gopherhockey
01-08-2003, 03:48 PM
Hi Everyone
Attached is a letter about trails that are about to be
closed in another wildlife refuge. I would like to
encourage everyone to forward this letter to your
biking friends asking them to send e-mail to the
people listed at the bottom of the message. Let them
know that bikes do belong and riders are excellent
trail stewards and can be an asset to activity within
the refuge.
Looks like this wildlife manager is standing behind
the same set of rules that are being used to try to
close the river bottom trails in Bloomington.
- Tim Wegner, S. Minnesota IMBA Rep
Action Alert: Trails Threatened in Canaan Valley, West Virginia
For Immediate Release: January 2, 2002
Contact: Matt Marcus, IMBA West Virginia Rep, mattmarcus@citynet.net
Attention mountain bikers: The International Mountain Bicycling Association
(IMBA) needs your help. A new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service draft
compatibility determination plan proposes to close more than 60 miles of
popular mountain bicycling trails in West Virginia's Canaan Valley National
Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR).
If implemented, the plan would leave bicyclists with only 6.5 miles of trail
out of a network of more than 70 miles total. This 6.5 miles consists of five
very short dead end roads that originate at difficult to access trailheads.
The new plan would, in effect, eliminate bicycling at this popular riding
destination.
The International Mountain Bicycle Association (IMBA) is encouraging mountain
bikers to contact the local land manager and members of West Virginia's
congressional delegation to ask them to keep the trails open. Comment
letters will be accepted through JANUARY 6, 2003. IMBA suggests that the
following five points be included in comment letters:
- The proposed trail closures will fragment Tucker County's recreational
trail system and eliminate access between its communities, parks and forests.
- The compatibility determination fails to mitigate for loss of trail mileage
and for past and future damage to the local economy.
- The compatibility determination ignores the surrounding communities,
volunteer groups and individuals who have expressed interest in developing a
creative and realistic trail plan.
- The compatibility determination fails to supply research, evidence or logic
supporting trail closures and ignores the conclusions of existing U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service studies.
- IMBA, the West Virginia Mountain Bike Association and Tucker County Trails
Inc. are calling for a moratorium on trail closures in the Canaan Valley
National Wildlife Refuge. The trail system in Canaan Valley is a resource
that is vitally important to the economic, physical, historic and
environmental health of Tucker County and West Virginia.
Please support the efforts of West Virginia mountain bike advocacy leaders by
writing letters today to the land manager and Congressional members listed
below. Please note that the best communication methods are mail, fax, or a
phone call. Email is less preferable for communicating with Congress members.
Send comment letters to:
Jeff Shryer, Refuge Manager
Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge
HC 70, Box 200
Davis, WV 26260
(304) 866-3858 fax: 866-3852
E-mail: fw5rw_cvnwr@fws.gov
Honorable Alan B. Mollohan
U.S. House of Representatives
2346 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4172 fax: 225-7564
Honorable Robert C. Byrd
U.S. Senate
311 Hart Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3954 fax: 228-0002
Honorable Jay Rockefeller, IV
U.S. Senate
531 Hart Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6472 fax: 224-7665
Attached is a letter about trails that are about to be
closed in another wildlife refuge. I would like to
encourage everyone to forward this letter to your
biking friends asking them to send e-mail to the
people listed at the bottom of the message. Let them
know that bikes do belong and riders are excellent
trail stewards and can be an asset to activity within
the refuge.
Looks like this wildlife manager is standing behind
the same set of rules that are being used to try to
close the river bottom trails in Bloomington.
- Tim Wegner, S. Minnesota IMBA Rep
Action Alert: Trails Threatened in Canaan Valley, West Virginia
For Immediate Release: January 2, 2002
Contact: Matt Marcus, IMBA West Virginia Rep, mattmarcus@citynet.net
Attention mountain bikers: The International Mountain Bicycling Association
(IMBA) needs your help. A new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service draft
compatibility determination plan proposes to close more than 60 miles of
popular mountain bicycling trails in West Virginia's Canaan Valley National
Wildlife Refuge (CVNWR).
If implemented, the plan would leave bicyclists with only 6.5 miles of trail
out of a network of more than 70 miles total. This 6.5 miles consists of five
very short dead end roads that originate at difficult to access trailheads.
The new plan would, in effect, eliminate bicycling at this popular riding
destination.
The International Mountain Bicycle Association (IMBA) is encouraging mountain
bikers to contact the local land manager and members of West Virginia's
congressional delegation to ask them to keep the trails open. Comment
letters will be accepted through JANUARY 6, 2003. IMBA suggests that the
following five points be included in comment letters:
- The proposed trail closures will fragment Tucker County's recreational
trail system and eliminate access between its communities, parks and forests.
- The compatibility determination fails to mitigate for loss of trail mileage
and for past and future damage to the local economy.
- The compatibility determination ignores the surrounding communities,
volunteer groups and individuals who have expressed interest in developing a
creative and realistic trail plan.
- The compatibility determination fails to supply research, evidence or logic
supporting trail closures and ignores the conclusions of existing U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service studies.
- IMBA, the West Virginia Mountain Bike Association and Tucker County Trails
Inc. are calling for a moratorium on trail closures in the Canaan Valley
National Wildlife Refuge. The trail system in Canaan Valley is a resource
that is vitally important to the economic, physical, historic and
environmental health of Tucker County and West Virginia.
Please support the efforts of West Virginia mountain bike advocacy leaders by
writing letters today to the land manager and Congressional members listed
below. Please note that the best communication methods are mail, fax, or a
phone call. Email is less preferable for communicating with Congress members.
Send comment letters to:
Jeff Shryer, Refuge Manager
Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge
HC 70, Box 200
Davis, WV 26260
(304) 866-3858 fax: 866-3852
E-mail: fw5rw_cvnwr@fws.gov
Honorable Alan B. Mollohan
U.S. House of Representatives
2346 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4172 fax: 225-7564
Honorable Robert C. Byrd
U.S. Senate
311 Hart Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3954 fax: 228-0002
Honorable Jay Rockefeller, IV
U.S. Senate
531 Hart Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-6472 fax: 224-7665