I'm sure all of you have heard by now that there is a big push by law enforcement

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1 P.O. Box 341, Mt. Shasta, CA Snow Phone: (530) Home Page: CLUB OFFICERS: President: Eileen K. Maier, Vice President: Dick Cowardin, Secretary: Ginger Berryhil, Treasurer: Daphne E. Pont, Board Members: Ken Anderson, Russ Elgin, Dion Meadows, David Patrick, Daren Valdez Newletter: Contents... Wilderness Alert Page 1 Meeting Minutes Page 2-4 Local Hill Climbs Page 5 Stats-Classifieds Page 5 Adgenda Updates for April (No Meeting) Page 4, 6-7 Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers Mission Statement A nonprofit organization of dedicated snowmobilers working together to promote the safety and pleasure of snowmobiling for everyone s greater enjoyment of the sport. We work to retain for your multiple-use and enjoyment your National Forests and other public lands. We provide you with a vital link to others whom enjoy your sport. Snowmobile Wilderness Violations I'm sure all of you have heard by now that there is a big push by law enforcement personnel to patrol Wilderness areas from snowmobile violators. The Serria's have been getting hammered hard (complete with aircraft watches) and so has our own Brewer Creek area. Our local FS has written over 20 tickets for snowmobile wilderness violations in the Brewer Creek area alone this season. And although most of the tickets were not handed out to Club members, some of those tickets went to Club members. Doc and Eileen have received calls from Barry Jones with the OHV Commission and he is very concerned about our Club members getting these tickets. Mostly because it does not make us (the Mt. Shasta Sno- Mobilers) look good. With the appointment of two "Greenies" to the OHV Commission, they are using every possible avenue to discredit the OHV program along with the snowmobiling community. Eileen fears their long-term goal is to shut down the OHV Grant Program totally. Even CNSA has been getting heat for all the snowmobile wilderness violations and they are encouraging all snowmobilers to obey the laws and stay out of the wilderness. As a Club, we do not wish to patrol our own membership, or to turn members in for violating wilderness boundaries, but as a Club we must also take the stand that it is against the law to ride snowmobiles in wilderness areas. Whether you believe in the snowmobile ban from wilderness law or not, it is the law and until it's changed we need to obey it. By violating the wilderness boundaries on your snowmobile, you risk the chance of larger/more buffer zones, area closures, and more bad publicity for the snowmobile community. Motorized recreation as a whole is going through some real trying times. There is not much a single individual can do to preserve our recreational areas other then writing letters, support local groups, donations and standing together. But we can be responsible for our actions and obey the laws whether we agree with them or not. This, in the big picture will help the most to preserve our snowmobile communities and areas for the future. Please help spread the word, "The FS is busting snowmobiles in the wilderness, please be careful and don't ride in the wilderness." If you don't know where the wilderness starts, don't even go there. The Brewer Creek area is marked, if you follow the old road to the end and keep going you ride right by a Wilderness Boundary sign. Chances are great that you will be caught. There are tons of great riding areas out there, don't be stupid and pass them by, don't take that chance, please! (Eileen) Page 1

2 Month 03, Date 10 Year 00 CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order by Eileen Maier at 7:38pm at China Dragon in Yreka. TREASURERS REPORT: Balance as of last meeting, 2/11 of $ Checks Written: $65.10 Dave Holleman, $390 CNSA 50/50 Raffle Tickets, $5 UPS Shipping of 50/50 tickets, $99 Postage & $30.22 Snow Phone. Deposits: $244 50/50 tickets & $40 Memberships. Balance as of 03/10 is $ STANDING COMMITTEES: Nordic Bypass: We have a ride scheduled for tomorrow. The Nordic Center is having their 2001 Season Demo on new equipment for x-country skiing also tomorrow between 10am and 2pm. This would be a wonderful time to have several snowmobiles politely ride through our bypass. Meet at Chuck s Park and Pilgrim Park around 10:30am. The two groups can meet someplace along the M31 Road (the road has been groomed for us). Take your lunch and you can eat near the bypass. Eileen will not be able to participate in the ride, she has company for the weekend. (Not in the minutes: I don t know if anyone attended the ride.) Warming Huts/Sheds/ Snoparks: 1) Deer Mt./Chuck Best Park: Nothing. 