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Spring/Summer 2009 Edition

Midwestern 4 wheeler Responsible use of Public Lands through Conservation, Education, and Safety

Official publication of the Midwest 4 Wheel Drive Association

The following appeared in Luana’s report from the April meeting: “FOREST CERTIFICATION http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/program/forestry/smartwood/public-comments.html . United Four Wheel Drive Associations announced just re-cently the major concern especially in Wisconsin and other mid-west states in regard to this. Ap-parently Wisconsin is a leader in this action and all state forests are certified while the National Forest is not. There is also an attempt to get all county and private forests also certified in the state. This is another topic that needs to be addressed by us and would be majorly helpful if someone could take this on as their project. NOTE: You can get more info on this and have more internet sites to go to for more info, it is http://www.fscus.org/standards_criteria/standards_revision_process.php and http://www.pinchot.org/what_we_do/forest_cert/certification”

In This issue Editors Letter 1 MW4WDA Board Notes 2 Letters 3 Upcoming Events 4—6 Iowa News 7 & 8 Minnesota News 9 Wisconsin News 10—13 March of Dimes 14—18 National News 19 MW4WDA Merchandise 20

Midwest 4 Wheel Drive Association Board President Mark White 1st Vice President Butch Chapin 2nd Vice President Matt McVicker Secretary Dawn Krueger Treasurer Kert Peterson Newsletter Editor Dawn Krueger TKrueger5@new.rr.com (920)420-2348 Webmaster Tim Krueger Mud-Dawg@new.rr.com

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July 5th, 2009 Dear Friends of the MW4WDA; I hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July Holiday Weekend! As you will note this edition of the Midwestern 4 Wheeler is a Spring and Summer Edi-tion. I have been hoping for a few more articles but they did not materialize and I wanted to get what I do have out to you. This will be the last edition before the next convention so get your reserva-tions in. The flyer is located on page 5 of this publication. I am looking forward to making our newsletter an information sharing tool of the MW4WDA. Sharing information between the states involved and hope-fully involving the states that are not currently active. I would also eventually like to be able to publish this newsletter in hard copy for those who do not have regular internet access or are not com-puter savvy. I am looking for someone from Minne-sota, someone from Iowa, and hope-fully someone from Nebraska to write a brief report quarterly for the newsletter. It does not need to be anything fancy just something reporting on the things going on in those states related to wheeling, trails, events, etc… Contact me for further details at TKrueger5@new.rr.com or (920)420-2348.

Sincerely, Dawn Krueger Newsletter Editor Tim Krueger has completed the new look of the W4WDA website! You can check it out at www.w4wda.org He will soon begin working on the MW4WDA site. He has done an awe-some job of reorganizing the Wisconsin site and I look forward to the New Look for the Midwest site! Watch for the change to come in the next few weeks. Remember to thank Tim for all he does for MW4WDA and W4WDA. From the Secretary: The meeting minutes will no longer be appearing in the newsletter, copies will be available at the bi-annual meeting from the previous meeting. This past convention had a nice turnout but I know it could be better. It was nice to see so many members from Iowa pre-sent at the meeting. I look forward to seeing all of you again at the fall con-vention. Happy trails, Dawn Krueger Secretary

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Ma & Pa Rocker’s Will Remain Open

Pa Rockers Campground and Off Road Trails will continue to be open, and hope to see old friends and make new friends on our trails. Ma Rocker would like to extend an invitation to a memorial run in honor of Pa on Labor Day weekend. The trails will be rebuilt and the cost for the ride is $50 per truck for the weekend. Camping is the same as always $20.00 per night $3.00 for electric. We will have a potluck dinner with a dish to pass at the fire pit in the campground bring your pictures and memories of Pa, should be fun to share. We hope to see you here. We have also dropped the 10 truck minimum with a reduced price per truck, with high cost for everything and wanting to keep Pa’s dream going on for years to come. Without the 10 truck minimum the only hills that will be done is Baldy (Pa’s hill) and qualifier, talk to us about any other hills you would like rebuilt. Please contact Bob for any info on the changes, we hope you will honor us in remem-bering Pa Labor Day weekend. I am also in the process of setting up a new site for Pa Rocker, he was a do it myself man and I just can’t figure out what he has done to it. I would love to have pictures people want posted, I do have a lot of pix but if you have some that you really want to see please feel free to email them. On the new site I am going to try to create links to each group so you can go see the clubs or group, even new visitors pictures. Those that come to see us know I love to take pix and the more air the better. I also give a disk to one member to make copies as they wish to share with the rest of the club members. Bob is in the process of attempting to set up a log run for those who enjoy it. If there are any ideas of new things that would like us to try, we are willing to listen and wel-

