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Greg talks with Ted Stroll and Jackson Ratcliffe of the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC) about their plan to lobby for mountain bike access in US Wilderness areas. In part one of this two-part podcast, Ted and Jackson talk about what the STC is trying to accomplish and why now is a good time for mountain bikers to act. …

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The controversy surrounding the Sustainable Trails Coalition and their goal of getting mountain bikes into wilderness areas is heating up for round two, with articles and editorials dropping in many publications, including Bike Magazine and Outside Online. I personally think many people initially wrote the STC’s efforts off as a wild shot in the dark, but following the news that …

The post NEMBA Writes Open Letter to IMBA Urging them to Support the STC appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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In the White Clouds mountains of the Sawtooth recreation area near Sun Valley ID, the Castle Divide trail is one of the great mountain bike epics anywhere. Congress recently designated the area as wilderness, making it off limits to bikes. Here’s WHAT WE LOST. While this legislation was passed at the end of the summer, …

The post Watch: We Lost this Epic MTB Ride to Wilderness Designation appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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For as long as there have been mountain bikers, there have been those who oppose their use of trails, claiming that they cause damage to wilderness and a disruptive environment for other trail users. In the 517,000-acre Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania, a usage debate is at hand. The proposed Tracy Ridge Wilderness would inherently …

The post Advocacy Alert: Wilderness or Bikes? The Debate Continues in Pennsylvania appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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The closure of the Boulder-White Clouds to mountain bikes thanks to its new Wilderness designation and the coincidentally-timed launch of the Sustainable Trails Coalition is brewing a controversy of epic proportions in the mountain bike and conservation world. But that storm of controversy may also create the critical winds of change. I’ve written about this …

The post Video: We just lost some of the best trails in America: Thank you, Wilderness Act appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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