2) 4 Corners/Medicine Lake: Nothing. 3) Door Knob: Nothing. 4) Pilgrim Creek: Nothing. USFS: Due to new personal and law suites in the OHV Program there are some new regulations that the FS will now have to abide by. Fist thing is they have to open up the operation and maintenance of their snowmobile trails and trailheads for public comment. Jim Stout & Ed Hatakeda have placed notices under Legal Notices in the newspapers have been REGULAR MEETING MINUTES from 03/10/00 mailing out the request for comments to several groups. The comments need to be in by March 22. You need to take the time to comment on this program, hopefully stating that you support the continuation of the program with hopes for expansion. Since this is now being open up for public comment, it gives the opportunity for others to say they would like the program done away with. If we don t show our support by letters, we could lose grooming, warming huts, areas, or worse, everything. This is not a time to sit on your butt and let everyone else get involved. The second thing is the expansion of law enforcement and resource monitoring which will require more funds and time. You can call Jim Stout at 530/ or send your comments to Jim Stout, Goosenest Ranger District, Hwy 97, Macdoel, CA To save time, please make your comments general on our entire area, then send your letter to Ed Hatakeda, Mt. Shasta Ranger District, 204 E. Alma Street, Mt. Shasta, CA & to Modoc National Forest, 800 W. 12th Street, Alturas, CA This will cover all our bases. Eileen offered to get a quick letter out for the Club and take the time to mail it out with a note to all members. She did not fell that she would be able to get the newsletter with the info out in time. Dick Cowardin offered to write the draft to help out. Members attending the meeting voted to have Eileen send out a special notice to the membership. Groomer Reports: 1) Klamath report (Tucker): Groomed with the Maxi, Lost Springs loop to Steven's Pass back to 4-Corners, to Doorknob to Medicine Lake and back on Tues. and Weds. Packing Thurs, more Lost Springs loop to Little Mt Hoffman. About 8+ new up high, about a foot at 4-Corners, Medicine Lake has 9 feet. 2) Shasta/Trinity report (Bombardier): Groomed Chuck s Park to Pilgrim Park, made a short trip up the north side of Ash Creek Butte to cut through the drifts in the plantation at the switchback. Groomed from Pilgrim Creek to the Ski Park (that s the M31 Road). Groomer returning to Pilgrim Creek. Chuck s Park had a good 6-8 inches of fluff Wends with very high drifting on top of Pomerroy Ridge and past the cattle guard south of Pinto Springs. Watch yourselves on the top of Popery, it s drifted badly and if you went off the side, you would not make it back up. Pilgrim Creek had 1 foot of new stuff as of Thurs. CNSA (Dave Holleman): 1) We sold /50 raffle tickets. That s $395 for our Club which did not quite cover Dave s Club expenses to the Convention. 2) The Doug Forrester Memorial Groomer Award for was awarded to Chuck Best! The plaque reads; Chuck gave his all since the 1970 s and has left his mark in the Tri-Forest area, Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers and CNSA. He groomed trails in the winter and marked them in the summer. Chuck loved grooming more than snowmobiling! Everyone who knew him will miss Chuck. Our Memory of you will not be diminished by time. Thank you to all!!! It was voted by members attending the meeting that the plaque be displayed at A&R Power Sports because Chuck spent so much time there and that way everyone could enjoy it. Page 2

