Little Rice ATV Club News

In 2024 we had numerous groups of 50 to 200 riding the Little Rice ATV Trails. The State of Wisconsin shows we have over 520,310 ATV/UTV machines registered.  We definitely had our share counting the number of riders on the Iron Gate Road.  In the months of June, July and August the County counted over 2,000 machines each month riding our trail system.

Major Accomplishments in 2024:

1. A Grant to rehab Trail #5 was granted.  The trail goes from Kelly Fire Lane to McCord Road.  Rynders Excavating was awarded the bid with the exception that the bid came in more than the funding grant.  There is a good possibility that the DNR will add the $40,000 that was short.
2. Oneida County Forestry was also asking for funds to rehab Trail #6 which is Lammar Springs Road North 1 ½ miles. The State ran out of money and this rehap will be pushed into 2026 unless additional funding comes available.
3. Burrows Lake Trail #4 Boardwalk Bridges were re-decked by Larsen Construction and did a great job.
4. The John Deere Model 6155 Tractor did arrive and replaced the small New Holland Tractor.
5. Our New Holland 6050 Tractor electrical system was updated and a complete maintenance overhaul was completed.
6. Our Caterpillar Grader was rehab with a new radiator and brackets.
7. Maintenance hours to maintain the Little Rice funded trails for 2024 were 606 hours, this does not include maintaining our equipment. You are looking at over 15 –  40  hour work weeks.

We would not we able to complete all of the above if it wasn’t for the: Volunteers, Members, Sponsors and Fund Raisers.

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Beginning Monday December 2nd at 8:00 am all ATV/UTV trails are closed for the season in Oneida County.

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• Iron Gate Road will be partly funded
• Trail 5, Kelly Fire Lane to McCord Road will be submitted for rehab
• Trail 4 all Bridges (Boardwalk) will be replaced in the fall of 2024
• John Deere 6155 Tractor should arrive in June
• A new sound system for the club house

None of this would happen if it wasn’t for the Volunteers, Members, Sponsors and the fund raisers.

2023 was a very busy and safe year on the Little Rice ATV/UTV Club funded trails. The trail system had groups up to 200 and overall 1000 plus units riding the trails and supporting our sponsors weekly. IN 2023 there were over 497,011 registered ATV/UTV’s, 326,407 ATV’s and 170,604 UTV’s and growing. Our funded trails help up remarkably well with all the riding.

Some of the accomplishments in 2023:

• The Corduroy Bridge was completed by 2 semi loads of swamp mats (great improvement)
• Trail 3, Willow Dam Road to Burrows Lake Road was completely rehab.
• Trail 4, Burrows Lake Road to Kelly Fire Lane had a rock crusher help eliminate many of the large rocks along with the help of our equipment
• Trail 2, Hwy Y to Rocky Run Road was opened
• Trail 3, Willow Dam Road extended
• The club purchased a used CAT 130G Grader, a great addition

None of this would happen if it wasn’t for the Volunteers, Members, Sponsors and the fund raisers.