MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 9, 2020
I was shocked and dismayed to read Staff Writer Deirdre Fleming’s article “ATV sales riding high as Mainers long to get outdoors.” The pandemic has taught us one sure lesson that the scaling back of human activity has lowered pollution levels. All-terrain vehicles are not good for the environment. Not to mention that ATVs and wildlife do not mix. My dogs and horses are frightened by ATVs. I can’t imagine what wild critters are experiencing when the noisy, smelly machines go tearing through the woods, even if they go slowly. Damaging habitats, degrading water quality and scaring wildlife are not letting riders be “able to connect with the outdoors. To connect with the outdoors, take a walk. ~ Doris Luther, Hollis