I supports the establishment…

I supports the establishment of the Kolapore Uplands Conservation Reserve provided that future management balances conservation and recreation
the Kolapore Trails have been providing access to the Kolapore Uplands for over 50 years helping people with personal fitness, mental health and seeing the value of wild area conservation. It is vital that the trails can continue and be improved over time but not become an over managed bureaucracy or induce exaggerated legal risks which could be used as tools to stop access by the public. The trails have introduced many people to Kolapore Uplands and these users also help safeguard the lands and those who use enjoy them. Users regard this as a special area as Provincially significant.
I request that existing Kolapore Trail blazing, signage and infrastructure remain in place
as KWTA is willing to be an active partner in the stewardship of the Kolapore Uplands doing good work at no to little cost. This group will continue to provide services such as maintenance of the trails by volunteers and snowplowing at a parking lot
KWTA manages the trails for hiking and biking in the summer, and cross country skiing in the winter. The Kolapore Trails provide a backcountry ski experience that is rare in southern Ontario. Continued application of the policy that cross-country skiing is the only use on ski trails in winter is essential to providing quality skiing. Motorized vehicles would damage the trails, transport invasive species, cause erosion and create safety hazards and harm to wild life. If the current policy restricting winter use of the Kolapore Trails to skiing cannot be maintained, I would personally join with KWTA and would oppose the Conservation Reserve designation.