"Local ATV trail systems offer expanding riding opportunities
By Luke Laggis
City Editor" News
It wasn’t long ago that Oneida County’s ATV community had no trails to call home. To the south, Lincoln and Langlade counties were opening new trails and establishing connections to existing trails, but Oneida County went without.
In 2002, a group of interested people came together behind the idea of building a trail on the Oneida County Forest. From those meetings the Oneida County ATV Association was born and the seed for local trails was planted.
Harden said the WATVA and its member clubs are working hard to expand the riding opportunities in the northeastern part of the state. He said he’s hoping to establish connections between Langlade and Oconto counties and Oconto and Marinette counties. Marinette County already connects with Florence County, which connects with trails in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. If all goes well, Oneida County ATVers will be able to ride from the trailhead on Bowman Road through most of the northeastern portion of the state and into Upper Michigan, where the network of trails is even more extensive.
It would be nice if ATV trails could spread to south of Gillett and maybe Green Bay on part of the Mountain Bay.It would sure help the local economy. To those that can imagine revenue coming to Oconto county, everyone should be open minded!
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