Members of the New Brunswick All-Terrain Vehicle Federation now have access to more trails in the province.
The federation recently signed an agreement with J.D. Irving, Limited, which will provide access to more than 800 kilometres of trails on its woodlands.
Roger Daigle, president of the federation, said it brings them closer to seeing a province-wide trail network.
“We’re gonna be able to tie club trails with other club trails, we’re gonna be able to tie towns [and] cities that we can travel to,” said Daigle. “It means a lot to us.”
The new addition represents 18 per cent of the 4,400 kilometres of managed ATV trails in New Brunswick.
Left to right: Vance Johnson – Trail Coordinator, NBATVF; Robert Fawcett – Director of Corporate Relations, J.D. Irving, Limited; Roger Daigle – President, NBATVF; John Gilbert – Wildlife Biologist, J.D. Irving, Limited; Jacques Poirier – General Manager, NBATVF. (Submitted)
Daigle said providing legal access means local ATV clubs can maintain the trails to higher standards compared to unmanaged trails. He said it will also improve safety for club members and JDI employees.
“The clubs will be responsible to do their due diligence and patrol these trails and if there are any issues, either to mark them if they can’t fix it right away and if they can, they’ll fix it right away,” Daigle said.
The federation is hopeful having more managed trails will entice more registered ATV owners to join a club.
New Brunswick has around 49,000 registered ATV owners, but only 22,000 of them are members of one of the province’s 56 local clubs.
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