Dearest Members of The Dane County Council of Snowmobile Clubs: I hope all of you have had the opportunity to enjoy all of our trails! I surely thank all involved for the time and effort in putting them together! I have had some interesting conversations the past few weeks
Dane County Council of Snowmobile Clubs
Its February! We finally Get Some Riding In! How do We Open Trails?
Fellow Snowmobilers; We FINALLY got some snow and were able to open Dane Counties snowmobile trails for a period! The kids and I put on around 300 miles during this recent opening. Not only were the trails in real decent shape, it was fun to see all of
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FW: Statewide Recreational Plan Ready For Public Review
Area Snowmobilers: Here is a draft of the 5 year Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreational Plan (SCORP). Below is an explanation of it. We have until January 4th to comment on it. People can review the plan via the info listed below my send. Comments, either online or hardcopy, are due
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Sam’s September Notes….
Hi Everyone! Yup…It’s that time of year…dust off those snowmobiles, find those post pounders, and get ready for the upcoming season…. Are your club dues paid? Is your club doing membership renewal notifications? Did you order your trail passes for the upcoming season? My daughter reminded me there would
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FW: NEED TO RESPOND! GETTING SNOWMOBILING ON TO THE STOWER 7 LAKES TRAIL IN POLK COUNTY!
Fellow Snowmobilers: Here is another ridiculous situation we can all help to overcome. Snowmobile use was sabotaged from the Stower/7 Lakes Multi -Use trail back in 2004 on a statute wording technicality that has now been fixed. Polk County is now engaged in a new Master Plan for the
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Preliminary County Deer Advisory Council recommendations open for comment through April 12
Hi Everyone: I got this note from Chris Garber. I will ask Mike to forward to all of the DCCSC contacts. They do ask on the On Line Public Comment about holiday hunts. It is critical that we oppose them as they will affect our riding season. I ask that
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Southern Gateway Region- Recreational Opportunities Analysis
Fellow Snowmobilers: I have asked Mike to send this notification out to all of our clubs. I will also ask Meghan to post this on Facebook. I will also be posted on “Sam’s Corner on the DCCSC Website, and sent to our fellow members in the effected counties. The Recreational
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American Income Life AWSC Benefit Cancellation Notice
Fellow Snowmobilers: I am saddened to report that American Income Life is canceling our $3,000 Death and Dismemberment Policies that were included with our AWSC memberships as of May 1st, 2018. Their new CEO determined that AIL didn’t get enough of a return investment on it. It is my
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WHY DO I HAVE TO PURCHASE THAT BLASTED ANNUAL TRAIL PASS?
Fellow Snowmobilers: We are now into the third year of our new trail pass program. I felt compelled to write this note after some recent conversations I have had with snowmobilers that I sure feel don’t understand the needs our program had or the reasoning behind that legislation. In
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12-10-2017 Alert From Sam! Recreation Opportunity Analysis – Southern Gateways Region
Area AWSC members: This ROA (Recreational Opportunity Analysis covers Lafayette, Iowa Richland, Adams, Sauk, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock and Green Counties. We all have an opportunity to record our favorite uses in this area on the following link: I just pasted it into my browser and it came up