Forestalled: public discussion and final vote on ATVs in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest
A final hearing and decision on whether ATVs should be allowed in Wisconsin’s Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest (NH-AL) will not take place on Feb. 26 as planned.
For reasons not yet clear, the Feb. 26 meeting agenda posted yesterday includes the NH-AL ATV trail plan as an informational item only.
NH-AL Superintendent Steve Petersen will be given 45 minutes to speak on the feasibility and suitability assessment of the plan to develop 60 miles of ATV trails. But the public will not get an opportunity to speak and the NRB will not vote on the issue.
It is now likely the NRB won’t take testimony or discuss the issue until it meets in March or April.
– Joel Patenaude