ATV riding in its public forests in Minnesota

[foreman1]

http://www.startribune.com/projects/27789754.html


The immense trail project will have lasting consequences for outdoor recreation in Minnesota. It also is bitterly dividing the state Department of Natural Resources, which manages 4.2 million acres of state forests.

It will be the state's biggest step yet to gain control over ATV riding in its public forests, and it's stoking a contentious debate over what place motors have in the woods.

The immense trail project will have lasting consequences for outdoor recreation in Minnesota. It also is bitterly dividing the state Department of Natural Resources, which manages 4.2 million acres of state forests.

Some DNR experts are worried that the changes will leave forests and other wild lands vulnerable to damage from ATVs.

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[GrizzlyBear]

7,700 miles of trails to be left open, sounds great to me.

[mrbones]

I hope they leave it as-is because I visited Brainerd, MN last summer and there are trails everywhere. You can ride from one town to the next with trails on the side of the road and even on the side of some highways without any trouble at all. It's just common place and accepted.