Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2005, and the IMBA web site Joe Robinson Mountain bikers may soon put knobby rubber on unpaved park roads under an agreement announced Monday between the National Park Service and the International Mountain Biking Assn. The deal would let mountain Read more…
The Arctic refuge may soon be in the hands of Big Oil. Will it drill clean? Source of this article – Technology Review, April 2005 By Bryant Urstadt Drill Kit “Arctic Petroleum Development: Implications of Advances in Technology” By Terry R. Twyman Congressional Research Service, 2001 Central to the case Read more…
Conflicts among hikers, bikers and horse riders cause dust-ups on the ground. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2005. By CHARLES DUHIGG, Times Staff Writer THE rain stopped, and scores of day hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders converged on the Mulholland Scenic Overlook trail, one Read more…
Natural forces have limited man’s intrusion in the rugged landscape. Now a federal bill aims to keep it untrammeled. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2005. By JULIE CART, Times Staff Writer BLACK SANDS BEACH, Calif. — Pounding waves scour these jutting headlands, dredging rock and Read more…
More than 200 Fish and Wildlife researches cite cases where conclusions were reversed to weaken protections and favor business, a survey finds. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2005. By JULIE CART, Times Staff Writer More than 200 scientists employed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Read more…
No sweat cycling Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2004. Bonnie Obremski On the day Tour de France contenders cranked more than 1,000 feet up Cote de Borlon, some cyclists in Beaufort, N.C., dipped beneath the Atlantic’s surface for a 40-foot-long reef ride. Twenty-eight seal-skinned spectators Read more…
Winding Paths for Roadless Lands – Bush’s push to repeal a Clinton rule protecting 58.5 million acres of forest underlines the differing views of the two administrations. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2004. By BETTINA BOXALL, Times Staff Writer On the shoulder of Southern California, Read more…
The president, who suffered some abrasions and scratches on outing at his ranch, insists on finishing his ride. ‘He was fine,’ an aide says. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2004. Peter Wallsten | Times Staff Writer President Bush took a spill during a Saturday afternoon Read more…
Poisonous past: A 72-mile bike path covers northern Idaho’s once-toxic mining debris. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2004. Guy Hand | Special to The Times Idaho will officially open the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes, one of the longest bike paths in the country, on Read more…
One page summary on how to protect against tick bites from the California Dept of Health Services, and how to remove them if bitten. How to remove ticks, from Lyme Disease Association, Inc. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 13, 2004. It’s tick season in the local mountains. Read more…