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Unless you're able to get Congress to rewrite the Wilderness Act, there
will be no motorized vehicles inside Wilderness boundaries. And the
way the land managers have interpreted the Wilderness Act, that also
means no trail bikes. <br>
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I am a firm believer in, and supporter of, wilderness as defined by the
act. I believe we need to have some lands set aside where we have no
machines. The amount of land that's preserved in this way is a tiny
fraction of the total land that is this country. If you want to see
these lands, you're free to walk in like everyone else. If you want to
drive everywhere, all National Parks are driveable, most National
Forest Land and BLM land is driveable, State Park lands are driveable.
The vast amount of land that you can see from a car or bicycle or
motorcycle or trail bike far exceeds the amount of land that you have
to walk to be able to see and enjoy.<br>
<br>
Wilderness Areas are the exception rather than the rule. There's very
little Wilderness left out there. I hope and pray that we will always
have the good sense to keep these lands wild, and that means free from
machines. You want to see what's in there, you can walk in like the
rest of us. You don't want to walk, then you have 99.99 percent of
the country open to your vehicle of choice.<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">“There's an
assault brewing on the parks here.
The ORV and mountain bike crowd are trying to get the Mill Creek
Addition to
Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP opened to them. Do any of you have pictures
of
trail damage caused by ORVs and mt. bikes, particularly in far northern
California and southern Oregon -- PCT or trails west.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">I hike, but my
sons bike. They are courteous
and stay mainly on fire roads but do enjoy single track riding as
well. They
resent the outright banning of bikes on certain trails. There are “bad
apples” in all groups. There are wannabee ultralight backpackers
who allow their alcohol stoves to blow over in wind and start fires,
causing
far more damage than fat tires. There are hikers who insist they are
“stealthy”
enough that bears will never find their food and so they don’t need
those
pesky, heavy bear cans. Too few of us truly practice “leave NO
trace;” do we ban backpackers or demand personal responsibility and
concern/respect for the back country from all who enter?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">I am not
suggesting that we pave the trails or put
up neon signs, but there should be some compromise that allows more
people to
enjoy the land in their own way. Woody Guthrie sang “this land was
made for you and me”. As hikers we recognize HYOH to mean that for
some the fastest wins as does the last one to <st1:country-region
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(assuming Campo is your
trailhead). </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold";">Lars
Nilsson</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">TrailSnail</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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