come new ideas. We hope to see you here La-bor Day! Ma Rocker Bob Carroll Deb Acosta (soon Carroll) Robertc255@centurytel.net Parocker@parocker.com (715)374-3671 Ma Rocker (715)816-4168 Bob & Deb cell

3807 B State Highway 21 Oshkosh, WI 54904

(920)230-2979 dcdynamics@ntd.net

Full service Auto and Truck repair

Aftermarket performance parts Over 26 years experience between Derek Lenz and Chris Anderson

Owners ASE Certified

Chris is a member of the Twin City Bushwackers out of Neenah, WI

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Date and Time Event Location Contact Other Info

July 11—12 TORC Bark River Inter-national Raceway Bark River, MI

August 8 Twin City Bush-wackers Demo Derby Pull-offs

Winnebago County Fair-

grounds

Tim Krueger

August 8—9 TORC Bark River Inter-national Raceway Bark River, MI

August 28 Twin City Bush-wackers Sprint Car Push-offs

Speedzone Race-way Oshkosh, WI

Tim Krueger

August 29 TORC Perris Auto Speedway Perris,

CA

September 4 –6 TORC Crandon Interna-tional Raceway

September 19 W4WDA Pipe-line Clean Up

Lakewood, WI

Tim Krueger Lunch will be served

September 26 –27 TORC TBD

October 16—18 MW4WDA Con-vention

Black River Falls, WI

Mark White

October 31—November 1

TORC Las Vegas

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MW4WDA FAll Convention OctOber 16 - 18, 2009

Best Western ArroWheAd Lodge 600 oasis Road (Hwy 54 at i-94)

Black RiveR Falls, Wi 54615 1-715-284-9471

Room Rate is $59.00 foR 2 people {$10.00 each additional Person uP to 4 PeoPle Per room}

Convention Cost per person $25.00 {Includes hospItalIty room, meetIngs, and dInner}

Send RegiStRation to: MaRk White W762 HWy 23 Green Lake, WI 54941-9735

(920) 748-7852

Name_________________________________________________________________________

Name_________________________________________________________________________

Club AffiliAtion___________________________________________________________ Convention & Dinner_______________ @ $25.00 = ______________ Meetings only___________@ $5.00 =_______________

RegistRation DeaDline: septembeR 30, 2009

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2009 Race Schedule JULY 11thh 1 pm CADOTT – Mud Classes. Nabor Days.

Jason Thom (715) 559-6047 25th 7 pm GLENWOOD CITY – Mud Classes. St. Croix County Fair

Keith Thompson (715) 455-1116

AUGUST 2nd 1 pm ROMANCE – Mud Classes and ATV. 12 miles west of Viroqua on Hwy 56 or 4 miles east of Genoa on Hwy 56.

Telly Miller (608) 637-6801 22nd 1 pm WHITEHALL – Mud Classes. Beef and Dairy Days.

David Anderson (715) 533-3292 29th 1 pm NEILLSVILLE – Mud Classes (Modified, Showroom, Super Stock, Open) & Tuff Truck. Clark County Fairgrounds. Steve

Knoop (715) 743-3831 6 pm NEILLSVILLE – Mud Classes (Street Stock, Pro Stock, Open) & Tuff Truck Finals

Check our website for updates and changes to the schedule throughout the season…

www.cmamudracing.com

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From ARRA Website: State Resources...

The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council NOHVCC is a national body of OHV recreation enthusiasts that develops and provides a wide spectrum of programs, materials, and information to individuals, clubs, associations, and agencies in order to fur-ther a positive future for responsible OHV recreation.

