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United States: Ban on ATVs brings quiet to forest, few complaints

Boston Globe: It's a quiet afternoon in the Georgetown-Rowley State Forest, and that's not a bad thing.It has been a little more than a year since state officials banned the use of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes."Without them on the trails, it's certainly quieter," Elizabeth Coleman, 42, of Amesbury, said as she took her mountain bike off her car on a recent Sunday.The quiet is not the only benefit to the ban, said Coleman, who noted that ATVs that used to roam the park would stray from their designated ...

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