Opinion No. Oag 9-88, (1988)

DARWIN L. ZWIEG, District Attorney Clark County

You have requested my opinion concerning the definition of a highway in the context of the recently adopted statute regarding all-terrain vehicles, section 23.33, Stats. You have indicated that there is a county forest in Clark County within which are several roadways and have questioned whether these roadways are highways so as to permit them to be designated as all-terrain vehicle routes under section 23.33 (8)(b). You have also questioned the status of these county forest roadways as to traffic enforcement.

As You have noted, section 340.01…