Recreational Trails Program The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a Federal Highway Administration program. RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund and are available to States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both non-motorized and motorized recreational trail uses. Each State administers its own program. You can contact your state RTP Administrator to find out what trail projects are being funded in your state and how to apply for project funding. State Administrator Steve Bowman Trails Coordinator Iowa Dept. of Transportation Office of Systems Planning 800 Lincoln Way Ames, IA 50010-6993 515-239-1337 515-233-7857 (Fax) steven.bowman@dot.iowa.gov

State Partner Dan Kleen 102 4th Avenue S.E. Pocahontas, IA 50574 712-335-4769 (H) 712-358-1870 (C) dkleen@ncn.net

Associate Partner Bill Dyke 1515 11th St. N.W. Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 319-366-8740 scrambler@imonmail.com

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Make It or Break It Memorial Day 2009, wow what a weekend of down home wheeling fun in Iowa, yeah I said IOWA. I would have to say Dan’s place is a blast to wheel. It doesn’t matter if you want some easy trails for the beginner or if want some hard core hill climbing crack playing action Dan’s has it all from mild to wild. We had 166 trucks this year!!! I would say 80 of them were there on Friday after noon. Also we had around $2000 dollars worth of door prizes. Any thing from an optima battery, to a chain saw, to hi-lift jack and jerk straps and the list goes on and on. Of course all those door prize could not be had with out the help of are great sponsors all 25 of them. So a huge thanks to these guys to make this weekend even better. Coal Creek Crawlers Praxair Goff & Nash (Albia Ia) Johnston Repair Stock Motors Inc. Trick-Tool.com Hildreth Garage The Plumber, Lcc DIY4x.com Iowa Geothermal Hi Country Offroad.com Maddawg Motor Sports Doug’s 4-Wheelers The Out House Pella Motors T Bolt’s Kitchen Off Road Dreams 4x4.com JD Byrider Lovilia Bait & Tire Grafx 2 A Tee Kim and Brook That One Guy Dick & Sherry Magie Buggs Active life Chiropractic I would also like to say a special thanks to T-bolt for showing up all weekend and cooking for us. If you guys haven’t tried T Bolt’s food then your missing out. This guy is also the one that cooks our melt in your mouth pork loin dinner on Saturday night. Along with our kids events on Saturday there was also some adult entertainment, Quarter Inch Jack brought the house down when they showed up, these guys can play. I would say they played from 8’clock until I don’t remem-ber when they quit. So a huge thanks to them for showing up. So to wrap this up I would like to thank the MIOBI staff, officers, club members and every one else that worked to put on another great weekend of fun. And to all of you guys that showed up I know there are some of you guys that traveled from Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota and I bet there are some other states that I am missing so a huge thank you to all of you we couldn’t make this happen with out your support so thank you. Just as a reminder were doing this all over again in the fall for Labor Day.

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From the ARRA Website: State Resources...

The National Off-Highway Vehicle Con-servation Council NOHVCC is a national body of OHV recreation en-

thusiasts that develops and provides a wide spec-trum of programs, materials, and information to individuals, clubs, associations, and agencies in order to further a positive future for responsible OHV recreation.

Recreational Trails Program The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a Fed-eral Highway Administration program. RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund and are available to States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both non-motorized and motorized recreational trail uses. Each State administers its own program. You can contact your state RTP Administrator to find out what trail projects are being funded in your state and how to apply for project funding.

State Administrator Andrew Korsberg

Trail Program Coordinator DNR Trails and Waterways Division

500 Lafayette Avenue St. Paul, MN 55155-4052

(651) 259-5642; Fax (652) 297-5475 andrew.korsberg@dnr.state.mn.us

United States Forest Service Many National Forests provide excellent OHV rid-ing opportunities. For this reason, we have pro-vided a list of U.S. Forest Service employees in

charge of trails or resource management in each National Forest in your state. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with these individuals, as they can be a great resource for information. It is espe-cially important right now, since the Forest Service is in the process of implementing its November 2005 Travel Management Rule which requires each National Forest to designate those roads, trails, and areas that are open to motor vehicle use. Once this designation process is complete and a Motor Vehicle Use Map is published, no OHV use will be allowed off of designated routes. Therefore it is extremely important for the public to be engaged in this process.

