Re[2]: [at-l] Trip Report (off trail) update

[Bob C." <ellen@clinic.net (Bob C.)]

"...You  should  have 'confiscated' the license plate if there was one," advises
Shane.

My temptation was to demolish the machine. But it was in 2.5 feet of muddy water
and  five or six feet from the shore. As it turned out the family that owned the
machine claimed it was "stolen." Who knows? But the mother did call, thanking me
for  finding the machine, and claiming her little boy had been in tears "because
his three-wheeler had been taken."

I  did  call  the  local  game  warden  because  as  Rocky reminded me they have
jurisdiction over ATVs in Maine. The warden claimed that unless the property was
posted  for  no  trespassing  no  crime is being committed by ATVs using private
property. So to keep ATVs from damaging a preserve that we bought to give people
a  trail  to walk on, we have to keep hikers off.

I'm  meeting  with the warden and town officials Wednesday. But I think our next
step is to try to get the law changed.

 The  warden  did  say  I  could sue any ATV user I caught in the act of causing
damage,  providing  I  was able to identify the specific damage he had caused as
opposed to all the damage previous ATVs has caused!

Weary