I would like to post about a new trail opportunity in Northern Minnesota. A surprise in these days of land closures to be sure! The Northern Minnesota Jeepers have been working for years on a grant in aid trail, and it is now in the public review stage. They are looking for e-mails in support of this trail proposal. All the proposal info and contact info can be found here http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/mgmtplans/ohv/mesabi_mountain.html

If anyone here is familiar with off roading in Mn they will know this trail could be the start of something great! We need all the help we can get here. If we could get as much support as possible that would be great! The deadline is 4:00 on the 27th. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

This would be the very FIRST grant-in-aid trail for Trucks in Minnesota!
("Trucks" as in ORV's)

The Minnesota jeep community has tried several times to get these type of trails, always failed.
This current one has been on going for over 10 years!
The NMJ have done great work keeping this going.


This trail is very close to the OHV park in Gilbert, MN.

We could really use the help Guys!!
Just a quick note to let them know that You support off roading!

Send the e-mails here ---> scott.kelling@dnr.state.mn.us

Thanks!!

Come on Guys it only takes a few minutes.This will help all of us in the future.

Hey everyone!
I am a member of the club (Northern Minnesota Jeepers) which is sponsoring this first ever GIA trail in Minnesota.
This is truly a significant advancement in our state!
The trail will rival what I have seen in the hills or Superlift or even Paragon.
All natural ledge rock from hard to "Oh My God!"
Since we are all brothers in a way...all wanting more trails I think that this could be good for more than just Minnesota but as an example of how someday this whole off-road thing can be part of our culture.
So please take just a few minutes out of your busy schedules and send Scott an email telling him how excited you are to come check it out.
Thanks for reading!
Bill

Friday at 4:00PM CST is the cut off.
We need TONS of e-mails!!

Thanks! :D

Hey everyone!
I am a member of the club (Northern Minnesota Jeepers) which is sponsoring this first ever GIA trail in Minnesota.
This is truly a significant advancement in our state!
The trail will rival what I have seen in the hills or Superlift or even Paragon.
All natural ledge rock from hard to "Oh My God!"
Since we are all brothers in a way...all wanting more trails I think that this could be good for more than just Minnesota but as an example of how someday this whole off-road thing can be part of our culture.
So please take just a few minutes out of your busy schedules and send Scott an email telling him how excited you are to come check it out.
Thanks for reading!
Bill

Man I have been hearing you talk about this for a couple years now. Thanks for all the work up there guys!!!!


Sent a couple emails last night.

Does anyone have any pictures they can post?

Bump

Oh my God is that Rod?

Bump

Oh my God is that Rod?

Whats up ya grouchy fawker :flipoff2:



I gotta say that its awesome what yall have got done up there. From hearing you talk about its its pretty bad ass. Have they figured out the parking thing? When we get to the end will we turn around and run it backwards?


Do you have any pictures you can post?

PM me yer cell number.

email sent

email sent

Thanks man.

Done and it would be sweet. Wish we had this option in iowa

Email sent

Thanks a TON for the e-mails Guys!!! :beer:


Lets keep them coming! :D

Thanks a TON for the e-mails Guys!!! :beer:


Lets keep them coming! :D

you should get one of your club members to put up nekkid pics the wives/girlfriends...that would get you all kinds of emails.

Sent and forwarded to other local boards.

Message Sent.

My Offroad club goes to Gilbert a couple times a year and has an absolute blast. Hopefully, this trail will give us one more spot to head to, since WI is to fawking stupid to build some of their own. Oh well, I'll drive 8 hours to spend my money in MN instead.

Message Sent.

My Offroad club goes to Gilbert a couple times a year and has an absolute blast. Hopefully, this trail will give us one more spot to head to, since WI is to fawking stupid to build some of their own. Oh well, I'll drive 8 hours to spend my money in MN instead.

you can buy beer on sundays so its not all bad :D

Thanks for the email!

Thanks for the suport guys, sounds like we're shooting for like 100 more emails, more if possible. Thanks again, let's keep 'er goin!!!!

I just sent an e-mail to Mr. Kelling.

I'll pass the word through a couple local Midwest sites.

email sent..

FYI, this is more than just a trail.

It's a great trail!

It's our very first, we Need this to pass.

AND it's next to a OHV park that has everything, Easy up to impassable rock trails.

AND... We've another park going in the area!


If you're e-mailing out of MN, let them you would travel there for more than a quick weekend!

crossposted on MIOBI

did you guys put this up on JOCCI, Just Jeeps of Omaha, Good Time 4 wheeler or Midwest 4 Wheel Drive Association and or Iowa Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs this is just a few of the clubs that i no of. Did any one put this in the regional forums and I cross posted this over to Midwest for you guys. And an email was sent

Great job and where pulling for you.

Later watson

Thanks a lot for the e-mails and cross-posting to other forums!!
Thats awesome!!
This trail is going to be worth the effort for sure!!

Friday at 4:00 PM CST is the cut off for e-mails.

Thanks again! :D

I crossed posted on the rest of the boards in Iowa. Hopefully Iowa can follow your example and make some progress here!

-Luke Graham
President, Iowa Association of 4wd Clubs

email sent

done, emailed support for Mesabi Mountain ORV Trail Project Proposal

Email sent, great work everybody!!!

email sent

I visited the Iron Range Offroad area last fall and had a blast. I just sent an email in support of the new trail.:smokin:

Here in Iowa, we have zero public ground open to full sized vehicles. If it aint corn, they're not interested...:mad3:

Thanks everybody, only one day left to get comments in so keep it comin!!!

Thanks everyone for your support but the fact is you are all advancing your own personal cause here, a guy posted on reno4x4.com that it is "helping a brother out clause" that we all signed the moment we put our junk in 4 Lo.
We are in our final hours here and I will be on the road all day tomorrow so I wont be on these boards to rally in our final day so I need to ask everyone to ask everyone they know with an email address to send a letter of support to Scott, I know Scott and have seen how he operates since he has gotten the job as Trails and waterways local manager he has created 0 miles of trails. I think it is 5-6 years now.
This is "public"...with overwhelming support they can no longer say that there isn’t interest in trails in Minnesota.
Thank you,
Bill member of the Northern Minnesota Jeepers

If you're e-mailing out of MN, let them you would travel there for more than a quick weekend!

i let them know i am active in an expedition club, in addition to my other 4x4 clubs....thanked them for supporting our activities :D

Bump - let's keep the emails coming!

Just sent it. Thanks for letting us know..............when will we know if the area is going to be opened?

Thanks to all who sent their e-mails in.

:beer:

X100!!!!

Thanks for all the help Guys!!!
I'll bump this thread with an update as the info comes in.

Thanks again!! :D

Friday at 4:00PM CST is the cut off.
Friday as in February 27, 2009 for the Cut off.

Thanks again for the support! :bounce2:





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Yes, thank you to all who read this and spoke up! If the trail flies it will be because of support like this.

Sorry that I missed this guys. Do letters/emails after the Cut Off date have any impact? I'd be happy to get one off if it will do any good.

Thanks for the hard work!!

Steve

Hey a support email is good any time, but I don't know what impact it'l l have after the cutoff. Evidently they recieved 205 emails. Thanks again to all who supported this!

I'll get one in this week, just so they know we didn't forget about them!