Story Archives of 'ATV's'

An engineering firm has released its proposed five-year master plan of the state's new ATV park in Berlin.

The park officially opened this summer with 14 miles of trails on 72 hundred acres near Jericho Lake.

But if development goes through as proposed, those miles of trails will multiply nearly tenfold attracting several hundred riders a day.

And in the end, officials hope the park will become a powerful economic engine for the North Country.

NHPR correspondent Todd Wellington has the story.

A new coalition of environmental groups is calling on the state to better control all terrain vehicles, or ATVs in New Hampshire?s biggest state park.

Pisgah, in the southwest corner of the state, already has 20 miles of ATV trails.

But some park users complain ATVs are not sticking to the trails.

And State law enforcement doesn't have the means to do anything about it.

NHPR correspondent Eesha Williams files this report.

The NH Bureau of Trails is looking into putting ATV trails at Bear Brook State Park. Close attention is being paid to this effort by both sides of the issue. Laura's guests are Jim Bird, Secretary for the Granite State ATV Association and Phil Trowbridge, with the Allenstown Conservation Commission.

This weekend, officials at the White Mountain National Forest are scheduled to outline three key categories of issues that will guide the development of the next forest plan. The plan will direct the forest?s management for at least a decade. The planning process is now about twenty-five percent done, but the hardest work may lie ahead. NHPR?s Doug MacPherson reports.

All terrain vehicles are growing in popularity and clubs want more access to trails. But environmentalists say they don?t tread lightly. Trish talks with Nancy Gerard, Vice President, Conservation Law Foundation www.clf.org, Richard Goudarzi, Executive Director, Granite State ATV Association and State Representative John Alger, chair of a legislative study committee looking at ATV use on state land.