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ACSA Land Summit in San Francisco
land access at the American Council of Snowmobile Associations’
(ACSA) second annual Land Summit held in early December in San
Francisco.
Past ISSA Presidents Dave Carmichael and Jerry Kramer, who serves as
chair of ACSA’s Midwest Chapter, joined ISSA President Terry Durby
and Vice-President Merv Hoermann for the four-day meeting on the West
Coast.
“It was well worth the trip,” reported Durby. “There were several great
speakers with an abundance of vital information and statistics.”
This latest event was planned during the 2005 International Snowmobile
Congress last June and follows the summit’s successful debut in
December of 2004, which focused on Wilderness designation and its
impact recreationally and economically.
Speakers this time included Emilyn Sheffield from Chico State University
in California and Joel Holtrop, deputy chief of the National Forest System.
They addressed topics ranging from past, present and future
demographics to the changing role of the forestry service.
“The reality is in a few years, we are going to have two times the number
of people<\#209>and no additional resources: no new water sources, no
new land masses and probably no additional land being designated ‘public
lands’,” reads ACSA’s online assessment of the summit.
"That means twice the people on the same trails and recreational lands
that we currently have. That probably means more than twice the number
of conflicts. That means more people fighting to recreate on less trails
and lands.”
Next up for ISSA officials on the national level is the ACSA D.C.-Fly-In
to Washington, D.C. April 1-4. This extended weekend conference will
afford participants the opportunity to listen to influential speakers on
public land access and meet with their respective legislators on Capitol
Hill.
land access at the American Council of Snowmobile Associations’
(ACSA) second annual Land Summit held in early December in San
Francisco.
Past ISSA Presidents Dave Carmichael and Jerry Kramer, who serves as
chair of ACSA’s Midwest Chapter, joined ISSA President Terry Durby
and Vice-President Merv Hoermann for the four-day meeting on the West
Coast.
“It was well worth the trip,” reported Durby. “There were several great
speakers with an abundance of vital information and statistics.”
This latest event was planned during the 2005 International Snowmobile
Congress last June and follows the summit’s successful debut in
December of 2004, which focused on Wilderness designation and its
impact recreationally and economically.
Speakers this time included Emilyn Sheffield from Chico State University
in California and Joel Holtrop, deputy chief of the National Forest System.
They addressed topics ranging from past, present and future
demographics to the changing role of the forestry service.
“The reality is in a few years, we are going to have two times the number
of people<\#209>and no additional resources: no new water sources, no
new land masses and probably no additional land being designated ‘public
lands’,” reads ACSA’s online assessment of the summit.
"That means twice the people on the same trails and recreational lands
that we currently have. That probably means more than twice the number
of conflicts. That means more people fighting to recreate on less trails
and lands.”
Next up for ISSA officials on the national level is the ACSA D.C.-Fly-In
to Washington, D.C. April 1-4. This extended weekend conference will
afford participants the opportunity to listen to influential speakers on
public land access and meet with their respective legislators on Capitol
Hill.