Blog Archives for February, 2008

Wildlands CPR, as part of the Bitterroot Quiet Use Coalition, joined with Winter Wildlands Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity to submit official comments today on the proposed Bitterroot Travel Plan.

The Forest Service recently sent out an e-alert about a success story entitled "A Winning Combination:  OHV Access and Stored Roads."  The Forest Service proposes that off-road vehicle access can be maintained on removed roads.  But it seems they are missing one of the key points of removing the roads.  With this new proposal, the agency is putting in hardened stream crossings and waterbars on these "stored roads" to maintain motorized vehicle access.  While on the surface this "winning combination" may

The economic benefits of restoration have been in the news quite a bit in the recent weeks.  The Missoulian has been running a series on the economic benefits of the removal of the Milltown Dam:

Some good news for beaches and beach go-ers! On Wednesday, February 6th, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to reject the planned 241 Toll Road, (which would have been located about halfway between LA and San Diego), and protected the internationally-known surfing spot, Trestles, and San Onofre State Beach. Thousands turned out for this historic meeting in nearby Del Mar, CA, making it clear to the commissioners that the destruction of state parks and coastal resources is unacceptable.

I was monitoring off-road vehicle online bulletin boards the other day when I came across an interesting post, debating the merits of Dave Havlick's piece on demography and off-road vehicles. In the forum exchange, hosted on "Team Mudnuts 4x4 Club, Inc.," I found it incredibly interesting looking at the rationals expressed for the conversion of public lands into off-road vehicle playgrounds.