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The Ozark Trails ATV Club monthly meeting was held on
Friday, July 25 Panero Bread on East Sunshine in Springfield.
Plans were discussed for the August ride and club meeting to be held
at Roy's place, south of Ava, MO, and for the annual fall trip to Utah
and Colorado. watch for more details or call 417 773-9083 .

!!!NOTICE!!!
Fee Increase Proposed For Chadwick
and Sutton Bluff Riding Areas!
The Forest Service has proposed an increase in the fees for riding at Chadwick
Sutton Bluff from $5 to $10 per day and from $35 to $60 for an annual permit.
Let your opinion be known by going to: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/marktwain
The comment period will run from May 1 until July 10, 2008.
Once on the web site, go to contact information at the bottom of the page
and select motorized vehicle fee from the list.

Chadwick Work Day April 12
Chadwick work day 4/08

As in the past, the Northwest Arkansas ATV Riders Club and the Ozark Trails ATV Club co-hosted a trail work day
and weekend campout. This is a twice a year get together to share food, riding fun, trail clearing chores and
renewing old friendships. It was held April 11-13. Over 25 workers showed up in the cold and spitting snow to
help repair and maintain the trails damaged by all the floods and ice storms this past winter.
As usual, we enjoyed a pot luck supper of chili and Red Hot Cajun Beans and Rice on Saturday Night.
The OTAC monthly meeting was also held on Saturday night.
Some of the jobs we helped with included:
Putting up signs and GPSing the bridges, while the saw teams clear dead falls
from trails and the jackhammer team took out some of the many rocks exposed
by the recent rains. Other teams put up map kiosk at key locations.
All in all, it was a good weekend with no sweat, no dust, and lots of mud!

The OTAC March meeting was held on Mar. 14
at Panero Bread on East Sunshine in Springfield.
Our April meeting will be held at 6pm on Saturday, April 12 in conjunction with the
Chadwick Work Day and bean supper. Join us there for a hot weekend!

Short Notice Club Ride
We left from Larry and Doris Gibson's home around 1:00 on Wednesday, March 12 and rode the
county roads of Christian and Webster counties. Later, we stopped for a break at Finley Falls and then for a wiener roast along Finley River. It was a nice Spring day, and a fun ride! Join us next time if you can.

Riding at Deep Water

Deep Water Work Day Postponed
Because of the cold weather, our work-day
trip to Deep Water was postponed until a later date.
We will reschedule the Deep Water work day a little later in the spring
when the weather is not so cold or wet. Watch for details here.
Our efforts will help the club meet it commitment
to provide a 20% match on the RTP grant funds that will assure public access to the
Cooper Creek ATV Riding Area for the next 25 years!

Upcoming events include:
March 8th work day at Deep water, March 23-29 trip to New Mexico
April 12-14 Chadwick work day, with the Northwest Arkansas ATV Riders Club.

GLADE TOP RIDE Sunday Jan. 27.

We meet at the Caney Overlook at 12:00 noon, ate our lunch, and got on the trail by 1:00. We rode until dark.

Thanks to Judy, we rode over some trails we haven't ridden before. Keep an eye out for information on
our next local ride. This time of year, we try to ride on short notice anytime the weather is nice. If you would
like to get notice on upcoming rides, send us an e-mail at: OzarktrailsATV@aol.com and I will put
you on the list. Or, better still, join the club and help us make plans.

The Fish Bowl at Glade Top

Fish Bowl in January Fish Bowl in February Glade Top Stream

Ozark Trails ATV Club January Meeting
The January Meeting of the Ozark Trails ATV Club was
held on Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 in the
Heritage room of The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

Glade Top Ride Jan. 6, 2008
Our first ride of the year was a great one on a beautiful day with the temperature around 70! We met at Kay's
in Chadwick and left for Glade Top around 12:45. After unloading at the Caney Overlook, we rode until
sundown on trails that most of us had never ridden before. Seventeen riders took part. This included riders
from the local area who knew of legal trails we had not ridden before. A good time was had by all and we are
looking for some more riding opportunities in the near future. Send us an e-mail if you would like to be on our
e-mail list and we will let you know what is coming up.

Rome Bridge over Beaver Creek on the Glade Top run 1/6/08

Early January ride at Glade Top

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