3 3) Dave said that the riding in Elko, where the 2000 CNSA Convention was held was great! Riding elevation was between 6 to 10 thousand feet. Dave said it was beautiful over there. Everyone running for office was elected with no problems. CNSA Annual Financial Statement for last year was handed out. Dave said they had several speakers including Blue Ribbon and Pat Davison from People for the USA. The 2001 Convention will be held in Bakersfield. Dave turned in his Club related expense's of 2 nights motel for $100 and mileage of 960 miles at.31 per mile for $297.60, for a total of $ Members attending the meeting voted to pay Dave the $ and a check was given to Dave at the meeting. Safety (Dave Holleman): Dave said he d like to get our Club scheduled for early next season for the CNSA Safety Course. He thought it would be a great idea to get the OR clubs involved too. Public Relations: Eileen has been hearing a lot about different 4-H groups wanted to attend our Club ride with the South Sis-Q 4-H ers. Although none of them have contacted the Club officially, we should look into opening up the ride to all the areas 4-H groups. This would mean changing several things: going to an every-other-year ride with the groups or trying to get even more sleds out there to give more kids rides, or having two or three rides a year for the kids. Medicine Lake Projects: Nothing new, covering in unfinished business. Mercy Air Ambulance (Barbara McPherson): Nothing. Adopt-A-Highway (Eileen): Nothing planned. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Soda Mountain National Monument: Description can be found in last months newsletter. Eileen would like the REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Cont.: Club to vote on whether we take a stand with People for the USA and KARE and if the Club should write their own letter on the issue. Eileen read a draft copy of the position from Nancy at KARE. Members attending the meeting voted that the Club should stand against any land closures and voted to take a stand with PFUSA and KARE and vote against the Soda Mountain National Monument! Medicine Lake National Monument: Description can be found in last months newsletter. Eileen wanted to know the same as with Soda Mountain. Members voted again to take the stand with PFUSA and KARE and vote against the Medicine Lake National Monument. CORRESPONDENCE: IN: 1. Snow Tracks, Blue Ribbon Mag, OS- SA, KARE, Rough, Klamath Basin & Sno- Riders newsletters 2. PFUSA membership drives. Last months newsletter contained an application. Please support them if you are able. Eileen has been very involved with PFUSA through the Club and feels we need them.. 3. PFUSA is helping support Alliance for America s upcoming Fly In for Freedom in Washington DC on May For information see the WebPage at or call Harry McIntosh at 518/ Eileen also has registration info. 4. NMFS - Board of Forestry is meeting on March 14 to decide the rules. KARE is providing 3 15-passenger vans for a trip from Yreka to Sacramento. Dick Cowardin is going. 5. BLM Desert Advisory Council Notice regulations to start recreation fees. Eileen has requested a copy of the information. More to come later. OUT: 1. 3/9 to Chief Mike Dombeck regarding Multiple use of all National Parks & Public Lands. 2. 3/10 to Chief Mike Dombeck regarding Closed Unless Posted Open policy /10 to USFS Director requesting a copy of the Draft EA Long Term Road Management Strategy. 4. 3/10 to BLM requesting a copy of the California Desert District Business Plan subtitled Recreation Fee Demonstration Pilot Program. NEW BUSINESS: New Memberships: None. Renewed Memberships: Performance MotorSports in Medford & Gary & Julie Wade. Dealer Giveaway Memberships: None. Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area: Description can be found in last months newsletter. Eileen wanted to know what stand the Club wanted to take on this issue. Once again, members attending the meeting voted to stand with PFUSA and KARE and vote against the expansion of the HRWA. Eileen handed out a petition for members to sign if they wanted to. Every member attending the meeting signed the petition. GOOD OF THE ORDER: Your Riding Areas: Chuck s Park (Deer Mt.), Pilgrim Creek Park, 4-Corners Park, Door Knob Park, Alder Creek Divide, Dry Creek, Ash Creek Butte, Trout Creek, Hemlock Ridge, Rainbow Mt., Little & Horse Peaks, Mt. Eddy and surrounding area, Goosenest, Willow Creek, Siskiyou Mnts, Mumbo Lake area, Grey Rock Lake area, Tamarack Lake area, Twin Lakes area, Grouse Lake area, Slate Mnt area, Panther Rock and the Seven Lakes Basin areas. Duck Award: Kenny Anderson was nominated by Michaelle and Page 3

