7th Lake Mtn Multi Use Trail

[l'oiseau]

First, RCPA sued the APA and DEC twice in the years before we sued ORDA at Gore Mountain. RCPA sued over the state’s destruction of the Bear Pond Road on the Forest Preserve in the western Adirondacks and sued the APA and DEC over allowing ATV use on roads in the Forest Preserve. Both involved widespread damage to the environment. Both lawsuits were strong and both were advantageously settled with significant Forest Preserve management reforms won.

Doolittle claims in his column that PROTECT cares nothing about the environment, but is fixated on motors. This is just false.

On the Bear Pond Road the state had widened the dirt road through the Forest Preserve to 50-100 feet and destroyed thousands of trees. Wetlands were damaged. The settlement was all about remediation of the environment as well as policy. Motor vehicle use was never the issue. We never disputed the legality of the road. Our legal action was about protecting the environment.

An excerpt from:

http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2013/03/peter-bauer-the-unbearable-wrongness-of-will-doolittle.html

[Justin]

I suppose part of it could be used by mountain bikers in a loop from Eighth Lake, up the Uncas Trail to Mohegan Lake, to Sagamore, up Sagamore Road to the Raquette Lake Reservoir, and along the new trail back to Eighth Lake. I have no plans to try it, but some people might find that interesting, maybe.

That sounds like it could be fun. Thanks for the idea Bill.

[Alpine1]

That sounds like it could be fun. Thanks for the idea Bill.

Justin, I've biked the Mohegan trail from Sagamore...I might suggest descending from Sagamore,as I remember it's a little wet and fairly up.

[Justin]

Justin, I've biked the Mohegan trail from Sagamore...I might suggest descending from Sagamore,as I remember it's a little wet and fairly up.

Cool thanks A1.