The Environmental Studies Division of the DOC is showing a movie about 
the Landmark Tract parcel of land that Dartmouth owns behind DHMC. The 
land includes a lot of trails we bike on regularly out from the DHMC 
parking lot. It should be a good documentary with a discussion with 
local conservation people and the Dartmouth Real Estate office.

So far Dartmouth has been pretty welcoming of trails on this area, they 
don't do a lot of policing or closing of trails and leave maintenance up 
to those who use them and so far it's worked out pretty well as there 
are some great trails back there. It might be nice to have the voice of 
some Dartmouth mountain bikers in any discussion about future use. It's 
a great opportunity to demonstrate how we are being good trail stewards 
and how we can manage sustainable trails so we can keep biking out there.

Let me know if you have any questions about trail issues or the documentary

-Anson


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Landmark: A 12-minute documentary film on a large piece
of Dartmouth-owned land only few miles from campus.

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WHAT:  Free film screening, discussion, and PIZZA!
WHEN: Tuesday, May 18th at 6:30PM.
WHERE: Collis 101

HIKE?
           BIKE?
                      CLIMB?
                                    LIKE NATURE?
                                                               COME SEE THIS SHORT  
MOVIE!

AND learn about this LOCAL issue and how you can protect land in your own backyard!

The film explores the conservation and development issues around this property  
and brings up questions about how we do conservation at Dartmouth and in the Upper  
Valley.  Social, recreational, spiritual, environmental, and economic interests  
are all at play in this discussion.

There will be a screening of the film and then a discussion to follow with the  
filmmaker,
local concerned citizens, a professor, and Dartmouth Real Estate.

For more information about the showing, contact Dan Susman @
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Sponsored by the Dartmouth Environmental Studies Program and
the Environmental Studies Division of the Dartmouth Outing Club.