Millville Early Season Impacts

Emergency Seasonal Closure Ordered

breach  

A barrier installed in 2008 by BRWC has been breached and the protected meadow has been used for a motorcycle playground.
     
millville   In the meadow, motorcycle tracks cross the stream many times.
     
 

The impacts are throughout the meadow.
     
stream x  

 

Tracks cross the small pond several times. The pond was created prior to 2008 from an illegal diversion created by irresponsible users to create a "mudding" area.

 
     
millville   A few weeks ago BRWC volunteers encountered tracks of this illegal activity, driving around a bridge and through the creek. This area has recently become a muddy mess with further incursions of the creek.
     
off road   The road (out of site and to the right of this photo) is impassable. Drivers make an attempt to bypass the road and drive through this meadow and the year round spring (left of this view). See the next image.
     
spring   Trying to avoid the impassable snowcovered road, users are driving through the natural and year round spring as a detour. They only make it another 100 feet.