MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • September 10, 2023
After a summer of frequent downpours and intense flooding, Maine officials and some of the state’s hardest-hit ATV clubs are wondering how they will restore their rain-battered trails for next year and the years to come. Their concerns arise from the hefty price of trail maintenance projects and the waning ATV club volunteerism that groups rely on to keep their trail systems safe and functional. Maine’s patchwork of roughly 6,000 miles of ATV and multiuse trails rests on the back of dozens of these ATV clubs, who finance their trail systems’ maintenance with donations and state grants.