PINKHAM NOTCH – The Coos County Commissioners found their push for a four-year moratorium on federal land purchases in the county put at risk a land swap between the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge and the state Division of Forest and Lands. The land swap is being sought by the commission and local ATV clubs to allow a countywide ATV loop.
The North Country OHRV Coalition is working to develop a Great North Woods ATV loop that would allow riders to travel from Berlin to Pittsburg south to Stratford and through Nash Stream to Berlin. About a quarter of a mile of the proposed trail between Success, Errol and the Thirteen Mile Woods goes through the southwest corner of the refuge. Because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service does not allow ATV use on refuge land, Refuge Manager Paul Casey said the agency is willing to do a land swap with the state to allow the trail to go through.
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