New "Subpart A" lawsuit filed against Bridgeport Ranger District's Travel Plan

The General on an ATV near Carson City

Recently the Recreation HQ posted an article about the green’s “lust for closures” based on their new “Subpart A and Roadless” lawsuit filed against the Stanislaus National Forest’s Travel Plan.

Green Lust for Closures
http://thegeneralsrecreationden.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-green-subpart-lawsuit-shows-lust.html


Now it looks like CBD basically cut and pasted their legal tenets of the Stanislaus case in the new suit filed against the Bridgeport Ranger District in Nevada.

New CBD Lawsuit Filed in Nevada Against the Bridgeport Ranger District
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2010/Bridgeport-ORVs-10-20-2010.html



Article about Lawsuit (with quotes from BRC’s Brian Hawthorne)
http://www.rgj.com/article/20101021/NEWS/10210319/1321/news



HQ has warned riders that we are entering the middle of OHV Wars and this new attack by CBD et al is nothing more than an effort by them to get a judge in some venue to issue a court order that defines the “minimum road network” in future Subpart A travel planning. The concept of a minimum road network has been around for a long time. The danger here is that enviros want it defined in a court. Not a good thing for access interests!



As recreation groups review and prepare for a possible intervention in the Stanislaus case, riders in Nevada will have to decide it they want to fight this attack on a popular riding area in the Carson City area.



Thanks for your service and support!

TMR Bermuda Triangle Found Near Reno

A very troubling trend is emerging nationwide in the ongoing saga of the Forest Service’s Travel Management planning effort. On a growing number of Forests, the current stage of TMR has very little to do with addressing repeated cross-country travel by OHVs as outlined in The Chief’s now infamous 2004 “4 Threats Speech.”
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Text of 2004 4 Threats Speech
http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2004/speeches/01/idaho-four-threats.shtml

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Rather, it appears that Forests such as the Shasta-Trinity, Mount Hood, and Humboldt-Toiyabe (and many others) are using TMR as a closure tool to make motorized public access and recreation to public lands an endangered species.

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How TMR Got Started in 2001/2002
http://thegeneralsrecreationden.blogspot.com/2009/05/travel-management-good-idea-or-big.html

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Yesterday on behalf of BRC, I submitted comments on the Bridgeport Ranger District’s DEIS.

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BRC Sept. 14, 2009 Comments on the Bridgeport RD’s DEIS
http://www.sharetrails.org/uploads/Bridgeport_RD_DEIS_BRC_Comment_Letter_Sept_14_2009.0001.pdf

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The letter points out that the DEIS is in effect a blanket closure. One concept that is described in the letter is where the agency has created a TMR-related “Bermuda Triangle.” That is where route information submitted by groups and riders from Friends of Wilson Canyon, Dirt Tricks.com, and other interests mysteriously disappeared into a bureaucratic black hole never to be seen or heard of again.

Where TMR goes from here is up to the agency. It appears they are at a cross-road where they can make the choice to get TMR back on the right trail or head off the path and into a steep ravine.

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