A local snowmobile club has sent a request to the town to close a local trail. The item is on the agenda to be discussed at the next town meeting. We will have representatives at the meeting, but we are requesting you to voice your concerns before the meeting.

This trail is used by all user groups, not just snowmobilers and 4x4 trucks. Hikers, ATVs, and several other groups all use the trail. We would like to keep this trail open so it can continue to be enjoyed for years to come. If the snowmobile club gets its way, the road will be gated and locked on both ends and all travel will be illegal.

Early 2008, my club held a trail cleanup and removed over 150 tires and several dump-truck loads of garbage from the road. Many illegal trails were closed and blocked to discourage continued use. Land owners along the road as well as town officials were very pleased with the turnout. Since then, the trail has stayed clean and has been more enjoyable for everyone.

Land to wheel on is becoming more and more scarce, and in NH, Class 6 roads and private land are all we have left. It would be a shame to see this trail, an historic Class 6 road, be closed forever just to please one club of people that use the trail for ¼ of the year. To help save this trail, please sign the petition, or better yet, write a letter to the Board of Selectmen before January 23rd.


Petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/online/24581.html

Letters:
Board of Selectmen
41 Province Lane
Barrington, NH 03825

Email to:
ATTN: Board of Selectmen – Opinion Against Old Green Hill Closure
info@Barrington.NH.gov

 

Signed it. No where close to ya, but good luck!

 

Thanks!

Any help is good. The more out of state signatures that show up, the more it shows that the concern of trail closures is a nationwide issue and not local. Hopefully they will see how big of a deal it is and what kind of precident it sets to close a road for no good reason.

 

Signed it for ya. where exactly are you in New Hampshire?

you sure are right about us olny having class 6 roads around here...anything we can get we'll take.

 

signed