Just received the official letter from the DNR today. The event we had planned on hosting in September is officially cancelled.
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Dear Mr.
I have received your request for a mountain bike event permit covering State Land in the North Fork Area of Whatcom County. The Department of Natural Resources is not issuing any event permits for State Land in that area. We are faced with a very real possibility of having to limit all off-road public use in the area due to environmental impacts. In your application letter you indicate your recognition of the "fragile environmental state of the area" and therefore I am sure you will understand our positin and our desire to limit resource impacts.
I would suggest that you contact the Whatcom County Parks Department and or Larrabee State Park and explore the use of authorized mountain bike trails identified in the Chuckanut Mountain Trails Master Plan. Many of the trails in the plan are identified and maintained as mountain bike trails and therefore the area should withstand the "as close to zero as possible" impacts of your event.
Good luck finding a place for your event. If you have any questions concerning public use of state land, please feel free to contact me at stan.kurowksi@wadnr.gov or 360-856-3500
Sincerely,
Stan Kurowski
Uplands Business Operations Manager
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too bad thats the only place that could handle an event like that in Whatcom County.
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Dear Mr.
I have received your request for a mountain bike event permit covering State Land in the North Fork Area of Whatcom County. The Department of Natural Resources is not issuing any event permits for State Land in that area. We are faced with a very real possibility of having to limit all off-road public use in the area due to environmental impacts. In your application letter you indicate your recognition of the "fragile environmental state of the area" and therefore I am sure you will understand our positin and our desire to limit resource impacts.
I would suggest that you contact the Whatcom County Parks Department and or Larrabee State Park and explore the use of authorized mountain bike trails identified in the Chuckanut Mountain Trails Master Plan. Many of the trails in the plan are identified and maintained as mountain bike trails and therefore the area should withstand the "as close to zero as possible" impacts of your event.
Good luck finding a place for your event. If you have any questions concerning public use of state land, please feel free to contact me at stan.kurowksi@wadnr.gov or 360-856-3500
Sincerely,
Stan Kurowski
Uplands Business Operations Manager
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too bad thats the only place that could handle an event like that in Whatcom County.