State Partner Tom Umphress 8051 West 195th Street Jordan, MN 55352 (612) 965-8618

Associate Partner

Open

Minnesota National Forests

Forest Office Address

Forest Con-tact Telephone

Chippewa 200 Ash Ave-nue NW, Cass Lake, MN 56633

Kay Getting 218-335-8673

Superior 8901 Grand Ave. Duluth, MN 55808

Pamela E. Brown

218-626-4300

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The National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council NOHVCC is a national body of OHV recreation enthusiasts that develops and provides a wide spectrum of programs, materials, and information to individuals, clubs, associations, and agen-cies in order to further a positive future for responsible OHV recreation. State Partner Associate Partner Alexander Bub Lance David W4802 Knuth Road 9822 Lakeshore Dr. Random Lake, WI 53075 Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158 (920) 994-2600 Ph: 262-697-1329 alex.bub@harley-davidson.com lancdavid@aol.com Recreational Trails Program The Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a Federal Highway Administration program. RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund and are available to States to develop and maintain recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both non-motorized and motorized rec-reational trail uses. Each State administers its own program. You can contact your state RTP Administrator to find out what trail projects are being funded in your state and how to apply for project funding.

State Administrator Diane Conklin

Manager, Motorized Recreation Grant Programs Bureau of Community Financial Assistance

Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources P.O. Box 397

Cumberland, WI 54829-0397 (715) 635-4130; Fax (715) 635-4105

diane.conklin@wisconsin.gov United States Forest Service Many National Forests provide excellent OHV riding opportunities. For this reason, we have provided a list of U.S. Forest Service employees in charge of trails or resource management in each National Forest in your state. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with these individuals, as they can be a great resource for information. It is especially important right now, since the Forest Service is in the process of implementing its November 2005 Travel Management Rule which requires each National Forest to designate those roads, trails, and areas that are open to motor vehicle use. Once this designation process is complete and a Motor Vehicle Use Map is published, no OHV use will be allowed off of designated routes. Therefore it is extremely im-portant for the public to be engaged in this process.

Wisconsin National Forests Chequamegon and Nicolet

Forest Office Address 1170 4th Avenue South Park Falls, WI 54552

Forest Contact Debra Kidd Telephone 715-762-2461

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Submitted by Luana Schneider INVASIVE SPECIES GROUP Tim Krueger contin-ues to be part of the Invasive Species Committee and I am his back up. Final review by the committee has been held and public review has occurred.. There is going to be a teleconference meeting on April 21 from 9 to noon. They wish to have brochures ready for the various user groups to be available by June which is “Invasive Spe-cies Month”. STATE TRAILS COUNCIL (STC) www.dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/trails/council There was a phone conference meeting held January 12 that I attended in Madison. The draft minutes of that meeting are on the website listed above. I asked about others being on Conference calls for the meetings and was told that the DNR has a limited amount of spaces available for conference calls, so do not have the capability to have others on conference calls. This does make me wonder about the opportunity of having certain folks who express an interest to be hooked up to an individual’s cell phone who is attending who may have unlimited minutes. RTP funding is available to us for trail projects—if you have a trail development project, you may want to check into the possibility of it being available for these funds. Contact the DNR for more info on this—May 1 is the usual deadline for submitting requests. The next meeting will be held on April 28 in Madison from 10:00 to 3:00 in the Governor’s Conference Room in the State Capitol. The agenda for this meeting is on the above website—I plan to attend that meeting. Other meetings for 2009 are July 17 in New Auburn and October 16 in Crivitz. Under the April 28 meeting agenda area you can also access the report on the recommendations that the STC sub-committee came up with in regard to structure change for the STC for better representation of the users. Read and make comments!! You are very welcome to sit in on any of the STC meet-ings. To learn more about the Council, details of future meetings, read the minutes, etc. you can go to the STC website noted above. DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM Remember our vari-ous events that are trail type events where the public is welcome we should submit to the Dept. of Tourism and ask the Chamber of Commerce in the area of the event to also submit to Tourism and advertise in the area for

