The short to your question is that there is a chapter here.
We use the term chapter loosely as it is really a location (forum) within the website that is more local in its' focus. If you are around the state line and I35 area, you are completely surrounded by DRN members. Activity within the individual chapter forums is DIRECTLY related to the interest and attention that members put into the forums.
There are members of the Michigan forum that never venture into the general site except for a bathroom break. The NTSP stays fairly busy as well.
You say that there are few DRN members around you? Get people to join and use DRN to strengthen your local and regional riding community. You will not only bring your friends into a larger world, you will bring the larger world to your backyard as well.