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Big spending throws more fuel in Minnesota s ATV boom Reflecting the activity s popularity, DNR allocation will speed work on motorized trails in the northeast. July 22, 2021 7:51pm Text size Copy shortlink: Thanks to sweeping appropriations finalized last month by the state Legislature, Minnesota s all-terrain vehicle boom will grow to new dimensions over the next two years behind the strength of more than $13 million in spending. The appropriations all from a Department of Natural Resources account funded by all-terrain vehicle registrations and other ATV user taxes will speed the buildup of a growing universe of motorized trails in northeastern Minnesota. Starting during next year s construction season, a number of separate trails will connect with one another to start forming a giant web of forested corridors meant to attract ATV enthusiasts from around the country ....
Copy shortlink: The Department of Natural Resources has rejected the latest plea from a citizens group to formally review alleged environmental threats from a proposed 764-mile back-roads driving route that the agency intends to open across northern Minnesota for four-wheel drive owners. The petitioners are concerned that the so-called Border to Border Touring Route will unduly escalate traffic of high-impact vehicles on natural surface roads that snake through remote forest lands amid pristine waters and sensitive wetlands. The group Citizens for Sustainable Off-Roading foresees harmful sediment getting splattered into fragile trout streams; vehicles sparking forest fires; rare species suffering from environmental damage; vehicles spewing air and noise pollution; the spread of invasive species; and an intensified level of motorized intrusions upon bird-watchers, hunters, sightseers and other low-impact recreational users of the roads. ....
DNR again denies review of its own motorized backroad route proposal Up North Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune The Department of Natural Resources has rejected the latest plea from a citizens group to formally review alleged environmental threats from a proposed 764-mile back-roads driving route that the agency intends to open across northern Minnesota for four-wheel drive owners. The petitioners are concerned that the so-called Border to Border Touring Route will unduly escalate traffic of high-impact vehicles on natural surface roads that snake through remote forest lands amid pristine waters and sensitive wetlands. The group Citizens for Sustainable Off-Roading foresees harmful sediment getting splattered into fragile trout streams; vehicles sparking forest fires; rare species suffering from environmental damage; vehicles spewing air and noise pollution; the spread of invasive species; and an intensified level of motorized intrusions upon bird-watchers ....