Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

r.~ E,., . As Ti••• 'ore,eI. L•• ~ Us. Iss•• • • ,.s I.,. T" ,.i"e CYCLE IEWS Is S'.r'i., A lew I .....r f••'.r•. ~ I •• ~.rs Ar. fle•• r.,.~ T. S".it Le".rs~ Ar'ieles A.~ O".r I,•• s I ... ,.~ T •••'.re,eI.,L.,is••'i•• A.~ : LI'~ Use. A~~r.ss C.rr.s,•• ~e.ee T. CYCLE I",S LI'~ A.~ LI. f.r••, 498, Lo" 'ele', Ca'. 90801. Q., • SAN FRANCISCO _ Th U S Forest ~ I' e . • lol Service today turned down a request by :i!: I the Sierra Club to reverse a Forest ' lol I Supervisor's dec ision on the future man..;j age ment of the 39.500 acre Granite Chief t,) Area 80 mUes northeast of Sacramento, :... lin th; Tahoe NaUonal Forest t,) , (The Sierra Clubhadreque~tedthat the Granite Chief Area be de39 500 ' A " d the clar ed acr'~Ud erness rea • un er a • provision of the ·Na tional WUder ness Act. In effect, this would have prevented recreational use -Including motor cycle s - In the entire area.) J W " Jack" Delnema Regional Forest~r tor the National Forests of Call'for nla , told an Interested group of the The following articl e Is a UPI report carried in the April 16, 1970 editi on o f the Daily Press In Victor Valle y. I "1 father rapers (~Peanlties of Inacti on could Include.. , II~creased 'health and safety hazards , cnme, and even deat!'s of des ert visitors and workers. '0 ) ; WIth the solution to the problem bein g to throw us all In ja il ("Esta bli s b, a 'uniformed protective ranger patrol in the desert composed of BLM officers ~th 'law enforcement autho rit y.'·). It is hIgh lime that state BLM director, J . Russel Penny and secretary of the Interior, Walter J. Hickel got off of their negaliv e, antiquated horses. They must recogni ze the enormity of this sport and tak e positive :-teps toward providi'!g areas for motonzed recreation . This IS the only way to protect our constantl y shrinking desert. whil e at the same time taking into con sideration the desires of a fast-growing, la rge minority of people spect for taw and order, I think legislaUon of thJs calibre also makes my task quite dlfflcult. I do not believe In r iots or othe r civil d I tbeli Indisobed1 e~ d~ no ~edo believe e~~ e w, owever, , we must resist and actively oppose unjust. prejudiced and Irresponsible legislaUon. I do not know what, acUon others will feel compelled to take. but I will tell you witat I have done , The next mor~1n after discover ing M Bo Ill's legis~tiOll I placed a call tor'th nShe De t and tated eel' S par en s the desire to place a complaint against violators of Tramc Ordinance 6544, Section 7021. f told him there was a bull- :;:so;; u:, an Forest Service Regional Headquarters: " We are pleased to continue to wor k with the Sier ra Club and othe r Interested groups. However, based on careful study of all the statements r ec eived from the publlc, evaluation of the r esources and conditions of the area, and our experience as professional land managers under the guidelines set by Congress, I have decided that the or1ginal conclusion was proper. I am upholding the decision made by Forest Supervisor Hank Branagh to manage the northern portion of the Granite Chief area for backcountry recreation and the southern portion for full resource use." A key fa ctor In the ForestSupervisor's dec ision was the fact that 40 percent of the land In the Granite Chief Ar ea Is privately owned. Mor eover , the area offers opportunIUes for future recreational use on porUons of NaUonal Forest land needed to meet the increasing public demand for family camping , fishing. hunting, and sightseeing . Delnema went on to say, " Beca us e of our concern for unstable soUs and watershed protection In the northern portion of Granite Chief, I have already es ta blished the ' Granite Chief Motor Vehicle Closure' which prohiblt1s cross-country use of motor ized vehicles on 20.400 acres." The only entry Into this area will be either by foot or horseback. Two million acres; or 10 percent of the National Forest land In canrornia, consist of WIlder ness and other lands under study by the Forest Service for inclusion Into the WIlderness System. THE READERS SPEAK: A LETTER ON LEGISLATION I would like to call your attention to excerpts fr om an article published In the AprIl 15, 1970 edition of the Hacienda Heights HUander: On motion of Supervisor Frank G. Bonelli, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today amended Its excessive motorcycle noise ordinan ce to eliminate the nuisance stemming from motorcycl1sts raeIng inside their own yards. The amendment to Traffic Ordinance no. 6544. wUI now read as follows: " Sec . 7021. PR OHIBITION. A person shall not operate any motor vehic le (Including any motor cycle, trall bike. dune buggy. motor s cooter, or jeep) or the motor thereof on any place other than a highway so as to disturb the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or person by nois e, dust, smoke or fumes caused by such motor vehicle." ... ...The Supervisor said he bas received numberous complaints about excessive moto r cycle noise In the Hacienda Heights area, As I Inter pr et this, Supervisor Bonelli would make your kid a cr1mlnaI for riding a minibike In his own backyardI With the constantly rising crime rate and irr epr essible drug traffic, It would seem to me that our police force have more than enough to do. And as a parent who wants his kids to grow up with re- "..........-&';: , D ''' '0. n. ,Wi.' S. w ' . . ... m s .. 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