From Larry Stone, forwarded by Jane Clark

Iowa OHV Association president Dan Kleen called me Sunday morning to report
that the group's board on Jan 13 voted to drop their support of the
proposed ATV park near the Turkey River outside Elkader.  Tony Toigo of the
Iowa DNR told me Monday that the DNR therefore will not pursue that
project, but will continue to look for a suitable northeast Iowa location
for an ATV park.  The planned Jan 24 public meeting in Elkader will be
cancelled.

Thanks to the many people who voiced their concerns about this proposal at
this site.  I commend the DNR and the Iowa OHV Association for considering
and responding to those concerns.

Although I strongly opposed the "park," I do not regard this as a
"victory,"
but rather as a grass-roots outpouring that has persuaded well-meaning
officials to take another hard look at what seemed at the time to be a good
idea.

It has been a time-consuming, stressful debate for people on both sides of
the issue.  But I hope it will make us all more aware of the tough
resource-use questions we constantly face, and of the need for
constant vigilance and dialogue about our environment.

Larry

Larry A. Stone
23312 295th St.
Elkader, IA 52043
(319) 245-1517
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