8924-R1_MSA_December2024_Newsletter
MSA Club News
FD training facility next door to the clubhouse with the meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. with a potluck. Always fun to have guests and new members are always welcomed! Trail work has begun and this will continue on Sunday mornings, meeting at the clubhouse at 8:00 a.m. (ish). What better way to spend a fall morning in Maine than to help clear a cou ple trees, add a few signs, and maybe help out an aging bridge? From all of the Wiscasset Sno-Goers, we hope that you and your families had a great Thanksgiving and wishing you all the happiest holiday season. As always, a very appreciative “Thank you” to all of our landowners who allow access for our trail system. One last tip, it’s never too early to start those right thumb exercises to avoid that bit of soreness after that first ride. Jeff Robertson Hi Folks, Well, not a lot to write about so far, except the trail team has been killing it for the past couple months. The two bush-hogs have been running every weekend and are really being put to use, widening all our trails. It’s amaz ing how fast the scrub-brush grows and takes over a trail. Our bridge experts have been busy replacing rotten boards and rebuilding the nearly 50 bridges on our trail system. As of this writing, our trails are almost ready to go. SACO PATHFINDERS sc Saco, ME Find us on Facebook
Several years ago, we lost access to much of the trail system in Scarborough due to several landowners blocking our access to the Fuller Farm Preserve. There was one huge bridge over the Nonesuch River that we built and maintained, but since we lost access, we pretty much forgot about that bridge. It was brought to our attention the bridge is in disrepair and almost to the point of being dangerous. Pete Fournier and I met with members of the Scar borough Land Trust, engineers from the town of Scarborough, and Brett LeBlanc from the State Bureau of Parks and Public Lands to discuss options for the bridge. After much dis cussion, the Scarborough Land Trust decided they should keep and maintain the bridge. To help with the maintenance, Brett LeBlanc has promised to assist with initial funding to get the bridge repairs started. This is a win for all parties involved. We lost our access, but at least we didn’t have to remove the bridge, which would have been a small fortune since it is huge I-beams and concrete buttresses on each side of the river. Over the past several years, Maine has been hit with some severe weather in October and November, causing lots of damage to our trails, and forcing our crews to redo all the work they had done to that point. Thankfully, so far, this year has been quiet. We’re hoping by the time this issue goes to print, the winds failed to show up, the ground is rock hard, and the white gold has started to fall. Happy Holidays everyone! Cheers Doug Doherty, President
WINDHAM DRIFTERS Windham, ME Happy Holidays! We hope you all have a safe and relaxing holiday season. As with a lot of other clubs, the Drifters have been preparing for another snowmobile season. Our fingers are crossed it’s not a repeat of last year!!! The club has been busy improving areas of
A new bridge on a new section of trail on town land. our club. Its organizations like theirs that keep the sport of snowmobiling alive!! There are many other local businesses that have sup ported our club already this year and in the past. We appreciate you all! With almost 40 miles of trails, there’s always branches and young growth that can be trimmed from the trail system. Now is a great time to take a walk on a section of trails and help us all out! Please follow our Facebook page and fre quent our website for projects and events dates. The club meets the second Monday of each month at 6:30 at Pat’s Pizza in North Wind ham. Please join us if you interested. Lastly, a special Thanks to those dedicated officers and members who work year-round for our club. THINK SNOW!!! Ride Right and Ride Safe! Till next time, Shane Spencer-Club Reporter
Drifters showing an area of trail improvement the existing trail system and had an opportu nity to build a great section of new trail on the east side of town on the towns newly acquired property near the Falmouth boarder. If you get a chance, take a walk or ride and check it out! The club was very fortunate to work with the town to share the cost of this new trail! The club would like to send out a special THANK YOU to Shaw Brothers for their extremely generous donation of material to
ATTENTION ALL MSA SNOWMOBILE CLUBS!! WE NEED YOUR HELP! In order for MSA to have ALL the correct information about your club you need to complete an OFFICER UPDATE FORM EVERY YEAR. Please go to the MSA website: www.mainesnowmobileassociation.com click on memberships, scroll down to MSA forms, open it and you will see Officer update form. Fill it out with all the information and submit it. This information has a variety of uses for MSA including member ship info, club address, officers and more. It is placed on file and if someone contacts to MSA asking about your club it is used to give them information. Thank you
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