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April 2013 meeting reminder

April's BMAC meeting will be held on Sunday, April 14, 2013 at the Ira Fire Station at 4:00.

 

Membership applications will be available at the meeting.

 

A reminder to bring a chair and non-perishable item for the food shelf.

March BMAC meeting

March's BMAC meeting will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at the Ira Fire Station at 4:00.

Membership applications will be available at the APRIL meeting or at dealers after March 15, 2013. This is due to a delay in VASA material.

A reminder to bring a chair and non-perishable item for the food shelf.

BMAC - Birdseye MT. ATV Club Monthly meeting; Feb. 10, 2013 at 4:00pm Ira Firehouse on Rte. 133 Ira, VT. This is BMAC's Annual meeting for election of officers.Nominations are welcomed from the floor. Please come early, bring a chair and snacks if you like. Please bring a nonperishable item for donation to the West Rutland Food Shelf.

West Rutland Food Shelf Christmas Fund

West Rutland Food Shelf Christmas Fund We are asking for donations of clean, warm winter clothing, non perishable foods and clean, gently used toys which can be dropped off at the West Rutland Town Hall until Dec 21st Or large amounts can be arranged to be picked up by calling Dave at 265-2045 after 10 am. The collection box for the West Rutland Food shelf Christmas Fund. Find it in the hall by the Town Clerk office. Containers for monetary donations can be found at; Sweet Carolines, W.R. American Legion, Marble Quarry Pub, Poultney Pools and Hardware, S.E. Feed Store and Main ST. Cash Market. Every little bit helps this small local food shelf

Sept. 30, 2012, 10:00 at BMAC Trailhead. Pot luck lunch, please bring something to share. Also, a nonperishable for the West Rutland Food Shelf. Please show support for the Town of West Rutland that allows us VASA permission to ride on Town land. This small food shelf serves the surrounding towns as well, every little bit of donation helps show your support and is appreciated. BMAC trails are closed Oct. 1, 2012. Also another fundraiser for the West Rutland Food Shelf HYMNS For Hunger Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:00pm A concert and hymn sing to benefit the West Rutland Food Shelf St. Bridget’s Church and St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in West Rutland, Vermont, present “Hymns for Hunger,” a benefit concert and hymn sing on Sunday, October 14, 2012 at 2:00pm at St. Bridget’s Church. The concert is part of an annual fundraising campaign and walk- The Kostka Walk- sponsored by both churches to benefit the West Rutland Food Shelf. The concert will feature performances by both church choirs, children from the parishes, and soloists. The concert will conclude with some audience participation, as an informal sing-along takes place of favorite, well-known hymns.

BMAC last ride

Sept. 30, 2012, 10:00 at BMAC Trailhead. Pot luck lunch, please bring something to share. Also, a nonperishable for the West Rutland Food Shelf. BMAC trails are closed Oct. 1, 2012. Jerry Hulbert has completed the new trail from the 2 mi. loop to the old Ira/Poultney Rd. And he has also reopened the trail to Brian's Lookout that was damaged by Tropical Storm Irene.

Reminder, trail work this Sat. & Sun., excavator will be here working and a location map is posted on the Kiosk at the trailhead. And a reminder about this Sunday's meeting 4:00pm, and please bring a non-perishable for the West Rutland food shelf. Also! Rusty just notified me that the new tee-shirts, tank tops,and hoodies are in and they will be available at this Sundays meeting!! Prices will be decided at the meeting Sunday. Thank you Glenn Schneider of Nitch to Stitch and BMAC member for a great looking logo.

