[crazyflyboy30]

This looks like a fun place to ride
but not going to be for long if they get their way and close it down.

 

[latebird]

In our case, it was private land our club lost access to due to a threat to the land owner over loss of insurance on all of his property if he continued to allow us to ride on the 40 acres of timbered unproductive land that he owned. Our club obtained insurance extending coverage to the land owner, but his insurance company refused to recognize our coverage.

 

[FPD218]

In our case, it was private land our club lost access to due to a threat to the land owner over loss of insurance on all of his property if he continued to allow us to ride on the 40 acres of timbered unproductive land that he owned. Our club obtained insurance extending coverage to the land owner, but his insurance company refused to recognize our coverage.

This is happening on more and more private land everyday.

 

[polman500]

In our case, it was private land our club lost access to due to a threat to the land owner over loss of insurance on all of his property if he continued to allow us to ride on the 40 acres of timbered unproductive land that he owned. Our club obtained insurance extending coverage to the land owner, but his insurance company refused to recognize our coverage.

Several years ago, the KY legislature enacted statutes protecting landowners from civil liability if they allow public use of their land to help promote tourism in the state. The landowner can sign off on a revokable land use easement to allow public access onto or through their property and in return the landowner is protected by state statute from any civil liability associated with that use. Its part of a statewide effort to promote and expand tourism. The landowner can designate exactly which parts of their land is open for public use, the types of activities allowed on the land (horses, hiking, hunting, fishing, OHV's etc.), hours of use, and any other restrictions. They cannot charge any fees to the public for use of the land subject to the easement and the easement is revokable by the landowner at any time with written notice to the Kentucky Tourism Commission. The landowner can establish for-profit businesses to take advantage of the public access traffic such as campgrounds, rental properties, etc. but those for-profit areas would need to be privately insured to cover the owner. Its a win win proposition for landowners and the public in our state.
You guys should petition your legislators to enact similar laws in your home state. IMO, ALL states should have these types of laws on the books to create incentives for private owners to allow public use of otherwise unproductive land and to cash in on tourism dollars. Its those types of statutes that helped create the HM and other trail systems around the country. Just about every state has vast areas of abandoned mine lands, timber company lands and other large private holdings that are closed to the public because of liability concerns of the owners.

 

[2 XP 1000's]

Wisconsin has that also.