Maine considers size, weight restrictions for ATVs
Maine has roughly 6,500 miles of ATV trails Share Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
Maine has roughly 6,500 miles of ATV trails Share Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript AND HE JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM LEWISTION. ROSS - HOW WOULD THESE REGULATIONS IMPACT RIDERS? MOTOR SPORTS IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING ACTIVITIES IN MAINE. THANKS IN PART TO MACHINES LIKE THESE - CALLED SIDE BY SIDES BUT LAWMAKERS AND MANY RIDERS AGREE - SOME AR GETTING JUST TOO BIG TO BE USED SAFELY ON PUBLIC TRAILS. 15:09:16:15 CRAIG ANDERSON, CENTRAL MAINE POWERSPORTS OWNER IT S GOT BUCKET SEATS IN IT, SO IT IS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE ON THE TRAIL. SIDE-BY-SIDE OFF ROAD VEHICLES ARE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ITEMS ON CRAIG ANDERSON S SHOW ROOM FLOOR AT CENTRAL MAINE POWER SPORTS. 15:09:14:03 CRAIG ANDERSON, CENTRAL MAINE POWERSPORTS OWNER YOU CAN USE IT I NTHE YARD.
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That may soon change.
Lawmakers are weighing a proposal that has the support of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife that would allow property owners dealing with the sometimes-troublesome rodents to wipe them out.
Trappers have always been able to take beavers for their pelts during a regulated hunting season – generally October to April – but landowners dealing with flooded waterways have had to hire animal control agents certified by the state to come and remove the tree-chomping rodents that typically weigh 40 pounds apiece.
That worked out reasonably well when beaver pelts brought $60 apiece since trappers were ready to come to their aid. But now that pelts are selling for closer to $5 each, getting somebody to assist is becoming tricky.
State may allow people to kill nuisance beavers sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.