It's the Anti-ATV turn on WPR-from Joel Patenaude

Dear nonmotorized trail supporters,
Apparently Wisconsin Public Radio got some grief from listeners who
thought Wisconsin ATV Association President Randy Harden's defense of
recreational ATV riding went largely unchallenged during an hour-long
interview on June 29. (He referred to the sport as merely "motorized
hiking.")
The result is the scheduling of nonmotorized trail defender Brook
Waalen
of Luck as a guest in the same 6-7 a.m. slot this coming Monday on the
Ideas Network stations of WPR.
I encourage you to set your alarm clock to tune in and/or call in with
your own concerns about the encroachment of ATVs on wild areas and
public lands. You can also ask Brook directly -- in advance of the
program -- to bring up related issues about ATVs. Email him at
brookwaalen@lakeland.ws.
Brook is an articulate and tenacious anti-ATV activist. As president of
the Lincoln-Osceola-Garfield Greenway (LOG), he has fought to keep ATVs
off a 13.5-mile rail-trail between Amery and Dresser. His organization,
a lake association and local farmer sued the DNR and recently won a
settlement in which the state agency admitted it had OK'd ATVs on the
trail without first doing an environmental assessment of the
consequences. The trail is closed until that study is done.
Brook has debated Harden and taken on Polaris, which has an ATV
production facility in his area. His struggle with the DNR has
implications for state trails throughout Wisconsin. It promises to be
an
informative and fiesty hour.
I hope you'll tune in.
Joel Patenaude, Editor
Silent Sports