Snowmobile trail grant application deadline July 1
to Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Snowmobile trail grant applications for the 2009-10 snowmobile
season are due to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources July 1. The
application constitutes a formal request for a cooperative agreement to
acquire, develop and/or maintain snowmobile trail grooming equipment
and/or trail facilities.
The 11-page document includes instructions on itemizing operating
expenses, groomer information and trail sign orders as well as a copy of
the IDNR’s Special Events Permit, which snowmobile clubs must
complete for their activities for the upcoming season. Click here for a MS
Word or PDF version of the 2009 trail grant application.
The state snowmobile trail grant program is funded by annual
registration receipts. Operational expenses include routine costs associated
with operating and maintaining groomers and trails and labor costs
associated with maintenance on the groomers and/or equipment.
“Please provide a separate sheet of paper with your estimates for fuel,
oil/oil filters and general maintenance supplies,” the application reads. “If
your club’s groomer requires repairs over $500, please attach three
estimates for those repairs with this application and include the cost in your
maintenance total.”
Lease fees on equipment for snowmobile trail grooming are eligible
for grant funds to clubs that do not have groomers at their disposal. Lease
fees are limited to actual cost per hour, not to exceed $50/hour. Storage
fees up to $200 per club per year are for enclosed accommodations to
store groomers or equipment that is leased to groom trails from either a
club member or a private individual.
“Please indicate if your club shares a groomer with another club and
list all those members with your club that operate the groomer on a
separate sheet of paper,” the IDNR stipulates. “Current pictures of your
groomer need to be on file with the DNR (front, rear, both sides and with
drag). A groomer operator listing and pictures are also required for
consideration of this application.”
Iowa Snowmobiler announces publisher change for
next season; special summer issue added to lineup
After nine seasons with PrintComm of Flint, Mich., the Iowa State
Snowmobile Association has changed the publisher of its seasonal
snowmobile magazine, Iowa Snowmobiler, for the 2009-10 publishing
season to Pioneer Communications of Des Moines.
Cameron Hanson, ISSA Secretary and Webmaster, has been retained
as Managing Editor of the magazine, and his contact information will
remain the same as it has for the past eight years. With the change in
publishers comes an additional issue of the magazine, bringing the season’s
total to seven.
“We’ve added a summer issue, combined the September and October
magazine into a fall issue and separated the January/February issue into
their own months to bring additional in-season snowmobile information to
our readers,” Hanson explained. “We will also be adding special OHV
sections in the summer and fall issues to help stimulate off-season
advertising and to lend support to our friends in the Iowa OHV
Association.”
The deadlines for club news and club directory changes are as
follows. Please send all club news to editor@iowasnowmobiler.com, and
all directory changes to Diane Childs, ISSA Membership Chair, at
snowchild@mchsi.com.
2009 ISSA Summer Campout July 24-26
at Lake Rathbun in Southern Iowa
The Rathbun Snow Riders of Region 11 are hosting the 2009 ISSA
Annual Summer Campout at the Honey Creek State Park July 24-26. Come
early and stay late and enjoy beautiful Lake Rathbun in southern Iowa with
the company of fellow snowmobilers.
Registration costs $15 per person, and those ISSA members who
RSVP with payment by June 15 will receive a limited edition T-shirt.
Campsites are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit www.
iowadnr.gov/parks/camping to make your reservations. There are 150
campsites on the north side of the lake with electrical hookups and
bathroom and shower facilities. Nearby hotels are also available.
The three-day weekend begins with registration and a campfire social
on Friday, July 24, and ends with the monthly ISSA Board of Directors
meeting on Sunday, July 25. A full slate of activities is available for
campers on Saturday, including an antique snowmobile display, a guided
tour of Rathbun snowmobile trails and trolley rides to Centerville antique
shops. Click here for a full agenda of events.
Along with the scheduled activities, there are plenty of outdoor
activities available around Iowa’s largest lake, including hiking, fishing and
boating. For more information on the campout, contact Gene Paris at (641)
895-0259.
to Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Snowmobile trail grant applications for the 2009-10 snowmobile
season are due to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources July 1. The
application constitutes a formal request for a cooperative agreement to
acquire, develop and/or maintain snowmobile trail grooming equipment
and/or trail facilities.
