Someone took a SUSV and went from the Tayler highway out into the Musquito Flats. This is a Caribou calving area and has a vehicle weight restriction for that area. The tracks are in a very wet area, and go for miles. I can't remember if they said the tracks went for 30 or 70 miles. There has been several reports of them shooting from the vehicle also. Last night at the Fairbanks advisory commitee meeting Fish and Game tried to get us to back the creation of a Controlled Use Area, for the Mosquito Flats. We declined, but I think they will approch other area commitees. They seemed real disappointed when we did not support their idea. My view is that we have too many Controlled Use areas already. What we need here is for DNR to enforce their regulations on vehicle use and weight restrictions.
It was reported that the vehicle came up from Valdez on a lowboy.
