Cleanup delays off-road vehicle trails

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts parks officials say ongoing cleanup efforts from December's ice storm have delayed the opening of some of the state's off-road vehicle trails.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation announced that trails in the central and western parts of the state scheduled to open Friday will probably not open until the end of the month.

Many are still blocked by debris and hanging tree limbs. State crews, contractors and volunteers are clearing the trails.

They are in Beartown State Forest in Monterey; October Mountain State Forest in Lee; Pittsfield State Forest; and Tolland State Forest.

Off-road vehicle trails on Wrentham, Franklin, Freetown State Forest and F. Gilbert Hills State Forest in Foxborough will open as scheduled.