Every month WOHVA provides our members and other motorized trail recreation advocates with this short synopsis of WOHVA’s efforts to proactively assure that environmentally responsible OHV recreational opportunities are expanded here the Badger State.

The 3^rd (and final) phase of WOHVA’s Business Plan regarding the creation and operation of the Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park, Inc. is nearing completion. WOHVA met with the project staff drafting the plan last month. WOHVA members will recall reviewing the initial draft document at the WOHVA Workshops in spring. The document is being researched and drafted by the Creative Enterprise Center at Ripon College. WOHVA expects delivery of the finished plan in time to present it to at the September 19^th Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park, Inc. (WORVPI) Monthly Directors Meeting in Crandon, Wisconsin.

As was the case with the previous two documents (Phase I & Phase II), WOHVA looks forward to presenting this final installment to the Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park, Inc. when completed.
Three Mole Lake Trail Days were hosted by WOHVA last month. Trail Days center on trail maintenance and development, but there is always some trail riding involved.
If you’re interested in joining us in Mole Lake and becoming a WOHVA trail volunteer, visit our forums for information on getting involved. A complete listing of all WOHVA’s scheduled events for 2012 (including Mole Lake Trail Days) is available on our web site.

WOHVA’s Fall Trails Information Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, October 6th in New London, Wisconsin. Our FREE Trails Information Meetings are held twice a year (Spring & Fall) in South Eastern Wisconsin. Attendance is a great way to become informed as to the state of motorized trails here in the Badger State and also an outstanding opportunity to view what WOHVA has planned for next year (and the future). In addition, WOHVA representatives will be available to answer any and all questions you may have or point you in the right direction to find the accurate and up-to-date information.
WOHVA Trails Information Meetings are open to all OHV enthusiasts (WOHVA Individual Members as well as non-members). For additional information on this meeting (including the agenda) visit “Events & Trail Rides) in the WOHVA General Public Forums.

WOHVA would like to thank all those WOHVA members, other individuals and organizations that have had to foresight to support the Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park, Inc. (WORVPI) via their recent memberships. We’d also like to encourage all motorized recreation enthusiasts to step forward in support of this venture by joining WORVPI. Your $10 will help display how eager and willing Badger State OHV enthusiasts are to support their sport!
To learn more about WORVPI and the development of a 10,000 premier motorized recreation area here in Wisconsin visit their web site at http://www.WORVPI.org.

Mid-Year Updates were mailed to all WOHVA Supporting Clubs. Included in the Update were copies of recent WOHVA Monthly Updates, a complete set of Motorized Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM’s) for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (CNNF), an instruction manual on how to submit accurate and influential requests for access or closure of CNNF roads, routes & trails, an update on the Motorized Recreation Area in Forest County (Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park) and other information regarding WOHVA. Groups receiving the mailing included; Badgerland TNT 4X4 Club, Inc., Chicago Land Rover Club, Damage, Inc. 4X4 Club, Extreme Offroaders 4Wheel Drive Club, Ltd., Kettle Moraine Sport Riders, NAXJA – Midwest Chapter and Wisconsin Dual Sport Riders. If you haven’t seen this information please ask your club president to share the packet contents with you and all your fellow club members.
WOHVA would like to thank these clubs and all their members for their continued support of WOHVA and advocacy towards motorized trail recreation here in the Badger State. If you’re an individual looking to join a club you’d be hard pressed to find better clubs than those listed above!

The WOHVA Board of Directors held their regular bi-monthly meeting in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin.
WOHVA Individual Members can review the agenda, minutes, financial reports and other documents pertaining to all Board Meetings in the WOHVA Updates Forum located in the Forums Section of the WOHVA website.

WOHVA participated in the regular monthly meeting for the Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park, Inc. (WORVPI)
Regular updates on WORVPI (including meeting agenda & minutes) and all WOHVA special projects can be found in the “Projects” window located on the WOHVA Webpage. Project Updates are available to WOHVA Individual Members on-line and are provided quarterly to WOHVA Supporting Groups and clubs/organizations that have expressed interest by contacting WOHVA and offering their assistance in helping WOHVA expand OHV opportunities here in the Badger State. Visit the newly launched WORVPI web site at http://www.WORVPI.org.

