Trail guy

[ChevyKev]

I emailed him this:

Mr Tom Hancock,

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Kevin Knight and I have been a borough resident for a total of 9 years. I am the minister of the Eielson church of Christ and live in Moose Creek. I am also the current president of Arctic Offroad Four Wheel Drive Club.

I personally, and we as a club, are very interested in the trail system around the state. We have attended land use meetings for the past several years, and have even spoken in assembly meetings for land use issues that our usergroup won't be allowed to use (for instance, the Isberg Recreation Area.)

I would like to meet you and sit and talk. We are a group familiar with Tread Lightly and stress it's principles. We are also very particular about the trails we run, and make sure that we have a legal right to be on those trails. We are also interested in researching RS2477 trails and the possibility of running some of these, as well as doing trail maintenance on some of the overgrowth on these trails. Again, we want to do this legally, and want to be a benefit to the trail system for as many usregroups as possible.

We are very aware of some mistakes made by other 4x4 groups in the past, and want to try and change a bit of the image. We also understand there are trail user group conflicts and we desire to work with other user groups, not against them, while at the same time not simply giving up our rights to be ont he trails.

Please check out our website at www.arcticoffroad.com

There is a land use forum on there as well (where someone posted the article from the News Miner including your email address.)

If there is any way we can help you to improve local trails, please contact us. Either via my email or our club's website.

Thanks for your time. As I mentioned, I'd like to sit and talk with you about some of our trails. Let me know if there is a day or time that would work better for you.

Sincerely,

Kevin Knight