Every effort IS being made by “conservatives” opposed to actual “conservation” to privatize the parks, and ALL public lands, to our great loss. The NPS organic act called for preserving the parks for the “enjoyment” of future generations. A key to that defense is limiting access to vehicles available when the Park Service was created: in 1916! Sorry, but ATVs, Aircraft, and snow machines have become a destructive plague on the public lands.
The first commercial Jeep 4 X 4, 1947. The first “ATV”, 1973! These are NOT “traditional” uses, but very much modern, and UNDER controlled! (millions now out there destroying the land) BTW, I also road dirt bikes responsibly, and a few folks still do, but the VAST MAJORITY of riders are too lazy to walk anywhere. After monitoring the events I have, and judging by the “belt buckle assessment”, the only “disability” Blue Ribbon and others are concerned about is obesity.
Also, the attack is on by mountain bikers, who ARE physically fit, but their objective is NOT observation of the outdoors, but competition with themselves to see how fast they can go down a trail, or, like motorcyclists, how many new “trails” they can find, or create. Wheels are the plague, not JUST, motorized use.
Every effort IS being made by “conservatives” opposed to actual “conservation” to privatize the parks, and ALL public lands, to our great loss. The NPS organic act called for preserving the parks for the “enjoyment” of future generations. A key to that defense is limiting access to vehicles available when the Park Service was created: in 1916! Sorry, but ATVs, Aircraft, and snow machines have become a destructive plague on the public lands.
The first commercial Jeep 4 X 4, 1947. The first “ATV”, 1973! These are NOT “traditional” uses, but very much modern, and UNDER controlled! (millions now out there destroying the land) BTW, I also road dirt bikes responsibly, and a few folks still do, but the VAST MAJORITY of riders are too lazy to walk anywhere. After monitoring the events I have, and judging by the “belt buckle assessment”, the only “disability” Blue Ribbon and others are concerned about is obesity.
Also, the attack is on by mountain bikers, who ARE physically fit, but their objective is NOT observation of the outdoors, but competition with themselves to see how fast they can go down a trail, or, like motorcyclists, how many new “trails” they can find, or create. Wheels are the plague, not JUST, motorized use.