The 11-page document includes instructions on itemizing operating
expenses, groomer information and trail sign orders as well as a copy of
the IDNR’s Special Events Permit, which snowmobile clubs must
complete for their activities for the upcoming season. Click here for a MS
Word or PDF version of the 2009 trail grant application.
The state snowmobile trail grant program is funded by annual
registration receipts. Operational expenses include routine costs associated
with operating and maintaining groomers and trails and labor costs
associated with maintenance on the groomers and/or equipment.
“Please provide a separate sheet of paper with your estimates for fuel,
oil/oil filters and general maintenance supplies,” the application reads. “If
your club’s groomer requires repairs over $500, please attach three
estimates for those repairs with this application and include the cost in your
maintenance total.”
Lease fees on equipment for snowmobile trail grooming are eligible
for grant funds to clubs that do not have groomers at their disposal. Lease
fees are limited to actual cost per hour, not to exceed $50/hour. Storage
fees up to $200 per club per year are for enclosed accommodations to
store groomers or equipment that is leased to groom trails from either a
club member or a private individual.
“Please indicate if your club shares a groomer with another club and
list all those members with your club that operate the groomer on a
separate sheet of paper,” the IDNR stipulates. “Current pictures of your
groomer need to be on file with the DNR (front, rear, both sides and with
drag). A groomer operator listing and pictures are also required for
consideration of this application.”
Iowa Snowmobiler announces publisher change for
next season; special summer issue added to lineup
After nine seasons with PrintComm of Flint, Mich., the Iowa State
Snowmobile Association has changed the publisher of its seasonal
snowmobile magazine, Iowa Snowmobiler, for the 2009-10 publishing
season to Pioneer Communications of Des Moines.
Cameron Hanson, ISSA Secretary and Webmaster, has been retained
as Managing Editor of the magazine, and his contact information will
remain the same as it has for the past eight years. With the change in
publishers comes an additional issue of the magazine, bringing the season’s
total to seven.
“We’ve added a summer issue, combined the September and October
magazine into a fall issue and separated the January/February issue into
their own months to bring additional in-season snowmobile information to
our readers,” Hanson explained. “We will also be adding special OHV
sections in the summer and fall issues to help stimulate off-season
advertising and to lend support to our friends in the Iowa OHV
Association.”
The deadlines for club news and club directory changes are as
follows. Please send all club news to editor@iowasnowmobiler.com, and
all directory changes to Diane Childs, ISSA Membership Chair, at
snowchild@mchsi.com.
- Issue Deadline
- Summer 2009 June 15
- Fall 2009 September 13
- November 2009 October 12
- December 2009 November 16
- January 2010 December 14
- February 2010 January 11
- March 2010 February 15
2009 ISSA Summer Campout July 24-26
at Lake Rathbun in Southern Iowa
The Rathbun Snow Riders of Region 11 are hosting the 2009 ISSA
Annual Summer Campout at the Honey Creek State Park July 24-26. Come
early and stay late and enjoy beautiful Lake Rathbun in southern Iowa with
the company of fellow snowmobilers.
Registration costs $15 per person, and those ISSA members who
RSVP with payment by June 15 will receive a limited edition T-shirt.
Campsites are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit www.
iowadnr.gov/parks/camping to make your reservations. There are 150
campsites on the north side of the lake with electrical hookups and
bathroom and shower facilities. Nearby hotels are also available.
The three-day weekend begins with registration and a campfire social
on Friday, July 24, and ends with the monthly ISSA Board of Directors
meeting on Sunday, July 25. A full slate of activities is available for
campers on Saturday, including an antique snowmobile display, a guided
tour of Rathbun snowmobile trails and trolley rides to Centerville antique
shops. Click here for a full agenda of events.
Along with the scheduled activities, there are plenty of outdoor
activities available around Iowa’s largest lake, including hiking, fishing and
boating. For more information on the campout, contact Gene Paris at (641)
895-0259.
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