Category: Access Issues

Issues with access to public or private land for use by backcountry travelers.

USFS forced to review snowmobile use

  “This is a watershed event in Snowlands Network’s efforts to cause the Forest Service to address the impacts of snowmobile recreation,” said Marcus Libkind, Snowlands Network’s Chairman and founder. Snowlands Network and Winter Wildlands Alliance announced today they have settled litigation with the United States Forest Service on terms that require the U.S. Forest …

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Access: New Tahoe area FS plan avoids snowmobile issues

  The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the US Forest Service have released the draft of a new management plan that distills their policy guidelines for the next 20 years. The bureaucrats new plan does not appear to address winter recreation – implying no changes to their decades old plan. If there were no …

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BC News: New Rubicon Trail agreement

  Years of effort by Snowlands Network, other environmental organizations and concerned individuals culminated in an agreement between the Forest Service and diverse interests that will close the Rubicon (Off-Road) Trail at times to protect water quality and prevent erosion.   The agreement will also allow improvements to the Rubicon Trail to move forward.

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PSA: Unified Avalanche Website format?

The Utah Avalanche Center is applying for a competitive grant to fund a major project to help unify our website, email, SMS, and social media alerts and create an open source platform that could be used by any avalanche center. This could lead to more ways to get the advisories, an easier-to-use website, and more …

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Mo’ snomo’ in Giant Sequoia Natl Monument?

Ran across a plea for help today that seem worthy of mention. Snowlands Network sent out a notice to protest a proposal by the US Forest Service to allow snowmobiling on nearly all roads in the Giant Sequoia National Monument (not the same as Sequoia National Park). Snowmobiles had been allowed in the monument area, …

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Snowlands Auction

Snowlands Network is hosting an auction through this weekend to raise money for protecting wilderness lands from mechanized intrusions. There are lots of good causes to support these days, and they all need it because it seems the attacks on what is good are relentless. In the context of Snowlands Network, the goal is to …

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