Get out and ride!
News from the woodland fairies:
- Just want to let riders know that there will be a temporary closure of Bob's Trail (UMO trails, Dunkin' Donut side) due to logging activities. Keith Kanoti has let me know that the visibility in this area is too poor to allow for safe usage of the trail at this time. The trail will be closed until the harvest is over, probably in mid-November. They will also be skidding logs out on Logan rd. during this time as well. For your own safety please do not use this trail and respect all signs. Thank-you. Click to see map of trail closure.
- A HUGE shout out and thank-you to the logging crew of the University Forest at UMO. Not a single trail closed or damaged as they spent the summer ghost logging behind university. Maybe you didn't notice? That is because they picked up the debris from the trail surface each day after logging.
Come lei it on the line at the Race Clinic Series!
- Try your legs at a local Thursday race - The Race Clinic Series is on hold for now until a new course setter is found ::: maybe that's you (if so let us know)! It's a fun and competitive way to check out the different trail systems in our area.
And a few things to consider.....
- At least half (if not more) of the trails in the "bog" actually lie on BLT properties. As a land trust they must balance conservation and the recreational needs of their many users. Mountain bikers are their largest user group on these trails, we have put in hours of trail work on our own and with BLT over the past few years. And yet very few of us are paid members. Please consider joining or making a donation. It would be nice to show BLT that conservation AND trails are not mutually exclusive......here's the link: BLT Donate Page
- And if you are a rider of the Orono Land Trust properties, consider joining or donating to this land trust: OLT Donate Page
- And don't forget about us! Since we have organized we have been forging relationships with landowners. And they are taking notice. So please support our efforts to improve mountain biking opportunities in our community by joining or renewing here
BUILD MTB AT KWW!!!
Here is information about tomorrow's meeting at UMaine regarding the new monument, it should be a good opportunity for the MTB community to engage the park and encourage continued and better mountain bike access.
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Share Your Ideas: To date, the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument has held 3 of the 4 scheduled listening sessions to hear directly from citizens about their hopes, ideas, and questions for the new monument. The first three sessions held in Stacyville, Medway and Millinocket drew approximately 340 participants.
The 4th listening session is scheduled for:
Thursday September 29, 6:30 - 8:30PM
DP Corbett Building
University of Maine, Orono
The goals of these sessions are to learn more about the diverse perspectives and ideas that the communities surrounding the monument and larger public have for the monument's future, and begin to identify the opportunities and topics that will inform additional public discussions for the management plan going forward.
These sessions are the first in a series of public meetings and discussions that will take place for the management plan process. The National Park Service has committed to completing the management plan in three years. Management plans for new monuments establish the overarching vision for the public lands and guide the direction of future work and activities.
If you can not attend a listening session but would like to provide input, please share your ideas and questions with us by:
Email to kaww_superintendent@nps.gov
Send written comments to PO Box 446, Patten, Maine 04765
Or join us for open house hours at the welcome desks at 200 Penobscot Avenue, Millinocket, Wednesdays 2:00 - 6:00 PM and Lumbermen's Museum, Patten, Saturdays 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM through Columbus Day weekend.
All input shared during the listening sessions and write-in comments received by October 10, 2016 will be compiled and made publicly available via the enews list and the monument website:
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Tomorrow is Landowner Appreciation Day with the Paul Bunyan Snowmobile Club. They have invited us to help clean up trails along the Kenduskeag Stream between Griffin Rd and Old Pushaw Rd. We are meeting at Griffin Rd at 8am. Come join us. No tools needed.
A day riding in the new KWW Monument. Super big thanks to Harland Hasey and others for creating a great backcountry route with awesome views!