BMAC BoD & Trail Coordinator Jim Philbrook

BMAC Board of Director and Trail Coordinator, Jim Philbrook has received a very prestigious honor from his peers and I wish to share it with you. Jim's name will be on a fitting sign board on the Forestry Building at the Vermont State Fair. Congratulations Jim! To be honored this way in your lifetime is a great achievement. And we are so proud and grateful that you lend your forestry knowledge and your dedication to forestry and safe, family ATV trails to BMAC, in building VASA trails. Many heartfelt thanks Jim, BMAC is proud to have you as a member and friend. Connie

BMAC & WRASC Updates

BMAC's new Creek trail in the West Rutland Forest is now open. As you come down off the switchback on the west side of Farrell's Mann MT. instead of turning left, turn right and follow the trail. It eventually follows Young's Brook and comes out on BMAC's West Rutland Clark Hill trail. Turning right takes you down Clark Hill and stops at Dewey Ave. Turn left and a few hundred yds. takes you to the old snowmobile bridge. We are also very pleased to announce that we have a signed Landowner permission for the old Day property sections and will now be able to open the new trail that the Town of West Rutland gave us permission for in the Spring of this year, from the 1 mi. Loop that will head north and come out on the trail that heads over to Birdseye MT. Please watch for details on upcoming work detail to ready the trail for the excavator. WRASC has also been given tentative permission to keep and maintain a section of trail on the east side of Herrick Mountain to re-connect the BMAC trail between Clark Hill Road and Brian's Lookout. This section is not open yet. Please be patient and stay off this section except for allowed trail work coordinated between the 2 clubs. BMAC club trail ride & picnic (bring your own lunch) meet 10:00 am Sunday Aug. 26 on WRASC trails, Woodlawn in Pawlet/Danby. The trail head is just off of Route 30 on Towslee Hill Rd. It is just 1 and 1/2 mi. south of the village of Pawlet on Route 30. Turn left across a bridge, that is Towslee Hill Rd. Pull onto the road and immediately to the right hand side of the road is a grassy area with trees along the brook. This is the trail head. It has no sign due to the Land Trust not allowing to post a sign there. The area belongs to Fred Stone Message from WRASC; Work detail is slotted for Sat. Aug. 25th at 9am for cutting brush and trees on our newly contracted property in the Middletown area. Meeting on North Rd in Middletown at the log yard that is about half mile up where it turns to a class 4. It is about 2.5 miles up the class 3 & 4 rds and that road is passable by vehicle to that point easily. Unload at the log yard and the group will be working on cutting brush, trees, and brushy stuff. So clippers, pruners, whackers with blades on them and chainsaws will be needed. We will need as many people as possible to knock this work out since we want to get heavy equipment in there ASAP to get these trails set up for next season. These are some trails we have been working to get since last year. Message from Chris Sabisch Trail Coordinator of WRASC. Well here is the updates on NEW trails for the 2013 riding season. Woodlawn mountain will have a new loop trail added. As of now Trail #9 is a deadend, this trail will be extended to connect with Trail #1. Herrick Mountain Area: We have received a contract for the property to the south of the 6 Mile Loop Trail and bordering the Class 4 Ira/Middletown Springs Road. This property along with a trail off of the 6 Mile Loop will give us a new and legal connector trail with BMAC. We also hope to have a least one new loop trail on this new property. WRASC has also been given tentative permission to keep and maintain a section of trail on the east side of Herrick Mountain to re-connect the BMAC trail between Clark Hill Road and Brian's Lookout It has been a tough year between repairing the damage from Irene, trails closed due to logging and ownership changes, researching and getting contracts for new properties, routine trail maintenance, and all of the administrative duties our elected board does. Despite all this we have overcome this year's "problems" and next year looks like it will be a great one with expanded trails and a re-connection with our sister club BMAC. Thank you to all of you that have contributed in one way or the other. Chris Sabisch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Trails from BMAC!

Woodlawn, Danby 7-22-12

Roy is inviting VASA members to ride Woodlawn Sunday July the 22nd. We would meet at 10am at Fred Stones Trail Head on Towslee Hill Road in Pawlet, VT. Bring lunch, drinks and bug spray.

Raffle winners

BMAC gift certificate winners at the VT Fun Festival Peter Richards Benson Vt. $25 gift certificate Dan Turco Yamaha, Clarendon VT Kathy Burnell $25 gift certificate Dan Turco Yamaha, Clarendon VT Oral Bourque BMAC T-shirt Tonya Trejo BMAC hat.

