can you put the link into the chatbox so we can follow it

Why did your draft plan note reducing neighborhood disturbances when the house (end grayville rd) where main complaints come from was built after the majority of trail system was there? (Many of the trail system has been there since the 70s.) Isn't the wettest section the actual old road connecting to Burrows Hill Rd not the trails proposed for closure?

Wouldn't closing half the trails at Grayville only increase the traffic on the other trails and cause increased damage and maintenance? Also, would your money be best spent improving the river?

Agreed, if there is no enforcement of existing policies in place, how can we expect any of these options to lessen negative impacts?

How do these concerns apply to the trail proposal? There are no trails along a river or stream included in the proposal.

With soo much public support to your draft plan, why even have option #1? Did you see the front page article of the Rivereast based on your draft plan, where the Hebron Town Manager is upset with option #1?

Isn't the access point at Grayville Rd, all wetlands or vernal pools

Are you including doubletrack road in the count as trails?

If the report is recognizing a high level of disruption to the wildlife and forest, how would creating a marked area, with a kiosk, and listed on the DEEP website be a healthy decision? This will only create more foot traffic.

There has been a lot of scholarly research on how trails affect wildlife. It needs to be part of the decision.

DEEP can't control issues with Airline, how can they expect to minimize issues within Grayville

What staffing will be added to maintain and monitor the rules and regulations? How will this be funded?

I second Melissa's question

What are DEEP's specific concerns for the trails accounted for in the differences between the two plans aside from trail density?

Are any DEEP employees friends or family with the person at the end of Grayville Rd that was referenced in the Rivereast front pages article? They have been the biggest complainer

I have been using these trails for biking, hiking/walking, trail running for over 20 years. It would be so sad if a small vocal group prevents access for all of us that love the system

Can you share what the request is that has been made that you stated at the start of the meeting?

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/Management_Plans/Salmon-River-SF-Blackledge-Block-FMP.pdf

What is the proposal for parking issues? Having the bridge blocked by parked cars has been an issue and has actually prevented residents from getting to appointments.

I would like to echo Greg’s comment.

Fix the mud pit at the entrance

Bottleneck? almost everyone goes to the grayville parking lot, a luxury to have

What was the initial complaint that is driving this issue?

And will this decision, whatever it is, be a benchmark for other state lands and parks?

Prevention of dirt bikes and atvs with signs and gates is being considered?

DEEP can't keep them off Airline, so I doubt that they could keep them out of grayville unfortunately

Thanks for the informative presentation. I learned a lot about the importance of proper trail use and maintenance. As an occasional user of the Grayville Trail system, I enjoy it immensely and can say that it is cherished by many fellow mountain bikers. The trails are well thought out and certainly not over-developed when compared to other popular destinations in the state. Our groups are respectful of the trails and only ride on them when conditions warrant.

Concern that you’re adding activity with looming retirements that will (significantly) reduce enforcement further.

Second Doug's comment

Grayville has no issue with ATV’s because of the oversight of the trail users

Some questions were not answered. Can you answer each of these formally in a document?

Thanks for your time

Will the questions that were sent by email be answered?

Thanks for the great presentation, looks like option #2 is pretty reasonable

Will the approved trails be accessible to equestrians?

Can you provide a copy of the proposed trail option that you sowed on the screen

Showed

Option 2 seems reasonable and a good option in my opinion

Unfortunately there are ATV's on the trails.

So over the 7,000 or so acres in the Salmon River State Forest, having 11 miles of trails that are concentrated in the 247 acres that make up the Granville block doesn’t’ seem like a bad way to manage the Forest.

please leave the trails as they are, and don’t add any ugly signs

THANK YOU!

I also second Dougs comments regarding respectful use by the Mt Bike community.

thank you.

#2 much preferable to #1. Else we would concentrate traffic on smaller subset. Now I seldom see anyone, almost never >3 people when out there. If you push us to 6 miles, we will be stepping on each other

please leave our forests alone

A lot of questions missed above and not answered

Thanks

Thanks!

you haven’t answered anything

Thank you!

is there any opportunity to provide verbal comments?

Thank you Nate and team

Thank you for the presentation. Option #2 seems like the most reasonable plan for the forest.

Thank you Nate

Thanks for the presentation. Keep Grayville Grayville. Option 2!

Cheers

Thank you!

Thank you for working on behalf of our forests

Option 2!!!

thanks and good night

Option 2!

Option 2!

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Thank you Nate

Option 2!!

Option 2!

option 2!!