Category Archives: Legislative and Regulatory Issues

Issues involving Maine Legislature, snowmobile regulations and regulatory agencies

Critical Trail Funding Legislation Alert

Posted on June 27, 2013 by WM

Hi all, I am writing to you in a last effort to make certain that LD 1263 (“An Act to raise snowmobile registration fees”) is signed by Governor LePage. Both the House and Senate passed this bill, but the rumor … Continue reading →

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Trail Grooming Costs Not Covered by Public Funding

Posted on April 22, 2013 by WM

To all members of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, Hello, As President of the Jo Mary Riders Snowmobile Club and as Chairman of the Snowmobile Trail Fund Advisory Council for the State of Maine I thought that you might … Continue reading →

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Greenville ITS Ending Grooming Contract Due to Lack of Funding

Posted on April 19, 2013 by WM

To all Members of the IF&W Committee: Below is a letter that I received from Gary Lamb, Greenville Town Manager, concerning the future of snowmobile trail grooming in and around Greenville. Basically, the letter states that the current grooming entity, … Continue reading →

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Maine Legislature Considering Better Funding of Trail Grooming

Posted on March 29, 2013 by WM

Just wanted to let you know that the legislature’s Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Committee is considering two bills that would increase snowmobile registration fees in Maine starting with the 2014/2015 season. LD 268 and LD 1263 are pretty much the … Continue reading →

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An Act to Improve Snowmobiling in the State of Maine – LD 268

Posted on March 26, 2013 by WM

Fellow Snowmobilers: Although winter is quickly coming to an end, we really need you to contact these members of the Legislature’s Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Committee (before Thursday, March 28) so that they will give serious consideration to enacting a … Continue reading →

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Jo Mary Riders Monthly MSA Report – February 2013

Posted on January 14, 2013 by WM

by Pat Catell, Club Treasurer/Secretary It is January 14th and the temperature reached 52 degrees today, but by the time you read this article in the February newsletter the January thaw will have passed and we should be back into … Continue reading →

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Trail Funding Legislation Proposals

Posted on January 1, 2013 by WM

Posted at the Bangor Daily News on January 1, 2013: Snowmobile clubs to push for higher registration fees By Nick Sambides Jr. Maine’s largest snowmobiling organization hopes to propose the creation of a two-tiered snowmobile registration system to alleviate the … Continue reading →

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Jo Mary Riders Monthly MSA Report – January 2013

Posted on December 15, 2012 by WM

by Pat Catell, Club Treasurer/Secretary One of the challenges of writing a piece for a newsletter that won’t be published for another month is that you have to write about the past or future. For current info about trails and … Continue reading →

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Trail Funding Letter to Maine Senate President Kevin Raye

Posted on April 9, 2012 by WM

Dear Senator Raye, My name is Rick LeVasseur. My wife Debbie and I own a B & B called 5 Lakes Lodge ( www.5lakeslodge.com ) about 7 miles west of Millinocket. I am also President of the Jo Mary Riders … Continue reading →

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JoMary Riders Monthly Report – March 2012

Posted on March 1, 2012 by WM

Ahh yes,here it is March and I’m writing the first letter of the season. Thanks to all of you who have contacted me to find out why there has been no correspondence. A bad excuse would be that I don’t … Continue reading →

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