08-08-2017 02:07 via vtdigger.org

State moves to limit scullers’ use of disputed pond

Craftsbury Outdoor Center coach Carol Bower, a member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympic Team, sculls on Great Hosmer Pond. File photo by Mike Polhamus/VTDiggerThe state is proposing to restrict racing shells and sculls on Great Hosmer Pond in Craftsbury, a move critics decry as an unprecedented attempt to favor motorboats over human-powered craft.
The ban would apply between 1 and 4 p.m., and again between 7 p.m. and sunrise, from late May to early September.
There have been conflicts for years
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