Metro Parks may let visitors go off trail

Paths less-traveled
Metro Parks may let visitors go off trail
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 02:52 AM
By Mark Ferenchik
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
When you visit Franklin County Metro Parks this summer, you might be able to leave the trails in certain areas without getting into trouble with a ranger. Parks officials have been tinkering with the district’s rules over the past month to allow visitors to explore areas of the parks that normally would be off limits. The thought is that opening up more park space to visitors will allow them to be “more fully immersed in nature,” parks spokeswoman Peg Hanley said. Board member Robert H. Jeffrey brought it up at last month’s board meeting, and Executive Director John O’Meara worked on the new rules. The board will take up the proposed rule changes during its monthly meeting on Wednesday’¦ http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/06/08/opening-paths-less-traveled.html