It turns out that Bureau of Land Management officials were doing slightly more than just standing by last Saturday as 300 ATVs sped up the Kane County, Utah, Paria River wilderness study area in violation of federal law–they were snapping photos of license plates, which they passed along to U.S. Attorney Brett Tolman on Monday.
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It wasn’t quite the show of four-stroke power that protest organizers promised, but 300 ATVs, four-wheel-drives, and other vehicles drove up the Paria River in southern Utah Saturday, violating a federal law that prohibits motorized rigs in wilderness or wilderness study areas. The Bureau of Land Management did nothing to stop them.
Earlier today, The Adventure Life reported on the illegal ATV rally planned for a wilderness study area in southern Utah near Kanab. Between 500 and 1,000 vehicles are expected to roll up the Paria River in clear violation of federal law. If you want to stop it, it takes just one click.
You might want to avoid southern Utah’s Paria River on Saturday: Between 500 and 1,000 ATVs, Jeeps, and other off-road machines are expected to drive up the river bed illegally in protest of the federal government’s decision to actually enforce the law keeping them out.
President Barack Obama signed the biggest lands bill in a generation today, protecting 2 million acres permanently. For all you wilderness wonks, here’s the full transcript of what he had to say: “Today I have signed into law.
It was ugly and it was long and it was all too often compared to sausage making, but the U.S. Congress today finally passed the massive omnibus public lands bill, giving permanent protection to two million acres in nine states and increasing protection to another 26 million acres. The legislation now heads down the street to President Barack Obama, who would be more likely to slow-dance with Dick Cheney than not sign it.
What do you think about allowing mountain biking in national parks? Should cyclists have access to some trails? All trails? No trails? If you want your opinion heard, get on it: The comments period ends Tuesday, February 17, on a proposed National Park Service rule.
After a bit of legislative smackdown, two million acres of land and a thousand miles of rivers moved a step closer to permanent protection on Sunday when the Senate voted 66-12 to move a big public lands bill to a full vote.
“Vote the Environment” doesn’t stop with the culmination of the presidential election: Congress is set to protect 3 million acres of land across the United States and add safeguards to 1,000 miles of rivers–but it needs encouragement to get its lame-duck butt back to D.C. to approve it.
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