4 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Cont.: Cary Clarke to received the Duck Award due to his ability to start avalanches while riding at the Palina Area in OR. Members attending the meeting offered several other recipients, but voted to give the duck to Kenny this time. Classifieds: See page 5. UPCOMING EVENTS: 1) March 11, 2000, Saturday = Club Ride through the Nordic Center. NEXT MEETINGS: Board Meeting: None scheduled. Regular Meeting: Meeting for April 14, 2000 has been CANCELLED. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 8:35pm. ****Because the April 14th meeting has been canceled, I have included a draft agenda which we would have used for the meeting. It is continued on pages 6 and 7 also. Our next meeting will be on May 12, 2000, Friday at China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. Please write this meeting down and plan on attending. This will be the last regular meeting of the season. We need to stay encouraged though the summer months. The Greenies will not stop trying to close areas just because we are not using them. Letters need to be going out all summer long!**** Agenda Updates for APRIL (NO MEETING): REGULAR AGENDA UPDATES for 04/14/00 1. CALL TO ORDER - time: N/A 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM 03/10 MEETING AS MAILED - Approve the minutes as mailed from 03/10/00 meeting. 3. TREASURERS REPORT (Daphne): Balance as of last not meeting, 3/10 of $ Checks Written: $ Dave Holleman, $22.94 Membership info copying, & $18.04 Snow Phone. Deposits: None. Balance as of 04/04 is $ REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES: a. Nordic Bypass: Had a ride planned for March 11th, but Eileen doesn't know if anyone when on the ride or not. b. Warming Huts/Sheds/Snoparks: 1) Deer Mt. Park: 2) 4 Corners/Medicine Lake: 3) Door Knob: 4) Pilgrim Creek: c. USFS: Eileen spoke to Ed Hatakeda about support letters regarding the operation and maintenance of the Tri-Forest Snowmobile Trail System. Ed said he did not receive one bad letter and did receive lots of support. He wanted me to thank everyone for his or her support. Ed also let Eileen know that the OHV program is now requiring Public Meetings on the grant requests and that the grants have been pushed back until June. It looks like the two "Greenies" are really Page 4

5 MT. SHASTA BOARD AND SKI PARK AND THE MT. SHASTA RACE ASSOCIATION PRESENT: SPRING 2000 SNOWMOBILE FESTIVAL Saturday, May 13th, :30am to 6:00pm $5.00 Day Passes for the general snowmobile public, Open riding, including terrain park and half pipe. $15.00 race entry fee for the West Face Hill Climb Sport, Improved and Modified divisions Two combined times 8:30am Registration 10:00am Start PLUS: Terrain Park Obstacle Course, Demo displays Membership News: Newsletter Label: Please check your address label. The (Sept. 00) next to or below your name means your membership is good through September, If there is a (Sept. 99) there, we have not received your membership renewal or you have not paid yet, and you will not be receiving a newsletter after this one. If there is a (Comp) there, the newsletter is a complimentary copy for nonmembers. Copies go to every member, to local Chambers of Commerce, local Visitors Bureaus, to local FS reps, and to State snowmobile organizations. This mailing we sent out 107 newsletters. The campaign is going great, we have lots of addresses, over half. I have been forwarding any and all information that has to do with snowmobiling and/or and rights. I don t expect you to read all of it, but some of it is very interesting. I d like to thank everyone for renewing and welcome our new members. It is important that we keep our total Club numbers high. We are having to fight harder and harder to keep our riding areas open, and with all of your help, we will make a difference. Eileen CLASSIFIEDS: CLUB STATS: CITY: MEMBERS: Bend, OR 1 Central Point, OR 1 Chico 1 Cottage Grove, OR 1 Cottonwood 1 Douglas City 1 Dunsmuir 9 Fairfield 1 Ft. Jones 1 Fremont 1 Gazelle 2 Grants Pass 1 Grenada 1 Jacksonville, OR 1 Klamath Falls, OR 3 Lake Shastina 1 Livingston, MT 1 Livingston, TX 1 Macdoel 3 Magilen 1 McCloud 2 Medford, OR 4 Montague 2 Mt. Shasta 16 Oroville 2 Red Bluff 2 Redding 6 Salem, OR 1 S. San Franisco 1 Shasta Lake 1 Simi Valley 1 Truckee 1 Weed 2 Yreka Total Memberships=89 Total Members= 199 Childeren= 46 New Members= 5 Dealer= 