Registrations for ATVs increased by 36% between 2005 and 2020, according to the economic impact study. (Brian Peterson — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
Between 2019 and 2024, ATV clubs, government entities and other organizations invested $11.7 million in trails, which generated $16.8 million in economic activity — including $6 million in labor ...
An economic impact study suggests that all-terrain vehicles contribute more than $36 million to three counties in Northeastern Minnesota. The Prospectors ATV Trail, connecting Ely, Tower ...
CO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls) trained new conservation officers on snowmobile operations and snowmobile enforcement. A call of several motor vehicles utilizing the snowmobile trails was ...
lead researcher from the University of Minnesota Extension. “The influx of visitors who ride and explore the region’s ATV trails is helping sustain small businesses and creating jobs, which ...
In collaboration with the Northeastern ATV Joint Powers Board, researchers from the University of Minnesota has been collecting data on trail traffic through surveys and tracking where riders ...
“We were asking for a lot of money to build trails. So, we needed to be able to show that there was some economic benefit to all that activity.” said Ron Potter, president of ATV ...