you. Keep that in mind when planning your event and looking at advertising angles. I would be interested in what success or problems you have when doing this. MOTORIZED RECREATION AREA (MRA) was formerly called Motorized State Recreation Area (MSRA) The DNR has developed a Committee of four people within the DNR to come up with a Development Plan and Business Plan for MRA’s. They are looking for ideas. If you have any info from Off road parks that you have been to, they would like to have copies of flyers, fees, info on infrastructure etc. and select photos. They don’t want hundreds of photos, but key photos (preferably electronic) of trails, infrastructure etc. and your opinions (pros and cons) of the park/s. THEY WANT YOUR EXPERIENCES!! THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN AN MSRA (OHV PARK). You can send via e-mail to the new contact Dan Schuller at Daniel.Schuller@wisconsin.gov. –the previous main contact, Peter Biermeier is still on the project but just isn’t the main contact anymore. Whatever you can’t send by e-mail can be sent to Wisconsin DNR, c/o Dan Schuller, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921. Remember to emphasize this is NOT to be a replace-ment for our use of public lands but an addition to or as some call it an enhancement to our recreation! The DNR Parks and Recreation gave an update to the Natural Resources Board (NRB) on January 28 in Madi-son in regard to this concept. A white paper was sub-mitted and a Power Point presentation was given—I have a copy of the power point program if anyone would like to see it. Interesting parts of the presentation were the fact they would like to see this park near population and reasonably central (north and south) of the state based on where most of the motorized recreationists are (they have drawn a line at Hwy. 29 as to somewhere near there is where they would like to see the park. Acreage seemed to fluctuate between 500 and 1,500 acres. They also seemed to be leaning towards an aban-doned quarry. The biggest problem I had with the pres-entation was the fact that they went back to referencing ATV’s rather than all motorized--I have written a com-ment in regard to this to those who did the presentation. The public was not allowed to speak at this meeting. However, WOHVA did submit a letter to the NRB for matter of record as to what they think this MRA should consist of.—at this point I have to question some of the statements made in that letter. I did contact Dan Schuller for an update on this. Dan stated that they are looking fairly seriously at one site and beginning investigation of another. He figures

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they’ll probably reach a decision point on the first site as to whether it is a viable project sometime in May. If they go ahead with a feasibility study, they will let us know. This study is the public process that is used to analyze the impacts, gauge public opinion and eventu-ally take those findings to the Natural Resources Board for approval to proceed with initial acquisitions. As I learn more, I will be sending out on e-mails and it will be on the websites. Trail News - 6/3/09 Public Comment Sought on Report to the State Trails Council At the April 15, 2008 meeting, the Governor's State Trails Council (STC) agreed to establish a temporary (ad hoc) committee that would be responsible for examining and proposing changes to the structure and organization of the State Trails Council in order to ensure that the STC is efficient, effective, and inclusive of all citizens and trail user groups. (More information about the Ad Hoc Committee to Recom-mend Improvements to the Structure of the State Trails Council is available <http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQ5NDkwM CZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00OTQ5M-DAmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NTAxN TMyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bHJzY2huZWlkQGdtYWlsLmN-vbSZ1c2VyaWQ9bHJzY2huZWlkQGdtYWlsLmNvb SZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/trails/council/comm ittee.html> here.) At the April 28, 2009 State Trails Council meeting, the Ad Hoc Committee presented their report to the Governor's Wisconsin State Trails Council. The Council would now like to hear what you think about the nine recommendations outlined in the <http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQ5NDkwM CZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00OTQ5M-DAmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NTAxN TMyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bHJzY2huZWlkQGdtYWlsLmN-vbSZ1c2VyaWQ9bHJzY2huZWlkQGdtYWlsLmNvb SZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&101&&&http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/trails/council/comm

ittee/adhoc_report04072009.pdf> Report. E-mail your comments on the report to DNRWIStateTrails@wi.gov, by Friday, June, 19, 2009. Comments may also be submitted via U.S. mail: State Trails Coordinator 101 S Webster Street Madison, WI 53703 The Council will be discussing the report and feedback at their next meeting at the Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area in July. More information about the State Trails Council and draft minutes from the April 28 meeting are available <http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQ5NDkwM CZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00OTQ5M-DAmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NTAxN TMyJmVtYWlsaWQ9bHJzY2huZWlkQGdtYWlsLmN-vbSZ1c2VyaWQ9bHJzY2huZWlkQGdtYWlsLmNvb SZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/trails/council/inde x.html> here.

