Hi Everyone,

Passing on nfo on doggie enforcement of illegal rules...

They are illegal (but not sure if that helps us) because if they didn't
have to pay attention/amend Lincoln By-law Article 11 dog regulations
(hopefully they do) they certainly have to pay attention to their own
by-law Article 26 which requires a public hearing - advertised, posted,
et. al. before they can establish any new rules.

Anyway , see below on enforcement (from neil's web site).

last but not least -- the no-data they gave includes any data on the
impact/help of the rules they implemented in 2001 -- they can't show that
those rules didn't work (they allowed swimming for doggies) or that their
new ones are better.


Conservation commission plans for enforcement
Conservation Commission members met on 3/23, a week after they held a
public meeting to announce the new Mt. Misery dog-walking regulations, to
plot the commission's approach to enforcement.  Two-person teams,
comprised of Conservation Commission members and staff, will set up at the
Rt. 117 parking lot and on Old Concord Road, near Lindentree Farm, in
three-hour shifts beginning next week. They will hand out flyers and
inform the public about the new regulations. New signs will be created
announcing the new policies and placed at those entrances.  They will also
have doggie bags available so that walkers can pick up and remove their
dog's poops.

Mt. Misery dog-walkers protest
Residents of Lincoln and other visitors to Mt. Misery are fighting
attempts to impose leash-law requirements on the 230-acre parcel between
Rt. 126 and Rt. 117.  A website, www.mtmisery.org  has been created to
facilitate communication among the dog-walking population.