BMAC now has law enforcement on BMAC/VASA trails

Dave & I escorted our Rutland County Sherrif on the trails and class 3. So, be fore warned and I will try to define this in writing, it will be posted at the kiosk and Rusty will be working on new maps. Any questions, ask! Make sure you have your VASA plate and up-to-date TAD on the plate and on the front of your vehicle. Carry proof of registration and insurance. Wear your helmet. With our land owner permission from the town of Ira, it is in the Town ordinance that all atv's must belong to VASA, so if you have friends, neighbors or fellow riders that ride on Ira West Rd., the small section of class 4 on the East Birdseye Rd. or any of our trails, you'd better warn them that they must register their atv and be a member of VASA, carry insurance and wear a helmet if they want to continue to ride where they have all their lives. Also, the section of trail from West road to the snowmobile bridge is not a class 4 and there is a prominent town sign stating it is only for landowners and permitted vehicles. This means it is not open to jeeps, pickups, cars, etc. But it is open to the landowners and valid VASA atv's because we have Town permission. From the Trailhead, you cannot turn left and go down West Rd. to the Cross Rd. this is not in the Town ordinance. You must access the trail system by crossing West Rd. and proceeding from there on the trail. On the East Birdseye Rd., when VASA terminated the landowner agreement with Mr. Davis, BMAC and the Town of Ira agreed that there was no need of atv use from the powerline on East Birdseye Rd. from Mr. Davis's land up to the class 4, so that section is no longer part of our VASA trail. VASA signs clearly define this. Herrick MT is still closed at the top of the 2 mi. loop due to logging and the landslide section on the trail to East Birdseye Rd. is still closed, we hope to have that open soon. As soon as it is, I'll let you know. In 2 weeks VASA is sending us an excavator and the Young's Brook trail will repaired and open for riding. And the trail to Brian's Lookout will be repaired The MiddletownHill trail that is shared by BMAC & WRASC is being taken care of by WRASC and we are hoping to have that open soon.

June 23, 2012 VT Fun Festival

This event is put on by the State of VT to promote local businesses and BMAC was invited as a sportsman atv club

June 23, 2012 VT Fun Festival

A beautiful day and a great way to promote atving. Alot of people do attend this event, they were parking all the way down and in the weigh station and to RV-1!

Reminder!!! BMAC - Birdseye MT. ATV Club Monthly meeting; June 10, 2012 at 4:00pm BMAC Trailhead, West Rd. West Rutland/Ira, VT. Please bring a nonperishable item for donation to the West Rutland Food Shelf.

West Rutland Memorial Day Parade 5/28/12

‎2 trailers pulled by Jim and Chris Philbrook on their quads, one full of stuffed animals and one full of baskets balls were passed out to parade viewers by Jim Woods. We saw many, many smiling faces!

West Rutland Memorial Day Parade 5/28/12

Our BMAC fund raiser at Dan Turco Yamaha was a success! A great deal of food, plus T-shirts were sold, 2013 membership raffle tickets were sold. And 5 memberships were sold in just a few short hours. Thank you to everyone that were already members that stopped just to give support. And special thanks to Bruce Turco of Dan Turco Yamaha for inviting BMAC.

West Rutland Memorial Day Parade Reminder! We set up behind the West Rutland school at 9:30 am and have been invited to the ceremonies at the school if we wish to attend. The Town of West Rutland shows their support of BMAC by allowing us permission to use a trail system on their Town lands and forest. Lets have a good show of support for the Town's Memorial Day parade that honors our service members, those that fought and died for our freedom and those that are guarding it now. Clean up your atv's, wear your helmet, add some patriotic decorations if you wish. The important thing is make an effort to show our thanks to the Town, it's people and our service people. After the parade there will be a potluck picnic at the BMAC Trailhead, bring a dish to share. And ride afterwards. Happy & Safe Trails.

BMAC/VASA club membership drive & Fund raiser

BMAC/VASA club membership drive. Stop by and get your 2012 VASA membership. Time 10.00am. to 3.00pm. Saturday the 26th. At Dan Turco & Sons Yamaha, Rte. 7 So., Clarendon VT. For sale will be Club hats @ $15.00 Club shirts @$10.00 each Free 2013 membership raffle. Tickets; @ $1.00 each or 6 @ $5.00 Food fund raiser; Hamburger @ $3.75 Cheese burger @ $4.00 Package Deal- Cheeseburger, Chips & Bottle of Water @ $5.00 Hot dog @ $1.75 Package Deal- 2 Hot dogs, Chips & Bottle of Water @ $5.00 Chips @ $1.50 Bottle of Water @ $1.50 In addition various homemade deserts There will be a patio table and chairs with an umbrella for dinning.

