1 / 14

2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users

2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users. Michigan Department of Natural Resources Presented By: Steve Kubisiak, Recreation and Trails Program Coordinator February 9, 2011 . Michigan’s ORV Trail System. Designated ATV and Motorcycle Trails.

sebastien
Download Presentation

2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users Michigan Department of Natural Resources Presented By: Steve Kubisiak, Recreation and Trails Program Coordinator February 9, 2011

  2. Michigan’s ORV Trail System

  3. Designated ATV and Motorcycle Trails

  4. Designated ORV Routes and Scramble Areas

  5. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users • Fourth major statewide study • Examine trends • Explore economic significance • Part of motorized trail study that also measured snowmobile use • Funded by Michigan DNRE and MSU Extension

  6. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users • The trend in total ORV user days in Michigan over 43 years is upwards. • The latest 38% increase in user days is influenced by the 46% increase in the number of licensed ORVs from the 2000 study, coupled with a 12% decline in use per ORV.

  7. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users Economic significance to Michigan’s Economy: • $300 million spending total: • $212 million equipment spending • $82 million trip spending • Supports 800 jobs statewide

  8. ORV Trip Destination Spending Average spending/party on ORV riding trips on designated system/public lands

  9. Michigan Resident ORV Equipment Spending Mean household spent $1,839 • 47% purchased new ORV or support equipment • 20% purchased used ORV or support equipment • 62% purchased ORV repairs (non trip related) • 51% purchased insurance for their ORV • 8% purchased storage for their ORV

  10. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users Michigan’s Licensed ORVs: • 67% are all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) • 14% are motorcycles • 14% are sport utility vehicles (SUVs) • 5% are utility vehicles • In 1976 almost 75% were motorcycles & most of the rest SUVs

  11. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users Primary Purpose of ORV Ownership: • 37% trail/scramble area riding • 25% supporting hunting or fishing • 24% utility vehicle on private property • 4% compensate for disability • 9% other

  12. 2009 MSU Study of Licensed Off-Road Vehicle Use and Users 2009 ORV Licensee Demographics: • 93% Male • 87% Michigan Residents • 13% Non-resident • 56% have one or more years of college • Average 49 years of age • 60% live in the Southern Lower Peninsula • 19% live in the Northern Lower Peninsula • 22% live in the Upper Peninsula • 27% own a second home in Michigan • 21% are members of an organization related to ORVs with the largest proportion of 6% belonging to Michigan United Conservation Clubs

  13. Conclusions • ORV use and users make substantial contributions to Michigan’s Economy • Michigan’s designated trail system is critical to facilitating the economic contributions that can be tied directly to ORV use • Economic value of ORV use will grow if trends continue as they have over the past decade.

  14. www.michigan.gov/dnre Full Report Available On-LineThank You

More Related