In a unanimous voice vote, the members of the Sawyer County Public Works Committee on Wednesday, March 8 recommended renewal of all designated ATV/UTV routes on county roads except for seven over the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Tribal Reservation.
Ron Kinsley, chair of the committee, said on the previous day, March 7, there had been meetings with himself, Sawyer County Administrator Andy Alberado, LCO Tribal Governing Board (TGB) members and members of the Sawyer County Snowmobile & ATV Alliance where TGB members had requested the routes over the reservation not be approved at this time.
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