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Experience Bears Ears with Western Spirit Cycling, Before It’s Filled with Oil Wells

43 plots of land totaling 51,000 acres in the former Bears Ears National Monument have been sold for oil drilling. Enjoy Bear Ears now with a guided trip from Western Spirit Cycling.

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Brownfield Mountain Bike Trails: From Environmental Disaster to Pristine Singletrack

Mountain bike trail builders tend to get a bad, though undeserved, rap among certain groups for damaging the environment. But there’s one form of trail development where mountain bikers are surely working to improve the environment: brownfield trails. A brownfield is defined as “a former industrial or commercial site where future use is affected by real or perceived environmental contamination.” Brownfields …

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Video: “Crossing the Divide”

“Crossing the Divide,” a new video from IMBA (and produced by Salida-based Grit and Thistle Film Company), explains how IMBA has been partnering with conservation-oriented groups in an effort to help preserve and conserve our wild areas, and to allow for recreation at the same time. I think this video makes a fantastic point: the vast majority of …

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