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THE NOHVCC
HOME OFFICE MOVES TO MONTANA IN SPRING '07
Board of Directors
also votes to increase the NOHVCC’s educational outreach
with regional Adventure Trail trailers
A recent meeting of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation
Council (NOHVCC) Board of Directors resulted in a decision
to move the organization’s home office from its longstanding
location in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Great Falls, Montana.
This move
 consolidates
the Executive Director’s office with the administrative/home
office functions. Great Falls is where Russ Ehnes, who has
served as NOHVCC's Executive Director since 1998, is based.
The home office had been in Sheboygan since 1993.
The Board based their unanimous decision on a variety of practical
and economical reasons that pointed to Great Falls as the
best new location for the NOHVCC headquarters. The new
building will house the entire inventory of educational
materials, as well as most of the vehicles and office
equipment from the Sheboygan site. Negotiations to lease a
5000 square-foot building in the Great Falls area are nearly
complete.
NOHVCC Operations Manager Ann Vance, who was based at the Sheboygan
office, will continue from a remote office and will retain
most of her same responsibilities. The Great Falls
headquarters will be the distribution center for materials
such as Adventure Trail products, brochures, CD-ROMs, DVDs,
etc., while Ann will continue to concentrate on the national
day-to-day operations regarding workshops, events,
tradeshows, conferences, budgets, and accounting.
In addition to the decision regarding the office location, the
Board also felt it was time to retire and sell the NOHVCC
semi-hauler when the move is complete. "This is something
we've been mulling over for quite some time," says Ehnes.
"The semi-hauler has served us well for
many years and I would like to thank American Honda
Motor Company once again for donating it to our organization
back in 1998 and to Joe Vance for all the miles he has put
on it traveling to OHV events from coast-to-coast. Joe kept
the rig spotless and with the Adventure Trail display in
place, it has been a great showcase for the NOHVCC. However,
the semi-hauler has become impractical to use on a national
scale.”
Ehnes continues, “Our new plans for the Adventure Trail program are
quite exciting and will actually expand our educational
outreach significantly. Instead of one semi-hauler, we will
replace the semi with a pick-up and gooseneck trailer and
purchase several smaller regional Adventure Trail trailers
over the next couple years that can be pulled behind pickups
from various locations throughout the country. This will
substantially increase our ability for NOHVCC staff and
volunteers to attend more OHV events every year with our
educational centerpiece that stresses proper riding
behaviors and trail ethics.” The regional trailers will be
available for use by NOHVCC representatives and associates
and other interested parties.
The acquisition of new NOHVCC vehicles has already begun with the
purchase a 2006 Dodge RAM 3500 pickup in November and one
regional trailer, which was purchased earlier in the summer
of 2006. NOHVCC will also acquire a gooseneck trailer in
2007 and equip it with an Adventure Trail display. Driver
Joe Vance will continue to drive the pickup truck and
gooseneck trailer combination and will be representing the
NOHVCC at 2007 events in the same great manner that he has
for the past eight years.
Dan Kleen, the President of NOHVCC, added, "I would like to thank
the NOHVCC Board of Directors once again for their continued
support. Their progressive leadership, along with our hard
working NOHVCC staff, has kept the organization moving
forward over the last 16-plus years. The decision to move
the NOHVCC home office to Great Falls is just another
example of our great teamwork."
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