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John Atkinson [[log in to unmask]] writes: >On the other hand, mountain biking doesn't seem to be a problem now. It >does make me wonder why it is part of an ANR winter deer yard easement >template, though. I sympathize with your struggle against the beaurocracy, but I don't know how mountain biking affects deer. My brother (who gets into it regularly with various agency factions in WA) can point me to several places where mountain biking affects fish spawning streams more egregiously than (motorized) dirt biking, yet the mountain bike faction gets deference over dirt bikers. Mountain bikes cause deeper erosion on steeper wet stuff than dirt bikes. With tires, fatter is definitely better, and even with the added weight of the machine the pressure on the soil is lower. You rarely see a dirt bike descending a slippery hill with the rear wheel locked up the way many mountain bikers do. Mechanized isn't NECESSARILY worse (for the fishies, anyhoo.) But keep that under your hat in the discussion with the ANR eh? No need to give 'em even more grist for the mill! It's politics, which is never pure, rarely simple. I hope you make out on the trail maintenance & skier access front. Unless you were all about cutting skating lanes and groomin' 'em I can't imagine Bambi cares much. I'm not very concerned about maintaining deer habitat- they seem to thrive in the 'burbs to the point of becoming nuisances in places where you're not allowed to shoot 'em. Could be somebody sees the local deer population as their private reserve food & blood-hobby stock, doesn't want 'em to move elsewhere. dana _____________ ________ __ __ /________ ________ ___ __( ________ __山スキー!_ ___\ ________ ________ __ ____) ______ __________ _ ___/ ______ ___________ _ __( o ____ __________ __ __ \(|\.____ _______ ____ ___`\>/______ ____ ______ ____ \` ______ __ _______ ______`________ _ _______ _______________ __ ______ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html