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This item was just released by the Warrior's Society:
A coalition of environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, is proposing removing the Santa Ana Mountains from the jurisdiction of the Forest Service and transferring it to the National Park Service creating the Grizzly Bear National Monument.
As you know the Sierra Club has been pushing for wilderness status for the Santa Ana's and their most recent proposal was defeated. Wilderness Designations ban mountain biking. The Forest Plan proposals, which were also defeated, also sought to ban mountain bikes from the Santa Ana's.
As Jim Meyer of Trails4All ( www.trails4all.org ) pointed out in an email to me:
With very few exceptions, mountain bicyclists are treated very badly under "National Monument" status, and almost always limited to roads only. (Not quite as badly as under a Wilderness designation, but nearly so.) http://www.imba.com/resources/agencies/travel_rules.html
The Trabuco Ranger District currently offers some of the finest single-track access in the state.
Simply put, the Sierra Club, and big "W" wilderness proponents do not look out for the interests of our constituents, recreational trail users. Their idea of "recreation" and ours are not on the same page.
We will keep you informed as this campaign progresses and may seek your support in defeating it if we feel your access to the Santa Ana's is threatened.
A coalition of environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, is proposing removing the Santa Ana Mountains from the jurisdiction of the Forest Service and transferring it to the National Park Service creating the Grizzly Bear National Monument.
As you know the Sierra Club has been pushing for wilderness status for the Santa Ana's and their most recent proposal was defeated. Wilderness Designations ban mountain biking. The Forest Plan proposals, which were also defeated, also sought to ban mountain bikes from the Santa Ana's.
As Jim Meyer of Trails4All ( www.trails4all.org ) pointed out in an email to me:
With very few exceptions, mountain bicyclists are treated very badly under "National Monument" status, and almost always limited to roads only. (Not quite as badly as under a Wilderness designation, but nearly so.) http://www.imba.com/resources/agencies/travel_rules.html
The Trabuco Ranger District currently offers some of the finest single-track access in the state.
Simply put, the Sierra Club, and big "W" wilderness proponents do not look out for the interests of our constituents, recreational trail users. Their idea of "recreation" and ours are not on the same page.
We will keep you informed as this campaign progresses and may seek your support in defeating it if we feel your access to the Santa Ana's is threatened.