On Friday December 16th, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources sent out an email to notify the public that the Master Plan Amendment for Blue Mound State Park, which was approved in January 2016, is up for reconsideration during the January 25 2017 NRB meeting. Per the DNR, "department processes and technical content related to the amendment have been subject to legal challenges", and has apparently necessitated this.
Link to NRB agenda, including comment deadlinesThe NRB has arranged its agenda to first reconsider their original vote to approve the amendment (agenda item 2.B.9.A.) If this passes, they effectively negate that vote and put the amendment back on the table. Moving to agenda item 2.B.9.B., the board can then alter the amendment, or leave it as-is, and then vote on it again. In effect, they could remove the snowmobile route, make changes to the mountain bike specifications, or reject the amendment entirely.
Once again, we need to ask the mountain biking community to make its voice heard. Please take a few minutes from your busy holiday season and email or call the Board Liaison in support of the mountain bike trails at Blue Mound State Park.
For more information please see the
discussion thread.
