[ndcf] Maah Daah Hey II Needs Your Support Once Again!

[ron.luethe at bis.midco.net]

All,

The FS is soliciting comments for the second time on the MDHT II.  Thanks to 
you all, the FS heard us loud and clear during the first comment period and 
has made adjustments to accomidate bikes for the entire trail.   We also feel 
if the bypass is good enough for bikes, it should be good enough for all trail 
users. Please read the comments below then scroll down to Take Action section 
then click on the link to send a comment. Note the July 6 deadline.

Thanks for continuing to support trails for all users in ND!

Ron 

Maah Daah Hey Epic Needs Your Support

The Forest Service is again accepting public input as it plans a
55-mile extension of the popular Maah Daah Hey Trail, an IMBA Epic.

After receiving more than 1,000 comments from concerned mountain
bikers last year, the agency revised its suite of alternatives to
include one that allows bicycles on most of the main route. IMBA
appreciates this significant step forward, but requests one vital
change to ensure equal treatment of all non-motorized uses.

The new Alternative J would force mountain bikers off the primary
route and onto a 10-mile bypass around a roadless area. IMBA requests
that the agency build only one route and adopt the bypass as the
primary trail. This solution treats all non-motorized users equally
and eliminates the unnecessary and inappropriate use of taxpayer money
to build two parallel trails. It also avoids a dangerous precedent
that could suggest bicycles are an impediment to land preservation.

Take Action

Tell the Forest Service you support fair treatment of mountain biking
and the construction of one corridor for the important 55-mile Maah
Daah Hey extension:
http://go.imba.com/site/R?i=3wRr_jlftTzbSGa5RJGCGQ..

The deadline for comments is Friday, July 6