Hi Lincoln, I am trying to go through all the comments on bikes and trails. It is a lot to go through. I had hoped to reach out to some of you to ask that you send your comments to the Conservation Commission which is voting tomorrow (I don't know the LLCT time line). I would not count on them reading it here in Lincoln Talk.
Last week I read a post that was so important about the history of Lincoln holding back on incremental change - that holding back is what makes the nature here phenomenal and appreciated by us all. Please send that note to the Commission. I also appreciate the note from a biker who likes lone biking on the trails. Truth be told that happens now with the maps as is. As a dog walker here for over 25 years I have been through the off leash dog discussions, etiquette discussions and my observation and understanding is that we are in an okay place. Always etiquette and understanding can be improved. What is about to change* drastically* for the lone biker, walker and horse back rider does not need to change if we could work together. Please encourage the Commission to hold off on the current proposal to *officially* expand the bike trail map. Please be aware that the new proposal about expanding the bike trail map is about, includes, giving permits to large bike groups from out of town. Once you open all these trails you can't later say oops, we actually care about our wildlife and close them again. This is a change that they shouldn't make. It will be detrimental to nature and it will have a negative impact on those of us walking, walking dogs off leash, horse back riding, and it will be detrimental to the wildlife that is accustomed to the current use of trails. It will mean those of us who need to drive to Mt. Misery to walk will at times show up and see a bike group filling the parking lot and unloading instead. It means, at times, when you walk with two other people from Weston and Maynard and their dogs at the end of the day, you might also have 10-15 bikes (or more) pushing you off the trails or having you look around figuring out where to go. This current proposal, which should be off the table, or put on hold for now, please, would open half the trails at Mt. Misery (November all the trails at Mt. Misery were proposed - then in May they adjusted it to 1/2 the trails, split down the middle) to bike groups. The proposal includes a process to give permits to large bike groups for the trails. There has not been any strong reason I've read in Lincoln Talk or at the forums to bring these bike groups in. It seems the only way to not have this happen is to not change the current trail use map. Hold off on any official changes for now, revisit the requests for transportation trails. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barbara Peskin *My Moments in Nature Photo Gallery: barbarapeskin.com <http://barbarapeskin.com>*
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