Erik Stevens has lived in Haines for five years, and every year he hears about someone getting hassled by the police for skiing on the road.

“Every winter, a friend comes up to me and says, ‘Oh, the stupidest thing just happened,’” Stevens said in an interview this week. “It’s the same story every time: ‘They made me take off my skis and walk down the hill.’”

Fed up, Stevens decided to start collecting signatures…