It is reported that St. Louis County Commissioner Dennis Fink wants to have the Cloquet Valley State Forest be a destination for Off Road Vehicles. He says he sees the Cloquet Valley State Forest as a great OHV tourist Mecca. He states he wants the managed designation so as to get as many trails on the ground as fast as possible. He wants to do this to fill the hotels of Duluth, to fill the bars and the restaurants. It's his idea of great tourism planning. No Eco Tourism for Denny!
OHVs are harmful to the forest and their unfettered use is one of the top 4 major threats to the national forests. But it's Denny's idea of a really cool thing to bring in the tourist bucks for Duluth.
He sees the Pequaywan area as a hub in a major northern OHV web that will go to the range and extend to the north shore. He stated "we didn't get the north shore trail this year but we will"
The question that rises from this is whether the rest of the county board supports this plan. Is it written down anywhere or is it just in Denny's head? Is it part of a plan that has wider support from the Hackbarth/Dill/Bakk/Saxhaug gang? Does it involve IRRB money?
So many interesting questions.
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