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> From: Barbara Peskin <mailto:bpeski...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 8:45 AM
> To: <mailto:lincoln@lincolntalk.org>
> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] bikes and trails
>
> Dear Lincoln,
>
> Based on the Commissions vote last night there will now be recrea
Good idea.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:35 AM Stephanie Smoot
wrote:
> So now, bikes are allowed, may I campaign to allow camping on Conservation
> Land- there is lots of room.
>
>
>
> *From: *Barbara Peskin
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 14, 2022 8:45 AM
> *To: *
> *Subjec
Lincoln. So now, bikes are allowed, may I campaign to allow camping on Conservation Land- there is lots of room. From: Barbara PeskinSent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 8:45 AMTo: Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] bikes and trails Dear Lincoln, Based on the Commissions vote last night there will now be
Dear Lincoln,
Based on the Commissions vote last night there will now be recreational
biking on 1/2 of the trails at Mt. Misery and more trails throughout
Lincoln and permits given for bike groups to use them.
Someone on Lincoln Talk commented that there has been a nine month process
for getting
Dear LincolnTalk,
[Disclaimer: Posting this as a resident of Lincoln to provide hopefully useful
information for this part of the Lincoln Talk discussion and not in any of my
capacities on Town-based Boards.]
In case you are interested in the question Rich Rosenbaum recently posed (also
below):
I think the same argument was made when we considered liquor licenses.
The sky hasn't fallen. And the same argument could be made for really
*any* kind of change.
It feels like people are pretty entrenched in their positions and the
discussion has become a forum for ringing up votes for one side
Those are reasonable points. I might point out, though, if the goal is to
restore nature as much as possible we should stop all trail usage. We can
reverse the incremental changes that those before us have made and some of
us are currently benefiting from.
So I think the question is: what is the b
Because not everything that is grey can be undone and when it gets too dark
it is too late. Just the nature of how most of humankind, governments,
groups of people react. It is too hard.
An individual claims one's personal increment is important and must be
allowed, as many others will do too, a
I believe the Conservation Commission is the most important place to share
thoughts but I feel the need to clarify here.
Many of us trying to protect nature think of nature as the few and
voiceless and the people as the many. We are trying to protect nature when
there are so many other pressures o
I agree. Jeannine. Leave the trails as they are. My concern is for
habitat. This--connected wildlife corridors in Lincoln-- is a wonderful
thing. And, so often we, the dominant species, have favored people and
their desires over wildlife in big and small ways.
I walked to Walden Pond yesterday on
Always a sensible idea to protect the interests of a few at the expense of
the many.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:15 PM jeannine taylor
wrote:
> There is a concern for those home owners whose “newly recommended bike
> paths” are in their front or backyards. It may not affect everyone but
> certai
There is a concern for those home owners whose “newly recommended bike paths”
are in their front or backyards. It may not affect everyone but certainly puts
a burden on others. I feel we should leave the trails as they are now.
Jeannine Taylor
> On Jul 12, 2022, at 11:23 AM, Bob Mason
Barbara,
I appreciate that you have taken the time to read and process the many
messages about these trail use policies, but I believe the fear of change
you are describing is a bit out of scope. I believe the language of
"drastic change" is misplaced.
For example, bike groups can already ride in
10:09 AM
To: LincolnTalk
Subject: [LincolnTalk] bikes and trails and horses and dogs and snow shoe
people and skiers and
I don't know why people think that changes are irreversible. If something isn't
working is there a reason that it can't be undone?
How else can you learn wh
I don't know why people think that changes are irreversible. If something
isn't working is there a reason that it can't be undone?
How else can you learn what really works and what doesn't?
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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 read
oboggan into it.
>
> *From: *Leslie Turek
> *Subject: **Re: [LincolnTalk] bikes and trails*
> *Date: *July 10, 2022 at 11:15:46 PM EDT
> *To: *Linda McMillan
> *Cc: *Sara Lupkas , Lincoln Talk <
> Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>, Colleen Katsuki
>
>
> I could be wrong a
I would caution applying this to Lincoln's Sandy Pond. How does the
scaling look, Fresh Pond vs Sandy Pond? Is the total volume of water
comparable, volume vs length of perimeter? What is the flow rate into and
out of their volumes? i.e. refreshment rate. I would hazard a guess that
Fresh Po
Fresh Pond is definitely heavily used, and lots of dogs are walked there daily.
There are dog poop bag dispensers all along the path along with many trash
bins; most people comply with picking up & disposing their dog‘s waste, though
I imagine compliance is not 100%. Only Cambridge-tagged dogs
I think what the Cambridge Water Department was saying was that after a search
of all the published literature at the time, they found that it was geese poop,
not dog poop, that posed a threat to drinking water quality, so they allow dogs
off leash around Fresh Pond. The fence keeps dogs and ani
Hello!
Staff from both LLCT and the Conservation Department see these emails.
Sara Lupkas
Stewardship Director
Lincoln Land Conservation Trust
e. lup...@lincolnconservation.org
p. 781-259-9251
c. 610-620-3626
> On Jul 9, 2022, at 7:29 PM, Sara Mattes wrote:
>
> They should all go to Co
I think the full quote was "After an exhaustive search of the published
literature on the issue of dog waste and its impact on water quality, they
found no evidence that dog waste had a negative impact on water quality.
Instead, they found it was geese poop that was creating a problem with wate
Yes, Fresh Pond has been fenced in for over 50 years. I broke my nose on it
when my friend drove our toboggan into it.
> From: Leslie Turek mailto:leslie.tu...@gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] bikes and trails
> Date: July 10, 2022 at 11:15:46 PM EDT
>
Leslie,
Are used to live next to Fresh Pond in Belmont/Cambridge. The pond is fenced
all the way around its perimeter, not to mention tons of poison ivy growing
inside the fence!
– Allen Vander Meulen
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 10, 2022, at 23:16, Leslie Turek wrote:
>
>
> I could be w
gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2022 8:07 PM
To: Sara Lupkas<mailto:lup...@lincolnconservation.org>
Cc: Lincoln Talk<mailto:Lincoln@lincolntalk.org>; Colleen
Katsuki<mailto:coll...@shadowtracks.org>
Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] bikes and trails
It's good to kn
I could be wrong about this, but doesn't Fresh Pond have a fence that
prevents dogs from actually getting down into the pond or close to the
edge? That might be why they can permit dogs off leash at Fresh Pond.
Flints Pond has no such fence, nor would we want one.
Leslie Turek
On Sun, Jul 10, 20
It's good to know that the staff from LLCT and the Conservation Commission
see these discussions.
I just learned a very important piece of information I would like to pass
along. In talking with a Water Commissioner in Cambridge, I was told that
Cambridge went through a very similar process of det
They should all go to Con Comm staff for public record
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 9, 2022, at 5:56 PM, Linda McMillan wrote:
>
>
> I am wondering if the Conservation Commission Director or staff even see any
> of these comments unless you send them directly to them via the email on the
>
I am wondering if the Conservation Commission Director or staff even see
any of these comments unless you send them directly to them via the email
on the town's website. Not sure.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2022, 8:09 AM Colleen Katsuki
wrote:
> Good points Christopher.
>
> One thing I think is that we actu
Good points Christopher.
One thing I think is that we actually need more data.How many bikes are
on which trails ? I remember the dogs off leash controversy some years
ago and on Mt Misery. Dogs were allowed off leash only on certain
trails .But what happens is people say or think:" My dog i
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