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Bob from St. Charles on 1/24/2012 10:58:24 AM:

Does anyone know why trees are being cleared between the trail and Missouri River at approx, 49 mile marker, about two miles east of 40/61 bridge? Company sign says only WF no tresspassing.

Bill Tayon from St. Charles, MO on 3/9/2012 10:45:13 PM:

I saw that for the first time today. It's really shocking how they've scoured off the trees. That was one of my favorite green tunnel sections!

Bob from St. Charles on 3/13/2012 12:16:45 PM:

YOU'RE THE FIRST TO REPLY, THOUGHT WOULD BE MORE UPSET ENVIRONMENTALISTS OUT THERE. I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE IN ABOUT A MONTH, CAN YOU TELL WHAT THEY ARE DOING?

Jim from St Louis on 3/14/2012 9:26:34 AM:

Shocking indeed! We noticed it when we rode by there a couple of days ago. The trees are being cleared for about 3/4 of a mile. It would be an unlikely area for anything but cropland in that low area. Surprised that we haven't heard any clue.

BikerBoy from Edwardsville, IL on 3/14/2012 2:50:44 PM:

You say it is 2 miles east of the bridge? I know they are going to replace the bridge itself, but 2 miles is too far away for that.

Jim from St Louis on 3/14/2012 4:09:40 PM:

Possibly a staging area for new bridge construction?

BikerBoy from Edwardsville, IL on 3/15/2012 9:45:46 AM:

Could be a staging area, but the fact that the contract has not even been awarded yet makes me wonder why they would assume the winner wants to stage there? Or maybe the contractor does not have a choice.

Bill Tayon from St. Charles on 3/15/2012 3:52:48 PM:

I doubt they would go to that much expense to create a long, narrow strip of cropland. And it's really too far from the proposed new bridge. I wonder if a developer is going to build clubhouses and/or a private boat ramp.

Bob from St. Charles on 3/30/2012 3:12:46 PM:

DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS TREE CLEARING?

Jim from St. Thomas on 3/30/2012 4:50:15 PM:

DOES IT REALLY MATTER!

Jim from St. Louis on 3/31/2012 9:55:22 AM:

Kind of does, whenever the landscape changes this much.

Anonymous on 3/31/2012 3:53:54 PM:

Bob seems the most emphatic about it. Looks like he lives close. Maybe he should go find out whats up and post it here. Take the bull by the horns Bob. You'll feel better in the long run and we will too.

Larry from St. Peters, MO on 4/2/2012 3:46:38 PM:

I just talked to Quinn Killner, Natural Resources Mgr. who manages the eastern portion of the Katy Trail. He stated the land is private property. The owner owns the land on the bluff above the trail and the section being cleared. He said the owner is selling the wood and may eventually grow crops in that area.

TEW from STL on 4/23/2012 10:29:14 PM:

I was down that section of the Katy Trail and couldnt believe my eyes. I thought the Katy Trail was about conservation and preserving our forests. I'd love to march up that road and start a protest.

Mary from St. Charles on 5/8/2012 11:18:36 PM:

I thought it was strange that the sign was not very informative, seemed purposely. The have destroyed the area. All the natural environment has been torn apart and trashed. I am shocked that the owner would destroy such beauty with total disregard toward the public use of the trail. Some days the smoke is very heavy from the burning trees!

Gary from Near Tebbetts on 5/10/2012 12:23:39 PM:

People, the Katy Trail is a very narrow strip of land running through both public and private lands. I suspect those private land owners did not buy their land with the sole intent of providing us with scenery as we travel along the trail. If a farmer wants to covert his wooded area to productive farmland, that is his right.

Anonymous on 5/10/2012 12:43:21 PM:

Halt the march and protest! The Katy Trail is about conservation and preserving our forests.

MidSouth from Rogersville, MO on 5/10/2012 1:15:06 PM:

I'm sure if you go and offer the land owner enough money could just buy it and preserve it for the rest of us, just sayin'

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