:
1: Ride Weekend and Lobby Day
2: NYSORVA Hires a Lobbyist
3: DEC Survey
4: ATV Trail Funding Legislation Update
5: ATV Registration Exemption Bill Passes Senate
6: 1999 NYSORVA ATV Raffle Underway
7: You Help is Requested
8: Eastern ATV & Off-Road Rider Poker Run
9: New DEC UMP Draft Announced
10: Wayne County Trail Planning Update
11: New Member Clubs Welcomed
12: AMA Updates
13: NYSSA Annual Forum
14: WNYOA Hare Scramble Schedule
2/24/99 Contents:
1: ATV Trail Funding Legislation Progress Report
2: Proposed Trail Bike Ban, Aldrich Pond WF
3: Membership Drive, ATV Raffle
4: Champion Lands Recreational Easement - Update
5: National Recreation Trails Grant Rounds for 1998-2003
6: Wayne County Trail Planning
7: Unit Management Plans in Progress
8: Snowmobile Trail Fund Bills Need Support
9: Thruway Toll Reduction Bills A244/S1074
1/31/99 Contents
1: FPAC Quarterly Meeting
2: Leatherstocking UMP
3: APA Lawsuit
4: Trail Fund Legislation Update
5: Champion Lands Recreational Easements to Include ATV Access
6: Upcoming NYS Trails Council Meeting