Public passage on âForest Road 383â trail should be allowed
To the editor: I am writing this letter out of concern about the loss of public passage on the trail that goes south along the eastern side of the East Branch of the Deerfield River.
This trail has recently been posted with âNo Trespassingâ signs by the owner/logger of a 383-acre section of land that the trail crosses.
This section of private land is sandwiched between land that is part of the Green Mountain National Forest and Great River Hydro land. This trail is marked on many maps as Forest Road 383. It starts at the Stratton Mountain parking lot on the Stratton-Arlington Road. It follows the beautiful and pristine East Branch of the Deerfield River down to where it meets the Somerset Reservoir. From that point you have access to the Grout Pond Trails as well as the trails along the East and West sides of Somerset Reservoir.