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Monday, July 25, 2005

From Mike McFadzen-Protect Wisconsin State Parks

Hi, all.

As most of you already know, Wisconsin State Parks and Trails are in the process of developing a new 5-10 yr strategic plan to manage this resource. Several Public Meetings were held throughout the state with the last one being in Oshkosh July 13.

The motorized recreation crowd has been heavily involved with very little representation of the silent sports. In fact at last night's Ohkosh meeting, aprox half of the attendees were fans of motorized recreation.

I've attached a link to the State Parks Plan Comment Form. WE NEED MORE INVOLVEMENT OF SILENT SPORTERS UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR PARKS TO BE MOTOR PARKS. Please take a few minutes to complete this form. This form has equal weight to attending one of the public meetings.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/Users/87936407/Surveys/
445751108199/B0BA873E-39F1-4269-8430-607E45FD98F1.asp?U=445751108199&DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK


Our State Parks and Trails are really falling on hard times. In 2004 we ranked 50th of all states in Percent of the State Budget spent on Parks and Trails. Yes, that does mean Mississippi has better funding than Wisconsin! I hope it doesn't happen, but State Parks may have to consider the new revenue stream that motorized recreation offers.

Mike McFadzen