Breaking News Utah State Parks budget to be cut 71% for FY 2012

[700RMK]

BS is BS and it is time for it to stop.

Non-Motorized users dont pay into the system for trail use, grooming, or search and rescue, now as motorized users were going to get screwed.

The legislature has already cut $3 million from the planned $9.8 million budget. $9.8 million to $6.8 million is a huge cut. But may not be the end if it.

Now there's talk of cutting $4 MILLION MORE. This would be disastrous. Cutting the State Parks and Recreation general budget another $4 million will take it down to $2.8 million. This is over 71% from the original budget, which has already seen incremental cuts over the past few years.

Grooming will be impacted severly on amount of miles and of future equipment purchases.

Avalanche Center funding will more than likely be eliminated

This is not a BS session of mine, its real.

The last day of the 2011 Utah General Legislative Session is THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 10th. So if this happens, it'll be happening fast, with very little time for public involvement.

PLEASE CALL BOTH YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND STATE SENTATOR

Tell them:

Don't cut any more from the State Parks and Recreation and the OHV program budget.

It'll take a few minutes at most. You can find who your State Senator and State Representative is, and get their contact information at:

http://le.utah.gov/GIS/findDistrict.jsp

Just enter your address.

DO IT NOW.

Those who do not voice thier opinion now will have no voice to bit@c when its all gone and over with. It will be to late.

Remember when we had the possibility of loosing grooming in just strawberry and the big stink we made then, now what if we had no grooming?

Make a stink, tell everyone you know to act today.

Thanks

Doug Page
Previous President of the Utah Snowmobile Association
OHV Advisory Council Chair

 

[snengineer]

Besides little to no grooming what other impacts will this have on the sledding community?

 

[ccpowder]

When you deal with politicians, you're dealing with idiots!! Heard on the radio that they are shutting down some liquor stores even know they generate money just so the cuts can be across the board. Figure out that one!!!

 

[700RMK]

other possible impacts:

no parking lot clearing to even park in
Monte
Logan Canyon
Strawberry
to name a few

summer trails not maintained, leading to a closure from the federal authorities.

higher registration fees, like how about 3 times what we are currently at is possible

but then again since no one will be patrolling because they were all let go cause we cant pay salaries, registrations might not be necessary.

pay for your own rescue and all fees associated with it

jsut a few quick ones off the top of my head

 

[snengineer]

other possible impacts:

no parking lot clearing to even park in
Monte
Logan Canyon
Strawberry
to name a few

summer trails not maintained, leading to a closure from the federal authorities.

higher registration fees, like how about 3 times what we are currently at is possible

but then again since no one will be patrolling because they were all let go cause we cant pay salaries, registrations might not be necessary.

pay for your own rescue and all fees associated with it

jsut a few quick ones off the top of my head

So some positives and some negatives.....It seems the negatives out weigh the positives though.