ATV Florida Forum

Get off ATVs

Editor, Naples Daily News:

Once again I find myself irritated by a recent article about ATV riding in the southern Golden Gate Estates.

It is implied that ATV riding is ruining the ecosystem out there, but I don't hear about how the boats in the Gordon River and the Gulf of Mexico are affecting the waters and the marine life or the chemicals dumped on the pristine golf courses that run off into the canals and the Gulf creating red tide.

The difference is this: When rainy season hits, the grasses of the Estates grow back like no one had ever been there. That is not the case for the manatees in the Gordon River or the Gulf of Mexico.

Give it a rest and let us have our fun. If it was truly doing damage then the wildlife out there would not flourish — and believe me there is plenty of wildlife out there.

The casualties from the golf course chemicals do not survive and everyone wonders what red tide is all about. Find another bandwagon to jump on like maybe banning insecticides and pesticides from the area or boats from going in known manatee zones.

We are not hurting anyone; we are just trying to have fun.

Kathy M. Wood/Naples

http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/pe_letters/article/0,2071,NPDN_14962_3345080,00.html

WRITE ON, sister  (pun intended)

If I see one more mud hole closed ,for environmental reasons,
then a freakin golf coarse go in. I'm gonna go postal.

These "greenways" and "environmental impact zones" are nothing more than toxic dumps for golfcoarse runoff. I'm tired of these developments claiming how friendly they are to the surrounding area. Too bad all the wetlands die around the coarses form " unknown impact". Since the damage does not occur right away nothing is done. Not that I'm an tree hugger or anything BUT I'm tired of hipocritical developers ruining my rural lifestyle by putting these "communities" in the middle of nowhere, which is where I live by choice. KEEP your suberbia to yourselves. Sorry for the rant but these people don't live in the country. It just happens too be where there house is. They have no community ties. No community spirit. They live in town and sleep out here. THAT being said I must apologize to the FEW people that have moved out here to be in a rural atmosphere. Most are just as appauled as I am. Anyhow sorry for the ranting. Just my little .02  ::)

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If atvs disturb wildlife, then I'd like to know why every time I go to Croom I can sit in the middle of the trail with my bike running and look eye to eye with a couple deer. Rock on Kathy! [smiley=Wink.gif]