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Originally Posted by mcdude
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Castle In the Clouds Trails.
The Lakes Region Conservation Trust (www.lrct.org) is closing all snowmobile access to trails in the Castle In The Clouds property, other than the main corridor trail (Trail 15). The Union Leader recently had an article about the issue. Note that Corridor Trail #15 is groomed by the State of NH, not Moultonboro SMC.
And from the LRCT
In recent weeks, the Trust has received responses regarding snowmobile usage at the Castle ranging from thoughtful to threatening in tone. While I have had the opportunity to speak with responsible and understanding snowmobilers, I understand that others have apparently decided to mount a "pressure" campaign on the Trust. The Lakes Region Conservation Trust has a history of working cooperatively with the Moultonborough Snowmobile Club and has opened land to snowmobilers that had been closed to such use for years. I consider the vast majority of snowmobilers to be enthusiastic and community-minded outdoorspeople. I am heartened that a number of thoughtful snowmobilers have alerted us to misinformation that is being circulated, and I look forward to working with them and with their colleagues in the future.
In the coming weeks, the Trust will complete and make public its management plan for the Castle property. Our first responsibility is to protect the wildlife habitat and clean water resources on the property. Our second is to provide balanced public access to the public in light of that first and unending responsibility. Undoubtedly, every member of the public will not "get" everything he or she would want out of this plan; undoubtedly there will be disagreement with some aspects of it, but it will be a balanced plan compiled in good faith and based upon the information we have gathered carefully during 3 years of study. I trust that fair-minded people will consider our work in that light.
And our third responsibility is to work with people of good will from all walks of life, whatever their recreational traditions are, to create both a sense of respect for each other and gratitude for the natural landscape. There are enough occasions for conflict in the world; the outdoors ought to be a place where people of good will can go to appreciate and enjoy what they have been so fortunate enough to inherit here in New Hampshire. That is how we have conducted our business as a responsible private conservation landowner, and that is how we will proceed in the future. Thank you for your consideration and your understanding of who we are and what we do.
Sincerely,
Thomas S. Curren
President, Lakes Region Conservation Trust