The Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota, home to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, is planning to close some roads, and designate others for all-terrain-vehicle use. Matt Norton, a member of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, says the agency wants to convert too many old logging trails into permanent roads, encouraging motorized recreation at the expense of quiet sports.
SPEAKER: What we've seen with the increase in ATV traffic is that these old logging roads don't ever revert to forest. Instead of being a skid trail, it becomes more or less permanent road without ever having had the environmental review that is necessary for creating a permanent road.
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