RE: Wilderness Act.

[vanhove@unavco.ucar.edu (Teresa Van Hove)]

Hi All,

THat is someithing I also noticed in the plans for the Grand Staircase
National Monument.  All the alternatives B and up excluded all competitions.
It is another item besides the limits on total users that needs to be
mentioned by all who write in support the OT ride.  I'm afraid Lynnette 
and I may have an impossible task ahead of us - from what I've heard by
word of mouth, you can sometimes get exceptions to keep having
existing events in Wilderness/ Nat Park areas  but if a year were ever 
skipped forget it.  Well I guess we are back to looking for a ride
location. It seems that managers can usually work with the FS
to have rides in Nat. Forest, and access to BLM land varies?  Would
the RM's that have rides on public lands care to educate us on what
types of public lands are most accessible? Any tips for approaching
private land owners?

Teresa 



> 
> Hi everyone,
> I really need some help. In 1992-1996 a group of people were putting on
> an endurance ride called the Long X. It took place at the Theodore
> National Park in the Badlands in NDak. Teresa Van Hove and I were
> planning on getting the ride going again for 1999. 
> 
> The park has a new head ranger, (I believe that is his title) and he was
> telling me that they changed the Wilderness Act within the last two
> years and now no competitive events can be held within the wilderness
> part of any National Park, which pretty much covers the whole park. Has
> anyone else that holds rides in National Wilderness Areas run into any
> thing like this? Or are rides not normally held in National Parks?
> 
> Help, I am lost here.
> Lynette
>