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The Importance of RegisteringYour Snowmobile in Maine By Joe Higgins, DACF

are going to the State of Maine. In a way, yes, that is where funds are distributed too. But then those same funds are allocated to the grant pro grams that consist within our Snowmobile Trail Fund. That registration money is what covers the Municipal and Club Grant Programs.There is also the Disaster Relief Grant Program and the Capital Equipment Grant Program. None of these would exist if not for registering your snowmobile. Every snowmobile club in Maine participates or has par ticipated in one if not all these programs. I can’t emphasize enough the importance of everyone registering and what that does to sup port the clubs and our volunteers. Please don’t wait for snow or school vacations. There have already been countless hours working with land owners for permission, building new and fixing old bridges, getting equipment ready to groom. This work and effort are done before a single snowflake ever hits the ground. Your registration dollars are the single largest source of revenue and key component for these clubs to keep trails open. Please support them by at least registering your snowmobile, and if you could join a club and lend a helping hand, I’m sure that would go a long way as well. Thank you,Think Snow and lots of it. Joe Higgins State of Maine Snowmobile Program.

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H ello. Friends and Snowmobilers, I hope you all have had a good holiday season with family, friends and hopefully a little vacation time. Is it me, or does the holiday come quickly and then seem to fly by? Now, let’s talk about why it is so important to register your snowmobiles early. I’ve heard it mentioned many times” “that I think I’ll wait to register my snowmobile”. Please don’t wait, understand why it is so important to register your snowmobile in Maine. Without snowmobile reg istration dollars there would be no snowmobile trails to ride on.The revenue that is received is the backbone of our grant programs that help snow mobile clubs. Those registration dollars go to building bridges, maintaining equipment, brush ing trails and helping cover grooming costs like fuel. It is used to work with landowners who allow us to have trails. Without them, we have noth ing. There seems to be a perception that when a person registers their snowmobile those dollars

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