Sunday, November 30, 2014
Snowmobile access
I read tonight on the Adirondack Explorer about the recently passed trails for snowmobiles (http://han.live.mediaspanonline.com/News/11262014_Lyme). I thought the most interesting part was how easy they made it sound to get these approved by the APA. With all of the controversy with the ATVs in the park I think its funny that they are so lenient on the snowmobile use, even adding access trails for them. Again its another issue of balancing recreation and undisturbed wild where it seems the scale is tipping towards the side of tourism and recreation. I think it will be interesting to follow these issues and future revisions based upon the growth of technology in our world. It seems hard to expect people to stop moving forward with technology in the park alone especially when these modes of experiencing nature are ever increasing in popularity.
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I think it's important to consider the different environmental impacts that ATVs can have versus those of snowmobiles. An ATV trail creates a direct connection between the tires and the wildlife cover, while the snowmobile has a bit of snow as a buffer and I would imagine has less of an impact than an ATV trail, especially considering snowmobile season is generally shorter than the appropriate timeframe to ride ATVs.
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