ATV club will up ante on request for Eisenbahn State Trail access at Oct. 3 meeting
Despite the Fond du Lac County Board’s sound rejection last December of a request to open the 10-mile Eisenbahn State Trail to winter ATVing, a local ATV club is back seeking access.
Only this time they’ve upped the ante.
At a Sept. 5 meeting of the county parks and development committee, members of the Eden Area Trailrunners ATV club said they will seek permanent winter access to the hiking and biking trail. The club is no longer asking for access on a trial basis, even though that was the proposal last year the county board said “no” to with a 26-9 vote.
Nevertheless, the ATV club will be back before the committee on Oct. 3 at 6:15 p.m. at the Fond du Lac County Government Center to formally renew their request. The committee will either approve or reject the winter riding proposal. Last year, the committee unanimously approved the proposal before the full county board stopped it cold (or so they may have thought).
A strong silent sports contingent at the Oct. 3 meeting will be needed to explain to the committee that if ATV riding on the Eisenbahn on a trial basis isn’t acceptable, permanent and ongoing usage by ATV’ers ought not be supported.