The Bureau of Land Management is updating the Resource Management Plan for BLM land in the Coast Range from San Francisco North to Fort Bragg and from the Coast East to the Sacramento Valley covering 8 counties. Mountain bicyclists should be stayed involved to protect our interest in the recreation mix for this region. BLM …
Category Archive: Take Action
Feb 12
Save Backcountry Singletrack! Fight the Thompson Bill
We need your help saving California’s backcountry singletrack that is threatened by proposed Wilderness designations. Particularly in danger of closure are trails on and near the northern coast in Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Lake, Napa, and Yolo Counties. Do you live or vacation in these counties? Do you know someone who lives in these counties? …
Feb 10
Comments on Huddart Park Wanted
The County of San mateo is accepting feedback on Huddart Park. This park has some fine singletrack and fire roads that are closed to mountainbikers. This prevents riders from riding dirt from the bay area up to ECDM. Please download this comment form, print it out and send it to the address on the form …
Dec 16
Write to Appeal Decision to Close Nisene Marks to Bikes
Following is a detailed history of the events up to today. An earthshaking decision by California Superior Court Judge Judy Hersher was handed down on December 13, 2004, ordering cyclists out of Nisene Marks State Park, including the Aptos Creek Road. The judge wrote: “Mountain biking is prohibited by the deed restrictions conveying the Dedicated …
Nov 03
Take Action on Nisene Marks
ROMP, Trail Cyclists, and Friends, If you support trail cycling access in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, and support implementation of the new General Plan which has been challenged, please read on. The objective is to convince the State that there is popular support in the community to defend the General Plan for …
Mar 01
Closure of SDF? Don�t Let This Happen!
The facts Soquel Demonstration Forest is threatened with staff and budget cuts, and as a result potential closure. This would mean the loss of one of the best places for mountain biking in the San Francisco Bay Area. Soquel Demonstration Forest was on target to become a self-sustaining forest unit through its 2004 timber harvest …
Feb 18
URGENT Point Reyes National Seashore Access Alert
Your comments are needed by February 20th! The planning process and concept alternatives presented in the document, http://www.nps.gov/pore/home_mngmntdocs_GMP2003concepts.htm, regarding the future of Point Reyes has excluded the bicycling user group completely. Currently this National Parks unit allows limited access for bicycles. At the same time, horses have abundant access, even though their activities in the …
