Tag: Wilderness
NPS Bike Ban Lifted – Local Officials Can Consider Allowing Bikes On Trails
POCATELLO, ID (July 12)–The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), a national trail-based recreation group, applauded a move by the National Park Service (NPS) early this month that could allow additional mountain bike recreation in National Parks across the U.S. On July 5, 2012, the NPS released revised regulations (known as a “rule”) giving park superintendents the ability […]
Important Wilderness Meeting Announcement – Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg holds important meeting on massive new Wilderness in Montana
The BlueRibbon Coalition just received word from our partners in Montana that Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today announced his intention to hold a public listening session to discuss the implications of the Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act, introduced by Senator Max Baucus and cosponsored by Senator Jon Tester. The bill would expand Montana’s already abundant […]
Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign Would Shut Off-Highway Vehicle Enthusiasts Out of 379,000 Acres in Colorado
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has learned that within the next few weeks an anti-access group will present U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) with the Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign, which would designate 379,000 acres of public land in Colorado as federal Wilderness. These new designations would be in addition to 3.5 million […]
AMA Life Member testifies before U.S. House in opposition to inappropriate Wilderness designation
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — Dennis Larratt, a Charter Life Member of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), offered testimony on behalf of the Association as well as the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO) yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to H.R. 3914. The bill, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009, would inappropriately […]
U.S. representatives request administrative order that would shut off-highway vehicles out of 9.4 million acres in Utah
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The U.S. representative from New York who is sponsoring U.S. House bill H.R. 1925, which would close 9.4 million acres to off-highway vehicle (OHV) riding in Utah, has sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar requesting the secretary use his administrative powers to close those lands, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) […]
U.S. lawmakers conduct hearing that considers banning motorized vehicles from more than 9 million acres in Utah
Source: American Motorcyclist Association AMA staff was on-site to monitor a U.S. House subcommittee hearing today, Oct. 1, on a measure aimed at banning off-highway motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATV) from one-sixth of the state of Utah. The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, chaired by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), held the hearing […]
Multiple-Use Groups Condemn Senator Tester’s Wilderness Legislation
By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian Opponents of new wilderness gathered at the University of Montana to say Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act would provide neither jobs nor recreation. Although the Friday evening meeting was billed as a “Montana legislative field hearing,” it was not an official event of either the Senate […]
The Truth About Wilderness
An Analysis of Limitations Placed on Recreation through Wilderness Designation. Utah Shared Access Alliance (USA-ALL) By Marcie Swenson “Wilderness” is the word radical environmentalists hide behind when they are trying to close public lands to recreation. Radical environmentalists will try and convince the general population that recreation can and does take place in wilderness. The […]