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  • Off-Roaders Fight Ecos for Calif. Canyon

    12/17/2006 7:01:52 PM PST · by Westlander · 41 replies · 1,175+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | December 17, 2006 | GILLIAN FLACCUS
    Whoever named Surprise Canyon got it right. Mere miles from bone-dry Death Valley, the canyon cradles two unexpected jewels: a gushing mountain stream and what's left of a once-bustling silver mining town. Environmental groups allege that, before they won protection for the area in 2001, off-roaders destroyed the canyon by cutting trees, dumping boulders in the water and using winches to drag their Jeeps up the waterfalls.
  • BLM will cite defiant ATV rider ( Handicap folks want access, too )

    10/18/2006 9:46:12 PM PDT · by george76 · 21 replies · 1,347+ views
    Associated Press ^ | October 18, 2006 | (AP) --
    Richard Beardall is getting exactly what he wanted: a trespassing ticket from federal land managers for ignoring the rules and riding his ATV on a closed road in the San Rafael Swell. Beardall, three other ATV riders and a Jeep, moved a 10-foot barricade near an old uranium mine and made a half-mile roundtrip along the access road to the Muddy River on Saturday. The Bureau of Land Management closed the area to recreational vehicles in 1993 due to riparian damage, said Price, Utah-based BLM manager Roger Bankert. Beardall, president of the Americans with Disabilities Access Alliance knows that, but...