"A big step in the management of the St. Williams Conservation Reserve was taken this summer when the council in charge of the sprawling property divided up its trail system among assorted user groups.
Word of these changes is only now filtering down to the community level.
The nearly 2,000-acre property has been divided into four quadrants, with the dirt section of South Walsingham Concession Road 6 serving as the north-south diving line.
ATV riders and dirt bikers retain access to the trail network in the northwest quadrant. Hikers, bird watchers and horseback riders have access to the trail system in the southwest and southeast quadrants south of Concession Road 6.
No trail system is allowed in the northeast quadrant adjoining Forestry Farm Road because it is home to a significant wetland and numerous rare species.
The decision brings to a close 10 years of sometimes acrimonious debate over who has the right to use the former St. Williams Forestry Station and its extensive network of trails."
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