Jordan Valley Trails Council

10/05/2026

Thank you to all our great volunteers who came out this weekend and worked on our groomers and got equipment ready for signing! We can’t do it without you all!

09/11/2026

08/19/2026

Our friends over at the Antrim County Snowmobile Club are making ground on their expansion! Head over check them out and if you can, please help them out to complete their barn. This will be a great asset to all their awesome volunteer’s!

https://gofund.me/baec07aec

08/04/2026

Legend to our sport, rest easy Richard

Till we meet again Richard, never to be forgotten 😢 Thoughts and prayers to all family and friends.

07/04/2026

250 years strong, and this country is still standing. So are we. Cheers to friendship, freedom, and fireworks! 🎇
Trails open in 150 days!

#766

06/24/2026

We are in need of someone to snow plow the park and ride lot at the Antrim County Snowmobile Club this winter. If your interested DM or email [email protected]

05/13/2026

Required CPI adjustment prompts change in snowmobile trail permit fees Michigan Department of Natural Resources sent this bulletin at 05/11/2026 03:04 PM EDT Share or view as webpage | Update preferences DNR News May 11, 2026Contact: Tim Novak, 517-388-8347 Required five-year CPI adjustment prompts....

05/04/2026

Our friends over at the Antrim County Snowmobile Club are busy planning a summer of building their groomer barn. If you’re able to help them out please do. This will greatly benefit all our volunteers and the grooming operation.

Calendar for the summer, hope to see you there!

May 16th club ride - 9:30 start time

More work day will be scheduled for barn construction. If you want to help, shoot us a message or send an email to [email protected]. As we get closer to fall, we will release brushing, signing, trail maintenance dates in October.

04/30/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2026

Rep. Borton calls Bowen’s bluff: No way sportsmen support fee increases

State Rep. Ken Borton today joined Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Scott Bowen in calling for Michigan hunters and fishermen, along with other outdoor enthusiasts, to be more engaged with the legislative process. Bowen recently criticized House Republicans for protecting Michigan residents from significant fee increases being pushed by the DNR.
During the latest Natural Resources Commission meeting, Bowen called for the Legislature to raise sportsmen license fees in order to fund the DNR. Bowen went further, throwing complaints at the state House for alleged “inaction” and calling for individuals to engage lawmakers.
“Director Bowen is right; we’d all be better off if more outdoorsmen engaged with state officials on issues that matter to them,” said Borton (R-Gaylord). “But after that, Director Bowen and I disagree on everything else. His assumption that hunters and fishers want to pay more to do the thing they love is as ridiculous as expecting Michigan boaters to pay a surcharge because the Great Lakes are pretty. It’s just not realistic. I sincerely hope that people across Michigan hear the director’s call and come to Lansing in droves. I’ve heard from these hunters and fishermen, and they do not want fee increases. Director Bowen is spiraling, and it just proves how woefully out of touch he and his department actually are.
“The DNR routinely mismanages its funding, and the director wants to fix it by squeezing more money out of our already declining number of sportsmen. It’s outrageous. This has nothing to do with ecological protection or wildlife preservation.”
Borton continued by highlighting the need for sportsmen to share their thoughts with their state representatives.
“Whether the director approves of it or not, we’re working in the House to protect the rights of Michigan’s sportsmen,” Borton said. “In my time in Lansing, I’ve never had a single person call and ask me to make them pay more to hunt or fish. The DNR needs to find a sensible way to generate funding that doesn’t put the burden on our sportsmen."

04/02/2026

As we close out this 2026 snowmobile season, we want to thank all of our wonderful men and women who poured countless hours into trail grooming, maintenance, brushing and signing. A big thank you to two of our trail bosses,Mike and Archie, they are very instrumental in the day to day operations and ensuring trails are clear and groomed. Our trails wouldn’t be what they are without our great volunteers! We also greatly appreciate the private land owners who graciously let us cross their property to connect public lands and access our local businesses. We also thank our equipment manufacturers who help us with all resources when we need them!
This season was filled with trials and tribulations, part failures, crazy weather and we pulled through. It wasn’t as successful of a season as it should have been, but we survived. Our team has and will continue to improvise, adapt and overcome whatever is throw at them! Every situation that costs us time, we look back on what we could do better. We already have a punch card of items to get fixed and once the weather turns around we will start working toward the 2027 snowmobile season.
Make sure to head over to the Antrim County Snowmobile Club and East Jordan Trailblazers pages and check out the summer activities our clubs have going on and support their activities. One huge project will be the groomer barn ACSC is putting up this summer. If you can donate time, money or materials, it will help immensely to our team and equipment!

THANK YOU!