Very good news!!!! Thanks for sharing...
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09-10-2008, 01:25 PM #1
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09-10-2008, 03:07 PM #2
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Great news! Move over hikers.
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09-10-2008, 03:37 PM #3
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There are certainly a lot of hikers that would like to see us off the trails.
Originally Posted by sundial
Great news! Move over hikers.
Why this is important: Out here ( west) there are lots of forests out of wilderness that are managed on a district by district basis. This will give some national guideliness, which there haven't been until now.
Some areas are non motorized that allow all human power, some allow orv ( who go everywhere anyway) A lot of this area is up for new travel plans and new designation. There are 100's of miles of trail in Montana and elsewhere that may be designated as proposed wilderness in which case, these trails and many others that are CURRENTLY open to bikes, could be closed to bikes. We aren't talking about opening Congressional mandated Wilderness Areas to bikes. We are just talking about keeping trails open to bicycles that use them currently. This new mandate will really help us. The hiker and horse crowd likes the proposed wilderness designation because up to now there has been no consistent category for bikers - it's up to the whim of the regional or district forest manager. It's been easy to lump the bikes with motorcycyles and ATVs.
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