Chequamegon-Nicolet travel plan looks kindly on nonmotorized users
Many unauthorized ATV routes and trails in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest will be closed under “travel management rule” planning by the U.S. Forest Service.
The USFS displays its new maps tonight at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland, the last of a handful of open houses held in the past couple weeks.
“Based on a review of these maps on the website, I’d say that the initial proposal is very favorable toward nonmotorized interests. Motorized access, including trucks, appears to be quite limited across the region,” reports Ron Bergin, speaking only for himself as a private citizen (and not as the publisher of Cross-Country Skier magazine or as a mover and shaker for CAMBA, which he is).
Since ATV’ers are likely to be unhappy with the plan, Bergin said, “voicing support for it, if that’s how you view it, would be a good idea.”
A public comment form can be found here.
– Joel Patenaude