For adjoining property owners: Policy change would allow motorized access on trails

A policy change which would allow use of motorized vehicles by adjacent property owners on the state’s long distance trails has been scheduled to go before the state’s Parks and Recreation Commission at the Jan. 20 meeting. The proposal would apply in this area to the John Wayne Trail on the former Milwaukee right-of-way across the north part of Whitman County and the Columbia Plateau Trail on the former SP&S right-of-way through the Lamont area and bordering the west side of the county down to Hooper.

A draft of the proposal policy and fee schedule has been prepared and is available for revie...