3 Numbers as of 02/19/00 Remember to list your snowmobile related classifieds here. 93 Articat Prowler, 440 fan cooled, two-up seat, elect. Start, reverse, long track, 1050 miles. $2495, cal Tres at wk or hm. Also has two place trailer for $695. (3/00) 2 SkiDoo s, 440 fan cooled, 1200 amd 1300 miles with trailer and covers. $5000 OBO. Call Norman (Sweed) Anderson at (3/00) 94 Ski-Doo 583 Summit. $2700 OBO, Call Dick at (11/99) 95 Polaris Incy Lite, 1000 miles like new. $2000, call Chris at (1/00) To place your snowmobile related ad in the Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers Newsletter contact the Editor, Eileen K. Maier at or <graphicsbyei@snowcrest.ne t>. Ads will be removed after 4 months. Page 5

6 messing things up for the program. There is a lot of time wasted and a lot of wheels spinning. Ed said he was going to talk to Jim Stout and find out how he was thinking of handling the meetings. Look for a notice to show up in the newspapers on the meeting. It would be great to get as many snowmobilers as possible to attend the meetings. We will try to let everyone know when the meetings are too. Also, we don't know what kind of new groomers if any that we will be getting for next season. This seems to be all screwed up too. Only time will tell. 1) Klamath National Forest: 2) Shasta/Trinity Forest: d. Groomer reports: 1) Klamath report (Tucker): Nothing. 2) Shasta/Trinity report (Bombardier): Nothing. e. CNSA (Dave Holleman): Nothing. f. Safety (Dave Holleman): Nothing. g. Public relations: Nothing new. h. Medicine Lake Projects (Dick Cowardin & Eileen Maier): Nothing new. i. Mercy Air Ambulance (Barbara McPherson): Memberships are coming due soon. j. Adopt-A-Highway (Eileen Maier): Cleanup scheduled for Saturday, May 13th, meet at A12 and 97 at 10am. Last time we cleaned it only took us one hour. Chairperson; Eileen. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: a. Soda Mountain National Monument: Nothing new. b. Medicine Lake National Monument: Nothing new. c. Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area Expansion: Club letter sent March 14th. Nothing new. 6. CORRESPONDENCE: IN: a. Blue Ribbon Mag, OSSA, Rogue, KARE, Sno-Riders, Klamath Basin & Sno-Riders news letters. b. BLM Seeking Nominations for Resource Advisory Councils, deadline Thursday, April 20th. Contact Eileen if interested. c. Thank you letter from BlueRibbon for the $100 donation. They also sent us a wonder banner. d. Letter from Thomas W. Farmer, District Ranger, Goosenest Ranger District asking for comments on the Tri-Forest Snowmobile Trail System program. This letter said the comments should be submitted by April 20th, so if you didn't get your letter in, there is still time. OUT: a. 3/14 - Club membership letter with attached copies of Club letter "RE: Support comments for the continued operation and maintenance of the Tri-Forest Snowmobile Trail System" and letter "RE: Horseshoe Ranch Wildlife Area Expansion". 7. NEW BUSINESS: a. New Memberships: None. b. Renewed Memberships: Performance Motor- Sports in Medford & Gary & Julie Wade. c. Dealer Give-Away Memberships: None. d. Wilderness Violations: I'm sure all of you have heard by now that there is a big push by law enforcement personnel to patrol Wilderness areas from snowmobile violators. The Serria's have been getting hammered hard (complete with aircraft watches) and so has our own Brewer Creek area. Our local FS has written over 20 tickets for snowmobile wilderness violations in the Brewer Creek area alone this season. And although most of the tickets were not handed out to Club members, some of those tickets went to Club members. Doc and Eileen have received calls from Barry Jones with the OHV Commission and he is very concerned about our Club members getting these tickets. Mostly because it does not make us (the Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers) look good. With the ap pointment of two "Greenies" to the OHV Commission, they are using every possible avenue to discredit the OHV program along with the snowmobiling community. Eileen fears their long-term goal is to shut Page 6

