THE WASHINGTON POST Thursday, July 12, 1984  
BRIGHTON DAMÛÓMaryland park officials say that parts of the ecologically fragile Patuxent River near the Tridelphia Reservoir are being damaged by young motorcyclists who roar through the hilly, undeveloped parkland near here on dirt bikes.</br></br>In an effort to curb the problem, officials have been issuing summonses and $20 fines to anyone riding motorcycles in the Patuxent State Park, said assistant Patuxent park manager David E. Heck. The first summonses, equivalent to parking tickets, were issued last week to six people riding all-terrain vehicles, the park manager said.</br></br>Heck said he also intends to write warning letters to homeowners in a Howard County subdivision along Haviland Mill Road where he thinks some of the cyclists live.</br></br>ÛÏItÛªs a serious problem. Hopefully if they have some children who are doing this they [the homeowners] will take some action,Û Heck said.</br></br>The 6,000-acre Patuxent State Park is managed by the Fish and Park Service of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and lies on the western border of Montgomery and eastern Howard County, 38 miles north of Washington.