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Advocacy, congress, stc, sustainable trails coalition, testimony, wilderness - December 9, 2017

Highlights of the STC’s Historic Congressional Testimony on Mountain Bikes in Wilderness

The Sustainable Trails Coaltion testified on December 7, 2017 during a congressional hearing for H.R. 1349, which has the goal of opening some Wilderness trails to mountain biking. Here are the highlights.

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IMBA Testifies Against Proposed US Bill Allowing Bikes in Wilderness

Despite claiming unity with the Sustainable Trails Coalition in 2016, IMBA has changed their tactics, testifying against the STC's bill in Congress.

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Breaking: Sustainable Trails Coalition to Testify at Congressional Hearing on December 7

The Sustainable Trails Coalition's bill in the House, which seeks to overturn the blanket ban on mountain bikes in Wilderness, is scheduled for a congressional hearing on December 7.

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Mountain Bikers Are Most Engaged in Advocacy at the Local Level, Survey Shows

Mountain bike advocacy support is greatest at the local level, with fewer seeing the need for trail advocacy at the national level.

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California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

According to a March 3, 2017 Press Release from the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC), Congressman Tom McClintock (R-California) has introduced legislation which would allow federal land managers to regulate bicycle use on wilderness trails, effectively removing the blanket ban on bicycles which was put into place in 1984, some 20 years after the original Wilderness Act …

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Highlights of the STC’s Historic Congressional Testimony on Mountain Bikes in Wilderness

IMBA Testifies Against Proposed US Bill Allowing Bikes in Wilderness

Breaking: Sustainable Trails Coalition to Testify at Congressional Hearing on December 7

Mountain Bikers Are Most Engaged in Advocacy at the Local Level, Survey Shows

California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

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