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Brian

2004-06-21

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Brian

Dear IMBA Oregon:

IMBA affiliated club the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) is

hosting a meeting Tuesday, June 22, at 6:00 p.m. at the Portland REI

between the area mountain biking community and U.S. Senator Gordon

Smith's state staff.

Oregon's other U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has publicly proposed the

designation of new Wilderness areas in the Mt. Hood National Forest and

has been hosting a series of public meetings. Senator Smith's staff is

also interested in hearing from the mountain bike community and how this

proposal would affect cyclists and will be there Tuesday.

MEETING DETAILS

Tuesday, June 22, 6:00 p.m. at REI Pearl District, 1405 NW Johnson.

Please arrive early and eat before the meeting (there won't be food).

Ask any REI employee for directions to the Clinic Room which is in the

northwest corner of the building.

Please make an effort to stop by and let them know how you feel this

will affect you, your riding opportunities and especially your bicycle

related business. No need to RSVP, just be there!

PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL

Feel free to forward this on to anyone you feel may be interested in

this topic, especially bike and outdoor shops, touring companies,

tourism folks and other bike related businesses.

TO LEARN MORE

For many years, new Wilderness proposals have posed a thorny problem for

mountain bikers and IMBA. On the one hand, most cyclists support

protecting pristine public lands from commercial development. On the

other hand, the Wilderness Act, as interpreted by the federal land

agencies, categorically prohibits bicycling.

IMBA has developed a number of approaches to address new Wilderness

proposals, and we are bringing these tools to the Oregon debate.

Wilderness is important and IMBA supports some additional, new

Wilderness areas. But Wilderness is not the only way to protect public

lands. IMBA suggests a multi-pronged approach, including the creation of

Protection Areas, improved National Conservation Areas and

non-Wilderness Trail Corridors plus boundary adjustments.

To learn about Wilderness designations and what they mean to bicyclists

visit: http://www.imba.com/resources/wilderness/index.html

SIGN UP FOR IMBA's OREGON WILDERNESS LIST

Sign up for IMBA's Oregon Wilderness Update List for monthly emails

apprising you of our campaign to maintain access to some of this

country's greatest singletrack. Sign up at:

http://www.imba.com/resources/wilderness/oregon/index.html

CONTACT INFO

For more information about this meeting, contact PUMP board member Roger

Louton at 503-702-4590 or through http://www.pumpclub.org.

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Dear

IMBA Oregon: 

IMBA

affiliated club the Portland United Mountain Pedalers (PUMP) is hosting a

meeting Tuesday, June 22, at 6:00 p.m. at the Portland REI between the area

mountain biking community and U.S. Senator Gordon Smith's state

staff.

Oregon's

other U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has publicly proposed the designation of new

Wilderness areas in the Mt. Hood National Forest and has been hosting a

series

of public meetings. Senator Smith's staff is also interested in hearing from

the mountain bike community and how this proposal would affect cyclists and

will be there Tuesday.

 

MEETING

DETAILS

Tuesday,

June 22, 6:00

p.m. at REI

Pearl

District, 1405 NW Johnson. Please arrive early and eat before the meeting

(there won't be food). Ask any REI employee for directions to the Clinic

Room

which is in the northwest corner of the building. 

Please

make an effort to stop by and let them know how you feel this will affect

you,

your riding opportunities and especially your bicycle related business. No

need

to RSVP, just be there!

 

PLEASE

FORWARD THIS EMAIL

Feel

free to forward this on to anyone you feel may be interested in this topic,

especially bike and outdoor shops, touring companies, tourism folks and

other

bike related businesses.

 

TO

LEARN MORE

For

many years, new Wilderness proposals have posed a thorny problem for

mountain

bikers and IMBA. On the one hand, most cyclists support protecting pristine

public lands from commercial development. On the other hand, the Wilderness

Act, as interpreted by the federal land agencies, categorically prohibits

bicycling.

IMBA

has developed a number of approaches to address new Wilderness proposals,

and

we are bringing these tools to the Oregon debate. Wilderness is important and IMBA supports

some additional, new Wilderness areas. But Wilderness is not the only way to

protect public lands. IMBA suggests a multi-pronged approach, including the

creation of Protection Areas, improved National Conservation Areas and

non-Wilderness Trail Corridors plus boundary adjustments. 

To

learn about Wilderness designations and what they mean to

bicyclists

visit:

<a

href="http://www.imba.com/resources/wilderness/index.html">http://www.imba.c

om/resources/wilderness/index.html</a>

 

SIGN

UP FOR IMBA's OREGON WILDERNESS

LIST

Sign

up for IMBA's Oregon Wilderness Update List for monthly emails apprising you

of

our campaign to maintain access to some of this country's greatest

singletrack.

Sign up at: <a

href="http://www.imba.com/resources/wilderness/oregon/index.html">http://www

.imba.com/resources/wilderness/oregon/index.html</a>

 

CONTACT

INFO

For

more information about this meeting, contact PUMP board member Roger Louton

at

503-702-4590 or through <a

href="http://www.pumpclub.org">http://www.pumpclub.org</a>.-

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Are

you an IMBA member? Join today <a

href="http://www.imba.com/">http://www.imba.com/</a>

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