BMAC Announcement!

BMAC is pleased to announce that our BMAC President, Rusty Heath, has been elected by all the clubs Board of Directors of VASA to serve in the position of Board of Director Member at Large and sit on the Executive Board of VASA! The Executive Board, which is President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, needed a 5th and active member, especially in the case of a tie vote. This position replaces the Past President position on the Executive Board which has been an inactive position for some time. Rusty is honored and excited to be able to work with the Executive Board of VASA for the next year. Congratulations Rusty!

Limited All-Terrain Vehicle Reciprocity NH & VT

May 15, 2012 Coming Soon: Limited All-Terrain Vehicle Reciprocity with Vermont CONCORD, N.H. – All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) enthusiasts in New Hampshire and Vermont will soon be able to enjoy limited ATV reciprocity between the two states. During 2012 and 2013, from May 23 through December 1, ATVs that are properly registered in Vermont may be operated in New Hampshire on state ATV trails without being required to obtain a New Hampshire Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle (OHRV) registration. Likewise, properly registered New Hampshire ATVs may operate in Vermont on approved ATV trails during the May 23 to December 1 time period without the requirement to purchase a state of Vermont registration, however a Vermont All Terrain Vehicle Sportsmen Association (VASA) trail pass is required on VASA trails, as well as proof of having completed an approved ATV safety class for operators under 18 years of age. This rule includes a two-year sunset provision and will end on December 1, 2013. Vermont ATV enthusiasts riding in New Hampshire must follow all applicable laws and rules governing operation, include youth operation requirements, spark arrestors, exhaust requirements, etc. Any operator 12 years of age and over must show proof of an approved safety education class or possess a valid motor vehicle driver's license. An ATV is defined as any motor-driven vehicle which has one or more low-pressure tires (less than 10 pounds per square inch), weighing less than 1,000 pounds and not exceeding 50 inches in width. Therefore, operation of side-by-side utility vehicles (UTVs) and trail bikes is not included in this new rule. These vehicles must be properly registered in New Hampshire to ride here, and may only ride in approved areas. For New Hampshire OHRV rules and information visit www.ride.nh.gov or www.nhtrails.org. In Vermont: www.vtvasa.org.

May 6 BMAC monthly meeting

Thank you Patti and Garrett for the great job of the BMAC Kiosk at the Trailhead. It was a beautiful day for the first club ride of the season at BMAC's May monthly meeting

BMAC Green UP 2012

We stopped at the Ira Town Hall and had lunch. Thank you ladies of Ira! A total of 10 bags, an assortment of metal and signs were picked up just on West Rd.

Saturday May 5 is Green Up day. Anyone that wishes to help green up can meet at the BMAC Trailhead 9-10 am and use your ATV to ride down West Rd. to the Ira Town Hall where you can pick up Green Up VT bags. The main purpose is to clean the road sides on West Rd. from the Ira Town Hall to where the dirt road meets the black top heading into West Rutland on West Rd. There is also some roadside trash inside the trailhead. If you have green or orange safety vests we would advise you wearing them/gloves/bug spray and please be aware of vehicle traffic. All bags can be left at the Town Garage just down from the Trailhead or at the entrance to the BMAC Trailhead. The Town truck usually comes through to pick up from 11-12 noon. Once the trails open at noon, please keep an eye out for any trash/bottles or cans on the trails and pick up. Sunday May 6 is our May club meeting at the BMAC Trailhead at our new time, 4:00 pm. Please bring a nonperishable for the West Rutland Food Shelf.

Waterfall on BMAC trail

Thank you to Carolyn for this great shot.

BMAC's new Lookout!

Jim, Chris and Jim opened up the new lookout on Farrell's MT. It is on Polaris Pass. This lookout looks into Ctr. Rutland