Pleased to join trail advocacy groups from across the Badger State (both motorized and non-motorized), WOHVA added our signature to a letter drafted on behalf of the Coalition for Recreational Trails (of which WOHVA is a member) in support of continued funding the Wisconsin Recreational Trails Grant Program. The letter is a key part of a grass-roots campaign to convince Wisconsin Governor Walker NOT to opt out of this vital federal program.
The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) was reauthorized - with dedicated annual funding of $85 million for the remainder of this year and Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 - when the President signed the transportation reauthorization legislation known as MAP-21 on July 6th. The new legislation does contain one potential roadblock to the continuation of the RTP at the state level: a provision allowing the state governors to opt out of the program if they notify the U.S. Secretary of Transportation of their decision no later than 30 days before the funds are apportioned. Since the funds will be apportioned on October 1st, any opt-out decisions must be sent to US DOT by September 1st.

The American Motorcyclist Association (of which WOHVA is a member) reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require all consumers to buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps after the new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend is introduced into the market. The vast majority of Off-Highway Vehicles (OHV’s) in use today are not designed to operate on E15 fuel. WOHVA contacted all of Wisconsin’s Senators and Members of the House of Representatives asking them to contact the EPA. We suggested urging the EPA to come up with a better solution and to back an independent study to determine whether E15 is safe for OHV engines.
Since the approved list includes many light-duty vehicles in use today, refineries, distributors, and fueling stations may choose to offer primarily E15 gasoline because of this action by the EPA. The new EPA policy should concern all off-highway enthusiasts because this can affect the availability of gasoline with less or no ethanol (E10 or E0).

In conjunction with the Wisconsin Off-Road Vehicle Park, Inc. (WORVPI), WOHVA is working with NCWRPC on an extensive Feasibility Study to direct establishing a 10,000 acre Badger State Motorized Recreation Area (MRA). Last month a special project team from WORVPI met twice with their consultants drafting the Forest County Motorized Recreation Area Feasibility Study. The focus of the meetings was to bring some much needed closure to this project. WOHVA has two members participating on this team.   WOHVA is excited to be on the forefront, representing Badger State motorized trail riding enthusiasts, on this and other advocacy projects. Delivery of this finished study is expected soon.
Informed access advocates will recall that WOHVA previously contracted with an independent consultant to develop a business plan for establishing a MRA here in the Badger State. NCWRPC is located in Wausau, Wisconsin and does major research projects for many northern Wisconsin counties and municipalities. Regular updates on this project will be available on the WOHVA web site with detailed updates expanded upon in the WOHVA Members Only Forums. Watch our website for more details as they become available.

WOHVA’s 5^th Annual Great Northern Trail Ride was held on the Sokaogon-Chippewa properties in Mole Lake, Wisconsin. This was the fifth year that WOHVA Trail Guides led OHV enthusiasts through the maze of trails that WOHVA Volunteers have developed on the Tribal Holdings.
If you missed this event and are interested in being added to WOHVA’s mailing list (so you don’t miss out on all the fun next year) email your name, address, city, state & zip code to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it "> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Be sure to include “GNTR” in the subject box. If you want to dress like you attended the event, GNTRV t-shirts are still available for order (see the WOHVA Web Site for details).

Greg Mumm, Executive Director of the BlueRibbon Coalition, attended a breakfast meeting hosted by WOHVA at the Café Manoomin in the Mole Lake Casino & Lodge. Greg exchanged thoughts and ideas pertaining to the future of motorized recreation.
A complete update on this meeting is available for review in the WOHVA Public Forums.

“Remember, join and advocate (that’s) the two most important things that you can do!”

- DelAlbright 

(April ’09, WOHVA’s 5^th Annual Wisconsin OHV Enthusiast Workshops)