[MA-RPC] FW: [at-l] Motocross Track Plans Fuel Debate

[Teresa Fleming]

I'm certainly the "new kid on the bloc" in our group, but I like the 
idea of banding together to try to buy land.  Strength in numbers 
(and politicians!)  I thought ATC, with its new Board, is trying to 
adopt a fund-raising focus; am I wrong?

Tede

At 08:34 AM 12/11/2005, James Hooper wrote:
>Most of the groups buy the land.  My model is the farm land trust.
>They buy the development rights and put other restrictions on the 
>use of the land so that it stays as farm land.  We have a lot of 
>wood lots next to the trail corridor in the mid Atlantic.  Could we 
>make deals that keep them as wood lots.
>
>
>On Dec 10, 2005, at 8:11 PM, ALLEN BRITTON wrote:
>
>>I completely disagree with Hal's assessment of our options. How 
>>about establishing collations with organizations like the Trails 
>>lands Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and other like minded groups. 
>>If we pool our resources get some influential politicians in our 
>>corner we have a chance to save the AT. Why should we have to 
>>except what we don't want. If money talks in our culture then lets 
>>pool the money!!!
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal Wright" <halwright at comcast.net>
>>To: "MARPC list" <ma-rpc at commerce-02.cilia.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 3:52 PM
>>Subject: Re: [MA-RPC] FW: [at-l] Motocross Track Plans Fuel Debate
>>
>>
>>>
>>>On Dec 10, 2005, at 12:47 PM, James Hooper wrote:
>>>>The laws in Pa are loaded in the developers favor.  Being a veteran
>>>>of the development plans in my township I am convinced that the
>>>>only way we can protect the trail corridor in Pa is to obtain the
>>>>development rights of the land surrounding the trail corridor.   We
>>>>need to do this before a developer tries to develop the land.  The
>>>>state courts have been ruling in favor of the developers.
>>>
>>>...and therein lies the central tension of ATC leadership in the 
>>>21st century. Peopled with hikers whose core value is to live 
>>>naturally, simply and cheaply, the ATC must nonetheless find and pick deep
>>>pockets to preserve the Trail in its present form. Or, it must 
>>>accept  that change is inevitable, rezone parts of the Trail as 
>>>suburban, and  manage those parts in a way that is consistent with their new,
>>>developed setting. Or, it must consider wholesale relocations that
>>>would put the trail in less developed areas. None of these options 
>>>is  palatable, but the clear message of the recent reorganization 
>>>is that  leadership finds option 1 less nauseating that options 2 and 3.
>>>
>>>My prediction is that we will end up preserving some land, doing 
>>>some minor relocation, but mostly resigning ourselves to continued
>>>development around major sections of the Trail. Here is where
>>>partnership with law enforcement, first responders, and new 
>>>residents  will prove invaluable. In PA, and elsewhere, the trail is already
>>>very close to civilization, stuck in a no man's land where local
>>>enforcement feels not-so-responsible in terms of being proactive, 
>>>yet  easily accessed by abusers of the environment and homeless 
>>>non- hikers. In developed areas, I believe we will find ourselves 
>>>managing  the Trail more like a suburban rail-trail in the years 
>>>ahead, to keep  it safe and clean. We will be uncomfortable about 
>>>the compromises to  wilderness ethics that will be required, but 
>>>we will still have a  nice, woodsy place in which to walk and 
>>>camp, and key historical and  cultural aspects of the Trail will remain intact.
>>>
>>>Just my 2 cents.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Dec 10, 2005, at 10:37 AM, Walt Daniels wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: at-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:at-l- 
>>>>>bounces at backcountry.net] On
>>>>>Behalf Of Steve Landis
>>>>>Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 10:28 AM
>>>>>To: at-l at backcountry.net
>>>>>Subject: [at-l] Motocross Track Plans Fuel Debate
>>>>>
>>>>>.http://tinyurl.com/bfnp3*
>>>>>
>>>>>*"The Appalachian Trail passes along Walker Mountain above the
>>>>>track. On the
>>>>>other side of the mountain beginning at the summit, and therefore
>>>>>in sight
>>>>>of the track, Crawfish Valley is proposed for protection as a
>>>>>National
>>>>>Scenic Area. About 1,700 feet downhill from the track flows the
>>>>>North Fork
>>>>>of the Holston River, not far at that point below its headwaters.
>>>>>Two miles
>>>>>upstream lies land awaiting federal designation as the largest contiguous
>>>>>wilderness area east of the Mississippi River."
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve
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