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Tough Truck 2009 TWO CLASSES

2x4 AND 4x4

Mazomanie

Wild West Days

ENTRY FEE $25 INCLUDES ONE DRIVER

PIT PASS $25

Saturday Sept. 12th Racing 4:00 pm

100% PAY-BACK

TECH INSPECTION 2pm TO 3:30pm FIRM

Must be 18 to participate

P.O.Box216

Mount Horeb,WI 53572 rdsd4x4@msn.com

Contact numbers Tracey Frame 608-437-6203 John Gee 608-767-4080 Brody MacLean 608-437-1404

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Headquartering At: W1640 Knorn Road, Rib Lake, WI 54470

Can be Run by Stock SUV’s with some alternatives for the Hefty at Heart.

Rally Registration on Saturday, October 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30.

Minimum Pledge per Vehicle: $50 (Decreased from $75 for this year)

For More Flyers, Pledge Sheets or Information go to the website at www.4WheelinWithFeelin.com or contact the March of Dimes Capital Wisconsin Division,

5315 Wall St., Suite 140, Madison, WI 53718-7938 Phone:1-800-747-DIME (3463) or 1-608-243-7764 / FAX: 1-608-243-7765

2009 Four Wheelin’ with Feelin’ On Road/On Trail Rally

To Benefit the

March of Dimes Foundation

Sponsored by:

Wisconsin Four Wheel Drive Association and March of Dimes Capital Wisconsin Division

In Cooperation with: Northwoods Overland OHV Park

They have waived user fee for those participating in the Rally.

Rules to Know & Mandatory Requirements Roll bar or non-removable hard top Seat belt for every passenger Fire extinguisher Street-legal vehicle First Aid Kit HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Co-driver HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Absolutely NO alcohol allowed on trails and hallucinating drugs at any time Located off of Highway 102 on Spirit Lake W1640, Knorn Road, Rib Lake, WI 54470 1 hour from Wausau

Weekend Schedule

Saturday, October 3rd 8:00 a.m. – noon

Rally Registration. Each participant will receive a patch and dash plaque. Event Fee: $10.00, $5.00 discount if member of Wisconsin Four Wheel Drive Association or United Four Wheel Drive Associations.

We encourage you to collect from your sponsors prior to the rally and bring your money to registration on Saturday.

Registration for limited SUNDAY trail rides will be taken late in the day and evening.

7:00 p.m.

Trophy presentation/door prizes for highest individual and club pledges, best time & poker with music following.

Sunday, October 4th 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

LIMITED REGISTRATION FOR TRAIL RIDES-

$ 5.00 for Rally Participant $10.00 for Non-Rally Participant

PRIZES For Highest of following pledge: $3,000—Cooler Picnic Set, MOD Duffle Bag AND MOD Sweatshirt $2,000—Rolling Cooler AND MOD Duffle Bag $1,000—Rolling Cooler AND MOD Sweatshirt $ 500—MOD Duffle Bag $ 200—MOD Sweatshirt None of these items are Rally items—just MOD items. Participants who turn in pledges in full on October 3rd will be able to pick up prizes that day. Remaining prizes will be delivered based on amount received by March of Dimes by October 24th. **************************

Pledge Drawing For every $100 in pledges paid by October 3rd your name is entered into a drawing for a Warn Winch

Donated by Warn Industries **************************

A large Prize of a Traeger 055 Grill will be given to some lucky winner. Donated by

PS SEASONING/PRO SMOKER, Iron Ridge ***************************

DRAWING Four Tires donated by

POMP’S TIRE SERVICE, Inc., Madison ***************************** Prize for EVERY participant donated by

SWISS COLONY, Monroe ******************************

MINIMUM PLEDGE DECREASED TO $50 PER VEHICLE FOR THIS YEAR

WHAT TO EXPECT You will register in the morning and then you will be teched for basic safety equipment including what is listed on this flyer. You will then be given a cover sheet with information, a set of clues, time and poker stamp cards. There will be a map of the area in your goodie bag. Along the way, there will be Checkpoints and Poker Stops where you get your card stamped. At some of these stops you will be encouraged, but not mandated, to fulfill some sort of a gimmick type activity. You can run with a group or run it by yourself—it is totally up to you. You must return by 5:00 with stamped Time and Poker cards. Remember, the main objective is to have fun and at the same time raise badly needed funds for the March of Dimes.

