FOOTHILLS ATV RIDERS CLUB TRAIL CLOSURE

All Trails are temporally Closed our Club insurance is canceled and we have been trying extremely hard to find a new company with no luck. It is a problem everywhere in NY, the couple places we were able to find coverage the cost was around $11,000 and only covered Club members if we were liable. It would not cover any trespassers which that is really why we need insurance. Our waivers and our own personal insurance already cover us. We have a couple other companies we are waiting for a response still.

 At very worst we will refund everyone this years membership fee, but were NOT giving up yet. My guess is this is because of something to do with NYS and their General Liability Laws.

This is a sad day and the club was fortunate enough to find an insurance company last year when this all started happening. It has effected all ATV clubs in the state of N Y. So, a couple of days ago we found a company that stated it might be possible but it takes a little time to put things together and see if we are going to get the coverage that we need.

If you know of an ATV Club in New York that has coverage reach out, we could use a good lead. Cross your fingers and hope for the best, it's all we can do right now.

Trees Down Dublin Road Loop

We were out riding yesterday and there were a few tress down on the trail system. We were able to clear most but the little 6" chain saw decided to retire. We did what we could using the winch to clear things up. On the Dublin Road loop, about 2 tenths of a mile from exit there are a couple of trees down across the trail. It was blocked but we were able to get them down enough to climb over them. It would be greatly appreciated if someone with a saw could clear these up ASAP, thanks.

BEAVER DAM TRAIL CLOSED

Email received from our President:

Sad News.......we recently Spoke with the owner of the Beaver Dam Property because of his health conditions and we had heard that when he is gone someday the property will be given to his family and probably sold... We asked if he would grant us lifetime rights to use the property as long as the club existed. He agreed and said to get the paperwork drawn up and he would sign whatever we needed. However he did say a few things that made us question his state of mind, so we asked if he would speak with his family first so everyone was on the same page with no surprises and no accusations that we took advantage of a elderly man. Well now that the family is involved they said they intended on closing the trails any day and now they have. They said he doesn't know what he is speaking about and it is too much stress on him watching people ride onto his property. Sorry to tell everyone but we are fighting a losing battle.

Jon W.