http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32407388/ (AP article)
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest service, mountain bike riders check out an illicit trail on national forest land near Lake Tahoe.
The U.S. Forest Service is cracking down after renegade bikers secretly cut up to 30 miles of trails in the Tahoe backcountry over the last decade.
Agency officials said a hardcore group of bikers seeking access to steeper, more demanding terrain is to blame for bootleg trails in national forests across the country, including in California, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina and Utah.
"It's a national problem," said Garrett Villanueva, engineer for the agency's trails program at Lake Tahoe. "Some places the problem is more pronounced than others."
Forest Service officials said illegal trails cause erosion, threaten water quality, and disturb vegetation and archaeological sites. The trails also pose a safety threat.
This just in, the Forest Service is guaranteeing American's safety whilst traveling between the pines on US Forest Service (managed) land.
I call Bull-shat! The only and real reason the Forest Service is whining about the trails is that they were not consulted in the construction of the trails. This has little to do with erosion and everything to do with politics.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Forest service, mountain bike riders check out an illicit trail on national forest land near Lake Tahoe.
The U.S. Forest Service is cracking down after renegade bikers secretly cut up to 30 miles of trails in the Tahoe backcountry over the last decade.
Agency officials said a hardcore group of bikers seeking access to steeper, more demanding terrain is to blame for bootleg trails in national forests across the country, including in California, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina and Utah.
"It's a national problem," said Garrett Villanueva, engineer for the agency's trails program at Lake Tahoe. "Some places the problem is more pronounced than others."
Forest Service officials said illegal trails cause erosion, threaten water quality, and disturb vegetation and archaeological sites. The trails also pose a safety threat.
This just in, the Forest Service is guaranteeing American's safety whilst traveling between the pines on US Forest Service (managed) land.
I call Bull-shat! The only and real reason the Forest Service is whining about the trails is that they were not consulted in the construction of the trails. This has little to do with erosion and everything to do with politics.