From everything I've read, I get all sides of this, and it SUCKS. There is no other way to put it.   We need more funding - bottom line - and that is only via permits and via Government subsidies. Unless the OFSC can come up with another source of revenue ( maybe investment incomes as I've suggested prior ), or other avenues, ( manufacturers ) in keeping with their requirements via law and tax laws, the system is going to shrink to almost nothing, very localized, and limited riding until its gone.   You aren't going to increase permit sales numbers by much - you might get lucky and somehow convince a few fence sitters to buy, but that will be a tough sell now given the less available trails - and in a lot of areas, a lack of accessibility without a lot of effort. That does not even take into consideration costs of sleds, trailers, gear, insurance, fuel etc.   New riders - you will be able to count them on your fingers and toes in a given year moving forward. There is no appetite or desire for it by the majority We are a DYING breed.   From the general comments I've seen out there via various social media platforms and talking to some I know who still ride, it's very mixed feelings. Some are done now, and some are going to forge ahead and buy a permit anyway and it is what it is.   Time will tell - but the writing is on the wall - it is simply not sustainable in its current format.            

Ya.  Swampers are closing the East West trail from just south of Monkton to the swamp.  And from Stratford through the swamp to Milverton trails.  We are closing our "south loop" from where we meet Swampers trails to Millbank, and a section from Smitties cabin heading East. S of line 72.  Can still head east on the trail n of line 72.

Lovely!    

I believe that may be the case for a couple of clubs down near Lake Erie. I read that the Swampers  have pretty much closed the trails through the swamp and the one that runs parallel the the Moncton / Brunner road. I am going to have to re-calculate! Between those and the trail from Wellesley to the junction with Milverton trails near Millbank, my often used routes have been decimated.