CAN’T MAKE IT? If you cannot make it this year and would still like to support this event by collecting pledges for the March of Dimes, you can collect pledges and mail them with a pledge sheet to the March of Dimes, 5314 Wall St., Suite 140, Madison, WI 53718-7938 by October 1. For every $100 you submit we will put a chance in the draw-ing for the Winch.

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FOUR WHEELIN’ WITH FEELIN’ ’09 SHIRTS Due to major budgetary constraints we need to request that if you wish a rally shirt this year that you order and pay for them ahead of time. The advantage to this is that you can be assured your choice of shirts and sizes and can go with either safety orange or grey. Send to: Cindy Schmitt, 6766 Peaceful Court, Sun Prairie, WI 53590.

The standard color is safety orange for the Halloween theme, but you do not have to have that color if you don’t want to. The print will be black with a “glow in the dark” web in the middle. Shirts will be available for pick up at the rally!! Prices are:

TYPE OF SHIRT YOUTH* YSM-YXL

ADULT ASM-AXL

ADULT A2X

ADULT A3X

ADULT A4X

Short Sleeve-T-Shirt $14.00 $14.00 $15.00 $15.00 $15.00

Long Sleeve T-Shirt $16.00 $16.00 $18.00 $18.00 $18.00

Crew Neck Sweat-Shirt $23.00 $23.00 $25.00 $27.00 $37.00**

Hooded Sweat-Shirt $25.00 $25.00 $27.00 $29.00 $37.00**

Full-Zip Hooded Sweat-Shirt (Artwork on back) $27.00 $27.00 $29.00 $31.00 N/A

* Youth sizes available in grey and orange, NOT safety orange. ** 4X available in some sweatshirts, but only thru a much more expensive company.

Name Phone #

TYPE OF SHIRT SIZE How Many

COLOR (Grey or Orange)

TOTAL

Total due with order payable to W4WDA

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FOUR WHEELIN' WITH FEELIN' CAMPING REGISTRATION 2009

There will be primitive “Special Events” camping at Northwoods Overland where the Rally will be headquartering. By registering in advance you can be assured of adequate port-a-potties and a camping fee savings. The facility has adequate space for those who wish to camp together to save space accord-ingly. Each campsite includes one camper (tent, motor home, etc.) Campfires are allowed. It would be helpful if you do have a campfire on the ground, that you cut the sod off and set aside and when finished, put the sod back in place so the primitive site area can easily be mowed in the future. Also keep your campfires reasonable and be mindful of your neighbors. There are no water hookups for the “Special Events” sites, but there is access for water to fill up con-tainers or your camper. There will be porta-potties; but no shower facilities for the primitive “Special Events” camping sites. There are a few non-primitive camping sites—call Northwoods Overland if you should want one of these—showers on the grounds are only for those non-primitive sites. If you are one of those in the non-primitive sites and you are muddy, hose off the big chunks before entering the shower area. For “Special Events” primitive camping, please fill out the information below and send with payment to the address below: Preregistration deadline is September 25!! NOTE BELOW: If not preregistered by 9/25 or register at event there is a $2.00 per night in-crease in the primitive “Special Events” camping sites. Send to: Northwood Overland, W1640 Knorn Rd., Rib Lake, WI 54470 _____________________________cut here____________________________________ Name________________________________ Phone Number_________________ Ad-dress___________________________________________ E-Mail_____________ Primitive “Special Events” Camping: Received by 9/25/09 Received after 9/25/09 Thursday Night $ 8.00 _________ $10.00 ___________ Friday Night $10.00 _________ $12.00 ___________ Saturday Night $10.00 _________ $12.00 ___________ Total _________ OR ___________ (Make check payable to: Northwoods Overland)

