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Contested bill would tighten planning, mapping and tribal consultation for off‑highway vehicle trails (HF 1012); committee hears split testimony
Summary
Vice Chair Representative Purcell presented House File 1012 with an author’s amendment, seeking statutory standards for OHV/ATV trail planning, mapping and early local engagement; testimony split broadly between conservation groups and tribal representatives supporting the measure and ATV clubs, county officials and businesses opposing parts of it.
Vice Chair Representative Purcell presented House File 1012, with an offered A‑1 amendment adopted in committee, to unify and update state policy on off‑highway vehicle (OHV) and all‑terrain vehicle (ATV) trail planning. Purcell said the measure is intended to put DNR guidance into statute and increase early local engagement in trail planning; the amendment removed language that would have required decommissioning unsustainable trails.
Testimony split sharply. Tribal nations and tribal natural‑resource officials urged stronger protections and consultation requirements for trails that cross tribal lands or ceded territories. Kelly Applegate, Commissioner of Natural Resources for the Mille Lacs…
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