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We need some help voicing support for MTB access in Boston -- everyone can help

splat

splat

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Apr 27, 2002
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I'm cross posting this , because all can help weather you are in the Boston area or not. please a quick click and give us a hand .
http://www.gbnemba.org/fellscomments

feral said:
One of the public, urban parks near Boston, the Middlesex Fells, has been undergoing a review process of its trails policies which have restricted MTB access for over 20 years with a set of rules that benefit an elitist group of conservationists - otherwise known as the Friends of the Fells.

The Fells is a high-use, urban park that is used by mountain bikers, hikers, joggers, dog people, families, etc. It has over 120 miles of trails. MTB access is allowed on 1.5 miles of singletrack. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has a proposal out for comment that is a good start at reversing the decades-old inequity.

However, we discovered on Friday that the Sierra Club and the Friends of the Fells are going to try and shut the whole process down by trying to get the designation of the Fells changed to a Forest Conservation area and they will then use that to maintain current inequitable policies or further restrict MTB access.

We need help. Please go here: http://www.gbnemba.org/fellscomments and lend us your support. Your support comments will go directly to DCR. Pass the word around and thank you!

Adam Glick
President, Greater Boston Chapter, New England Mountain Bike Association
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CrabJoe StretchPants

CrabJoe StretchPants

Reincarnated Crab Walking Head Spinning Bruce Dick
Nov 30, 2003
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Groton, MA
I grew up about a mile down the road from the Fells. In middle school (15 years ago at this point), my friends and I would ride our BMX bikes there, before we even knew what mountain biking even was. Who knew it would have been the start to one of the most influential and important aspects of my life?

Support sent.
 
Sandwich

Sandwich

Pig my fish!
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May 23, 2002
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I love that, to these guys, mountain biking is the devil. The rampant public sex in parts of the fells is fine, but mountain biking, damn.
 
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north20

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I remember reading about the Fells, and the trail situation there, back in the 90s. Stupid back then, stupid now.

I doubt I ever live "in the neighborhood", but more than happy to lend a quick click.
 
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