Article: States seek to benefit from ATV, snowmobile growth

NEWRY - Three panelists at this week's outdoor recreation and tourism conference painted a bright future for all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile tourism in Maine and New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Bureau of Trails chief Chris Gamache said ATV and snowmobile recreation are important to both states, especially in the Androscoggin River Valley.

Gamache said that ATV registrations increased by 150 percent from 1995 through 2003 in New Hampshire, and national sales of ATVs were five times higher than that of snowmobiles.

"Whether people like it or not, they are here to stay and need to be managed professionally," Gamache said.

Gamache presented a history of Berlin's new Jericho Mountain State Park, ...

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