Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64SSTP CONTINUED 33 2015-2016 Summary • VAST spent $226,334 in Trail Maintenance, $76,516 in Trail Construction, $37,216 in emergency trail repairs and $19,255 in debrushing on a total of 183 Grant in Aid Projects. • The VAST Grooming Fleet logged a total of 9,291 miles during the 2015-2016 snowmobile season. (Class I: 8,515 Class II: 138 Class III: 290, Class IV: 348) • $12,046 was spent on Law Enforcement through the Vermont Sheriff’s Association, Vermont State Police and Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife during the 2015-2016 snowmobile season. There were approximately $6,659 in fines issued for non compliance with the various Vermont Laws. There were 351.8 hours of patrols, 398 inspections, 108 citations issued, 60 warnings issued, 0 search and rescue missions, 0 accident investigations and 0 fatalities. This data, with the exception of the number of hours patrolled, does not include data from the Vermont Sheriffs Association. They have failed to submit a report showing all of their totals for the season. • The VAST Plowed Parking Area Program was a success once again during the 2015-2016 season. There were a total of 31 parking areas throughout the state that were plowed under contract this past winter. Approximately $1,927 was paid out of the budget for this purpose. Each of these parking areas provided riders with crucial access to the SSTS. • The VAST Trails Committee and Board of Directors adopted a number of new policies designed to help the clubs and the trail Construction/Maintenance/Debrushing/Grooming budgets. Policies will continue to be reviewed as necessary. • VAST did not hold a Spring Construction Seminar this year. Instead a memo highlighting all of the Trail Policy changes was sent out to all clubs and contractors along with an acknowledgement form that requires their signature. An online version of the seminar is being worked on for next spring. • $259,568 was spent in the VAST Equipment Grant in Aid Program and helped place 4 late model class I power units, and 3 new drags onto the trail system for the 2015-2016 snowmobile season. The Equipment Grant in Aid program also helped 1 club with capital repairs on their equipment. (Arctic Cat: 0, Polaris: 0, PistenBully: 1, Prinoth: 0, Tucker:3, Mogul Master Drag: 2, Mtn. Snow Drag:1, Maxey Drag: 0, Frenchie Drag: 0, Capital Repairs: 1, Rescue Boggan: 0) • Average age of a Class I piece of equipment on the SSTS is a 2003 (13.5 years old). • VAST and the Snow Trails Conservancy/Charitable Trust continue to work with various trusts and conservation groups to obtain permanent easements on private lands. • VAST is continuing its efforts to market ourselves better, promote volunteerism, safe riding and snowmobiling in Vermont. • VAST has also continued to add new features and improve upon our electronic version of the trail map or interactive map as we are calling it. This map was accessible on the website as well as through the app store for Smart Phone or Android device. Both products were used by over 10,000 people from around the world. Thanks to all of you for making this organization possible!