Citizens!  Public Lands are Under Attack! For several years, our public lands have been under assault by state politicians seeking to grab control of these lands and auction them off to the highest bidder. Now the U.S. Senate has gotten in on the action and Idaho’s senators need to hear from you!  Please send an email today!

FYI: Introduced in House (03/23/2015) 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1555 To stop implementation and enforcement of the Forest Service travel management rule and require the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to incorporate the needs, uses, and input of affected communities, and to obtain their consent, before taking any travel management

They say Spring is here. Well the weather sure does act like March weather to me. Just saying. Thank you to those that took the First aid/CPR class on Saturday April 4th.  Now the head crew people are ready to clean trails for 2015. I have two that will need to take the saw class

Due to heavy weekend traffic in  Big Canyon and the bad weather we will be working the trail on Wednesday and Thursday ( Mar 18 & 19,2015. We will be at the trail head at 9:00 am to go into Big Canyon.  

There is going to be a group of IPA members going in March 9th (Monday) to work on the rest of Big Canyon trail.   They will be unloading at the old Mill Site near White Bird at 8:30 in the morning. Some of them are riding over from there. You may if you want

Her comes the wonderful weather to ride in. We sure can’t complain about it. Unless  you have crops or the fire season that it will bring with NO RAIN or SNOW. HUM can’t change the weather, we will just have to live with it.   Hamburger ride March 15th. We will be cooking from 12-1

Yesterday, the House Transportation Committee unanimously voted in favor of H129 – OHV use of highways in city limits.  The bill now moves to the house floor for consideration.  Thank you for all your support.  I encourage you to write or call your local house representative and encourage their support of H129!

Boise ATV Trail Riders has posted a new item, ’15th Annual Rick Davey Chili Ride<http://boiseatvtrailriders.org/sponsors-corner/sponsor-talks/15th-annual-rick-davey-chili-ride/>’ Join us for the 15th Annual, Rick Davey Chili Ride! Free chili, demo rides, raffle and more!! Sunday, March 29th 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Hemingway Butte.

PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL YOUR CLUB MEMBERS The House Transportation and Defense Committee will have ISATVA’s bill, H129, before it on Thursday, February 26th, at 1:30 p.m. This is our bill to allow OHVs to operate on numbered state highways (except freeways) within city limits where the speed limit is 45 mph or less.  Rep.

Due to the continued warming trend and spring like conditions, we will be lifting the closure that is typically in place from December 1st – April 1st annually to protect the groomed snowmobile trails.  The order (D4-02-2006) pertains to Roads 641, 221, 4600, 2000, and 309 which are part of 25A groomed snowmobile routes.  We

Thank you all for continued support of the Idaho State ATV Association.  Following is an update legislative action we are monitoring/sponsoring at the Idaho Statehouse. House Bill 12 – Sales Tax Exemption for Nonresident Sales.  HB12 (copy attached) will exempt from sales tax sales of UTVs to nonresidents.  This is already the law with respect

Happy Valentines day everyone!! The weather sure has been nice on the weekend. I see a lot of OHV users on the road. There should be some places opening up. May be a little muddy and ruts being made that isn’t good. But on the other hand at my house Yard work is getting done