Plan to transfer state land for ATV use wins approval.Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission has approved a plan that would transfer 107 acres of state land to Douglas County Douglas County is the name of twelve counties in the United States:
n. Abbr. ATV A small, open motor vehicle having one seat and three or more wheels fitted with large tires. It is designed chiefly for recreational use over roadless, rugged terrain. use just south of the Umpqua Lighthouse lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. . "It's very good news," said Douglas County Commissioner Dan Van Slyke, who has spearheaded the county's efforts to get the land transferred. "For the first time in a long time, all the users down there are going to work in harmony." The Umpqua Lighthouse Plan came about after a year of negotiations and public discourse, mostly surrounding the touchy subject of ATVs. Opponents of the plan were upset that it ultimately would add about 12 acres of ATV (1) (Advanced TV) An early name for the digital TV standard proposed by the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service (ACATS). See ACATS. See also ATV Forum. (2) (Analog TV) Refers to the NTSC, PAL and SECAM analog TV standads. riding and that it moved ATV use too far north of the entrance to the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (or NRA) is located on the Oregon Coast, stretching approximately 40 miles north from the Coos River in North Bend, to the Siuslaw River, in Florence. . Supporters of the plan called it a fair compromise and a necessary solution to what has developed into a free-for-all of ATV use. The area around the lighthouse is owned by several different agencies, including the county, the state, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Confusion about the rules on the different properties meant many riders took their ATVs on land where they're banned. One sticking point sticking point n. A point, issue, or situation that causes or is likely to cause an impasse. Noun 1. sticking point - a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal in the plan was the location of a campground for ATV users, which conservationists and some commissioners thought should be on the state parks land bordering the Oregon Dunes. Instead, Douglas County may opt to build the campground due west of the lighthouse on the BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines property, which was transferred to the county earlier this year by Congress. Van Slyke said Friday that he's still open to putting the campground on the state parcel, but is hesitant because the state would retain the authority to decide what gets developed there and how. "We're willing to sit down and get it as far south as we can," he said. The parks commission's decision this week - with one dissenter, Bob Green of Pacific City - doesn't actually transfer the land. That must be approved in a separate commission vote, which would happen after developing a more formal agreement with the county. |
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