7 down the OHV Grant Program totally. Even CNSA has been getting heat for all the snowmobile wilderness violations and they are encouraging all snowmobilers to obey the laws and stay out of the wilderness. As a Club, we do not wish to patrol our own membership, or to turn members in for violating wilderness boundaries, but as a Club we must also take the stand that it is against the law to ride snowmobiles in wilderness areas. Whether you believe in the snowmobile ban from wilderness law or not, it is the law and until it's changed we need to obey it. By violating the wilderness boundaries on your snowmobile, you risk the chance of larger/more buffer zones, area closures, and more bad publicity for the snowmobile community. Motorized recreation as a whole is going through some real trying times. There is not much a single individual can do to preserve our recreational areas other then writing letters, support local groups, donations and standing together. But we can be responsible for our actions and obey the laws whether we agree with them or not. This, in the big picture will help the most to preserve our snowmobile communities and areas for the future. Please help spread the word, "The FS is busting snowmobiles in the wilderness, please be careful and don't ride in the wilderness." If you don't know where the wilderness starts, don't even go there. The Brewer Creek area is marked, if you follow the old road to the end and keep going you ride right by a Wilderness Boundary sign. Chances are great that you will be caught. There are tons of great riding areas out there, don't be stupid and pass them by, don't take that chance, please! (Eileen) e. Mt. Shasta Ski Park Snowmobile Hill Climbs: Yes, you read that right! On May 13th the Mt. Shasta Ski Park is hosting Snowmobile Hill Climbs. We don't have a lot of information yet, but as far as we know, there will be three classes. If you would like to get more info, please call the Ski Park or Richard Coots at 530/ The lodge will be open for us, they will be BB- Q'ing, local snowmobile dealers will have new sleds on show and it should be a great day for the entire family. If this works out, we could see this become quite an event in future years. This would be great for our local area and snowmobiling! 8. GOOD OF THE ORDER: a. Your Riding Areas - Chuck's Park, Pilgrim Creek Park, 4-Corners Park, Door Knob Park, Alder Creek Divide, Dry Creek, Ash Creek Butte, Trout Creek, Hemlock Ridge, Rainbow Mnt., Lit tle & Horse Peaks, Mt. Eddie and surrounding area, Goosenest, Willow Creek, Siskiyou Mnts, Mumbo Lake area, Grey Rock Lake area, Tamarack Lake area, Twin Lakes area, Grouse Lake area, Slate Mnt area, Panther Rock and the Seven Lakes Basin areas. b. Duck Award - c. Classifieds - 9. RIDES/ACTIVITIES OF THE MONTH - 1) None Planned 10. TIME AND PLACE OF NEXT BOARD MEETING - None scheduled. 11. TIME AND PLACE OF NEXT REGULAR MEETING - May 12, 2000, Friday at China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm meeting at 7:30pm. This will be our last regular meeting for the snowmobile season. June, July and August have Work Day/Regular Meetings. 12. ADJOURNMENT: Time: N/A Page 7

8 Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers: ---DMP=Deer Mountain Park ---TBA=To Be Announced ~April 14, 2000, Friday = Regular Meeting - CANCELLED ~May 12, 2000, Friday = Regular Meeting - China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~May 13, 2000, Saturday = Adopt-A- Highway Cleanup, meet at A12 and 97 at 10am. Chairperson; Eileen ~June 10, 2000, Saturday = Work Day/ Regular Meeting - Clean around the hut, DMP at 10am. ~July 15, 2000, Saturday = Work Day/ Regular Meeting - Trail Cleaning, DMP at 10am. ~August 19, 2000, Saturday = Wood Cutting Day, DMP at 10am. Club BB-Q after workday, TBA. ~September 8, 2000, Friday = Board Meeting/Regular Meeting- membership renewals & approve '00-'01 Schedule. China Dragon, Yreka, at 6:30pm and 7pm. CLUB SCHEDULES FOR SEASON: Sno-Riders: *All events are subject to change due to whether etc. 4/13 - Club Meeting 5/11 - Club Meeting 5/13 - Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup 6/24 - Club Picnic - Chambers House 7/21 - Club Charty Yard Sale Save your STUFF 9/16 - Wood Cutting & Road Cleanup Rogue Snowmobilers: ---TBA=To Be Announced APRIL 4th - General Meeting, Roosevelt School 25th - Board Meeting MAY Saturday 6th, Spring Banquet Klamath Basin Snowmobilers: ~Apr Sat-Sun, Weekend Ride, TBA ~Apr BANQUET Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers, Inc. P.O. Box 341 Mt. Shasta, CA Page 8