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From the ARRA Newsletter:

Travel Management Rule In its budget submission for FY 2010, the For-est Service notified the Congress that by the end of 2010, the Travel Management Rule process would be completed in all national forests and system wide, designated trails for OHV recreation would be fully implemented. Adherence to these new regulations will be the order of the day, but the details of ensur-ing its success are still very much up in the air. ARRA has been very supportive of the Travel Management Rule from the very beginning, but we have also expressed concern about the timetable and the lack of adequate re-sources for the implementation process, the user friendly quality of the Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) and the need for signage along the designated routes so that OHV en-thusiasts will have all the tools available to stay on course and be in compliance with the rule. In other words, we want this "change" to a designated trail system to be successfully managed so that access to public lands for OHV recreation is guaranteed. Some of the Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) that are coming out of some national forests leave a lot to be desired in terms of specificity of designated route locations. The maps are large, cumbersome, and generally not very useful in identifying those routes ac-tually designated for OHV recreation. In the beginning, compliance might be difficult, not because folks don't want to comply with the new regulations, but due to a lack of readily accessible information. We believe OHV recreation can be success-fully managed so that all can enjoy our public lands. The process is ongoing and will need to be fine tuned as we go along. Let's face it, some of the designated routes simply won't work and alternatives will need to be devel-oped. And, in some locations, it will make sense to add additional routes to the system.

Change We Can Believe In" That was a slogan we heard for much of the 2008 Presidential campaign. And, as it turned out, the election results did produce a lot of change here in the Nation's Capital, especially within the Executive Branch. Maybe it's because we have a new Administration or because our financial system has been turned pside down, but I have been thinking a lot about the whole issue of "change." Two recent trips I took, one to Vermont and the second one to Ohio, reminded me that "change" has been around for a very long time and that it keeps happening, whether or not we are directly involved. During my visit to Vermont, I visited a farm just south of Burlington. I was told by one of its owners that in the 19th century, Vermont was comprised of 80% farmland and 20% forests. Today, those sta-tistics are reversed. Vermont is now 80% forest and 20% farmland. Now that is what I call "change." While in Ohio, I picked up a copy of the Ohio Farm Bureau magazine. In addition to an article about ATV safety, which I was very pleased to see (and more about that later in this newsletter); there was also an article about the exploding deer population in the state. When I was growing up there, it was rare to see even one deer out in a cornfield let alone in someone's backyard. The article said that in the 1960's, the state had approximately 17,000 deer. Today, that number has exploded to more than 700,000. Deer are so numerous that in 2007, in Ohio alone, there were more than 26,000 deer-car collisions, 1,024 human injuries and 10 fatali-ties. Now, that is real "change" and a dangerous one at that. The focus of the article was the amount of damage (in the millions of dollars) caused by the voracious appetites of that ever expanding herd. I guess we can throw out the theory that civilization is threatening wildlife, at least wild deer. Whether it is the encroaching forests on Vermont's farmland or the exploding deer population in Ohio (and in many other states), the issue comes down to how we manage the changing circumstances around us. This has to do with politics, the econ-omy, and land and recreation policies. Managing "change" simply comes down to us and what we do with it.

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Midwest Four Wheel Drive Association Merchandise Order Form

Order No. ________________ Date __________________

Name ____________________________________________ Club Affiliation ____________________________________ Address __________________________________________ City _____________________________ State ____________ Zip Code ___________ Phone _____________________

Note: merchandise will be shipped to above address unless noted otherwise. QTY PRODUCT PRICE AMOUNT ______ MW4WDA Pins, 1” rd, gold trim $2.00 ___________ ______ MW4WDA Patches, 4” round, cloth $3.00 ___________ ______ MW4WDA Decals 5” round, self-adhesive $1.00 ___________ ______ “I love my 4X4” button, 2” round $ .50 ___________ ______ “I fought for my 4X4” sticker 2” round $ .50 ___________ ______ MW4WDA Rain Poncho, orange $4.00 ___________ TOTAL___________ Please send this form and payment to: Matt McVicker 2616 59th Street Urbandale, IA 50322 515-710-5799 Central Iowa 4 Wheelers If you have any questions, please call (515) 710-5799