I wish to submit this letter if it can be added to LT before the CC vote tonight! Thank you.
> > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: MARY ROSENFELD <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Date: 06/21/2022 3:43 PM > > Subject: Conservation land trails and bikes > > > > > > Dear Michelle and Stacey, > > > > I wish to enter my concerns about opening up more > > conservation land to bicycles. > > I used to hike at Mt Misery often until it got taken over by > > bikes about 20 years ago. Now all the trails have been widened to the > > point they no longer provide a proper hiking experience, and have excluded > > vegetative growth and wildlife activity that used to be part of the nature > > experience there. > > Land was given or bought here in Lincoln for conservation. > > So all of us could enjoy the richness of nature close up, and the beauty > > and variety of plants and wildlife we have uniquely in this town. > > It was never any donor's intent to open their gifts up to the > > trampling effects of bicycles. > > Also: my experience in other towns where bikes are allowed on > > trails (Concord, Lexington) is that there are too many bicyclists who > > aggressively speed past you with barely a word but ''right" or "left" and > > that you are constantly startled and/or scared. Now I don't walk those > > trails at all - to be constantly turning and seeing if the trail is safe is > > too nerve-wracking. > > So please do not open up additional trails for biking. Its > > not in the spirit of the town's conservation values. And we, the walking > > public, deserve to be able to safely enjoy our lands in all their fullness, > > without being constantly frightened by what any bicyclist will do to us, > > our children, or our pets. > > I urge the Conservation Commission, as strongly as possible, > > to vote against opening up these carefully preserved lands to biking. > > Thank you. > > > > Mary Rosenfeld > > Naturalist > > 4 Greenridge Lane > > LIncoln, MA 01773 > > > > > > >
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