YEAH TO ALL THOSE TREE HUGGERS OUT THERE AND SUCK ASS POLITICIANS THAT DON'T WHEEL ARE EFFECTING US ALL,BY TRYING TO SHUT DOWN THE TRAILS WE ALL RIDE AND TAKE CARE OF AND MAINTAIN THROUGH TREAD LIGHTLY THINKING , ARE TRYING TO REDUCE THE 1 SQUARE MILE RIDING AREA AND TRYING TO REDUCE IT BY HALF , SAYING THAT THIS WILL BE BETER FOR ALL-WHEN IN FACT THE NEED FOR THE SPACE WE HAVE IS GOOD AND SAFER. TRYING TO CRAM THE AMOUNT OF WHEELERS INTO A SMALLER SPACE IS JUST PLAIN STUPID, AND THERE REASONING IS JUST PLAIN BS! WENT TO THE DNR MEETING IN MONROE AND JUST BESIDE MYSELF @ WHAT WAS PROPOSED. TO THOSE OF US OUT THERE THAT DO TRAIL DAYS FOR MAINTANENCE AND GENERAL CLEANING OF THE AREA THANK-YOU YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T - JUST STAY HOME AND PLAY YOUR X-BOX YOU DON,T BELONG ! GET OUT THERE AND BE HEARD - SO THE MAN DOSN'T TAKE OUR PASSION AWAY! WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT - LETS STOP THA ACTION FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL -FROM YOUR FELLOW WHEELER...:rockon:rockon:rockon

This is the first Ive heard of them trying to shut down Reiter. WTF I just got my bronco back on the road. What is the justification for shutting it down.

Oh mean i know that place!! used to take my scout there almost every day during the 2 months i lived near marrysville! one of the best 4xin' places ever...

I don't think all that YELLING is doing your point any good.

good luck with the cause though.

Are they just closing it for the winter? Thats a legit idea; you get lots of traffic up there when its real muddy, digging it up on a regular basis and the trails wont last long at all. They do that here in Northern CA, from the first snow to mid-April.

Maybe your point would come across better if you lost the caps lock key and at least tried to use a little punctuation.

Here some better Reiter Info re: the closure. http://pnwriders.com/westside/117971-reiter-pit-close.html

moved to landuse forum.

and loose the caps

DNR closes hiking trails too during winter for logging. Then they open them back up later. After reading what Richard posted, seems perfectly fair. They are actually improving and repairing it. That should make people happy, not upset. :shrug

More Reiter info can be found on Pirate in the USA-Northwest section.

Basically, the current 10K acre trails are shut down for the winter and will reopen as a 2000 acre ORV trail system.

This is what people are upset about. The loss of 8K acres. I've never been there, but from what I have read, most of the trails there were unauthorized trails?? If thats the case, I don't see why there is a problem with them closing the area. :scratchhe

More Reiter info can be found on Pirate in the USA-Northwest section.

Basically, the current 10K acre trails are shut down for the winter and will reopen as a 2000 acre ORV trail system.

This is what people are upset about. The loss of 8K acres. I've never been there, but from what I have read, most of the trails there were unauthorized trails?? If thats the case, I don't see why there is a problem with them closing the area. :scratchhe

Same thing happens here, the rangers and people fighting to keep legal trails open close illegal trails that kids on dirt bikes created. Everybody gets mad because its a "trail," they don't care if its a state designated trail or not.

No, you are right, the reduction of the trail system will do good and bad. they will cram more people into a smaller area and that is downright dangerous.All the wheelers I know are responsible and pack in pack out and we also have trail clean up weekends , where we take the time to remove all the crap left behind by others @ our cost not the states/county etc and some times the transfer station takes it for free. I understand givin the trails a break , but shuttin an area down to a smaller size is gonna cause more problems,people makin their own trails - this is gonnascrew it up for the whole lot of us.what the DNR people need to do is go up on a busy weekend and ride the trails and talk to the wheelers and get a broader view of opinions from the people that live and wheel there. I am sure that I will rant more later. you can see more threads @ nw-wheelers.com for more locale opinions on this subject .. What are your takes on this?