Burnett County Forest & Parks 2011-2012 ATV trail season
Please note that the Winter Trail Season will NOT be put into effect on December 1st. The Fall Season, as explained below, will continue through December 11th due to the Antlerless Hunt.
To help make things a little clearer, I?m not only going to send you a lengthy explanation, (see below), but I also want you to know that you can tell people that the majority of the Summer Use ATV Trails can be used this time of year.
HOWEVER, they need to know 2 VERY IMPORTANT things: please make sure that they are aware that other licensed vehicles, (such as pickups), can also legally use these trails during this time of year too along with ATVs; and secondly, only roads that are signed as road routes open for ATV use during this time can be used.
Here?s the full explanation:
As of September 16, the Burnett County State-Funded Summer Use ATV trails are closed. However, from September 16 through November 30 the Burnett County Forest woods trails and County Forest roads are open for ATV/UTV use. What this means is that you can ride your registered ATV/UTV on any woods trail, snowmobile trail and ATV trail located on County Forest Lands that is not bermed, gated or signed as closed and is at least eight feet wide. (A good rule of thumb is that if you can drive your truck down the trail, then you can take your ATV/UTV down it.) No off trail use is allowed and operation on private lands is illegal unless you have permission from the private landowner.
Please contact individual townships for their rules and regulations for ATV/UTV use on their town roads. Most township ordinances allow the use of the town roads as shown on the Summer Use ATV map. Most of the State-Funded Summer Use ATV Trail System can still be ridden because the majority of the trails are on County Forest Lands.
It is very important to note that all of these trails are currently multi-use trails. This means that any street legal, licensed vehicle can use these trails during this time, (trucks for example). It?s also important to note that these trails are no longer being maintained during this time of year. For these reasons we call the State-Funded Summer Use ATV Trail System closed, even though you can still ride the majority of these same trails because they are located on County Forest Lands and township roads that currently allow for the use of ATV?s during this time of year.
Remember, it is your responsibility to know where you are and whose property you are on. If you are unsure of where Burnett County Forest Land is located, please refer to a Burnett County Plat Book, as this is your best resource.
