Re: More Fun Planned for Off-Road - BLM steps up!

sacrifice areas????????????????
oh great so i guess it's official we're a cult

"brother john"
Devine conception of Dirt

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Rec park coming to Uintah

It will cater to off-roaders; some activists criticize BLM donation of
1,200 acres

By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3603207?source=rss

WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management is in the final process of
giving more than 1,200 acres in eastern Utah to Uintah County for a
sports park, complete with a motocross track, drag racing strip, rock
climbing area and mud bogs.

cool reward folk who pay & play by the rules


By summer, approval could be granted and construction finished on
parts of the park, opening up a large swath of land for legal
recreational vehicle use. BLM and county officials say the park would
keep off-roader aficionados from destroying other areas, but
environmentalists say that's not necessarily so.

still not enough, total elimination of all human activity (except theirs)
goal


"If they're going to set up these sacrifice areas, you'd think
they'd set up more restrictions on other BLM land," says Liz Thomas, a
staff attorney with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. "We're not
seeing that."

blinded by their "passion"

Under the deal now close to completion, Uintah County would get
nearly 1,229 acres to build the sports park - called the Buckskin Hills
Recreation Area - and then private groups would be responsible for
constructing the various parts, such as a place to ride dirt bikes or
to fly ultra-light aircraft, ride go-carts or run remote-controlled
cars and planes.

sounds like public freedom to enjoy public funded stuff

An environmental assessment of the land sale found no reason to
block the deal, and few negative comments about the proposal came in
during a public review. It's located about 4.5 miles from Vernal.

it's dirt rock & stuff right?

Bill Stringer, head of the BLM's Vernal office, says there are plans
to restrict access for off-road vehicles on some 1.5 million acres and
creating this sports park will give those who want to use ATVs or
motorbikes a place to go.

okay public funds extorted from the citizens
support 1.5 million acres... then they not only
take the money then they say you can enjoy
what it bought, well maybe you can enjoy
less than 1% of what it bought <not a very
good ROI>, for a while, until we change our
mind, or some one finds a species that is effected
or might be effected...


"That fits into our scheme to a large degree because you give
people a place to go," Stringer says. "When you start limiting use, and
you want to avoid the outlaws or frustrating those folks, [you need to]
give them a place to go."

That place is burgeoning as a go-to spot for recreation in Uintah
County. Across the road from the proposed sports complex is 1,079 acres
set aside for a shooting range, which Uintah County's grants
administrator Heather Hoyt says will be one of the premier ranges in
the state. That land as well came through another lease-to-sale deal
with the BLM.

shooting range? i hope they make the users install silencers <grin>


A sports complex, she says, will be a good way to bring tourists and
their wallets to the area. "We've already had a lot of interest in the
project," Hoyt says. "We've had a motocross area in previous years.
They've brought quite a few people and I think this will do the same."

Still, environmentalists see this as a continuation of a trend to
open up recreational land that doesn't curtail off-road vehicles in
other areas.

pendulum had been swinging one way for a long time

"I haven't seen any evidence that any of the land management
agencies are trying to discourage off road vehicle use any way," says
Dan Schroeder, an off-road vehicle activist and Sierra Club volunteer.
"If they were actually closing one area while they creating a play area
somewhere else, I guess I'd take them more seriously. "

discourage? well they aren't encouraging it much

SUWA's Thomas says the recreational parks often turn into "training
grounds" generating more off-road vehicle traffic.
Stringer disputes that.

training grounds? yep a well regulated militia

"From my standpoint, when we identify areas and prepare them" for
such projects "we remove pressure from resources that are not
necessarily hardened," he said.

Buggs Bunny voice on: "you realize of course this means war"

Will it stop more off-road abuse? "It certainly promises to help."

tburr@xxxxxxxxxx



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