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on the move! < World Championship Trials Series John Reynolds 2nd overall after Irish & British rounds with 310cc Plonker Moto Sport Trails Hare Scrambles Malvern, Oh io Rick Rorick . Overall winner with -~ 77,oesert Phantom . Prospector's Enduro .Lucerne Valley, California Steve Keull 1st A Class, 250cc with Desert Phantom & 4th overall Bob West 1st A Class, 175cc w it h Super Pioneer & 7th overall Florida Winter-AMA MX Series Marty Moates "3rd overall in the 25()cc Pro class with Phantom GP II MX See the winning line up of new rnodels .atvour Ossa dealer today! th e Forest Ser vice began fo u r years ago to involve th e user . public in a n u pda ted land use pl an . Based o n numerous public m eet ing-s a nd volumes of written input . a n O ff Ro ad Vehicle' Plan was ' rele ased in , December , 1976" to g-o into effect as soo n as ce rta in a d mi n istra tive orders cou ld be given . T he 1976 plan , whi ch m ad e det a il adjustments to th e status qu o . was cha llenge d - immedi ately in ap pea l . filed an ad m inistra tive J anu a ry 28 . 1~77 ~y th e S ~ erra Club < a nd t he Ca lifornia . N ative • Plant Soc iety. ' T he a p pea l is one of- many tactics used by prese rvationists to circ umve nt th e pu bli c when la nd -use plans developed throu gh publ ic in volvem ent T h ey ' t ried do n't sui t them . Details of H.R~ u nsu ccessfull y to get a lame-duck Ford administration to "d ecl a re Kern Plat eau a Na tional Monument in early J anu ary, The in clusion of Kern Plat eau in H .R . 3454 is just anot he r ' ste p in th e sa me process. The , A ~ r i ca n Motorcyclist Associat i'on 's' Leg-isla tive Departm ent kn ew of th e bi ll's ex iste n ce , bu t was not aware of its detai l implicati on s. • The ta cti cs used in submitting th e bill have work ed to keep th e user -publ ic un a ware 'a nd off-ba la nce , The slip-copy of th e bill (whic h is rele ased to t he public) sim ply ca lls ou t eac h pr oposed wild erness acreage- by ' name , number of acres, and host Na tion al Forest. For th e . actua l bou ndari es a nd exact locat ion of the pro posed wildernesses, th e bi ll refers 3454 . " En dan g ered American Wilderness Act of 1977 Lo cat io n "W est Chichagof -Yakobi Island W ilderness Pusch !:Iidge Wilderness ' •• 405.000 Golden Trout Wilderness , eXlstmg tra il designations. Wherever a proposed wilderness o verl aps existing patterns of vehicle use, or existing design ated vehicl e trails , they are stea ling yout land. _ What is worse . th e prese rvationists 'who are backing H .R . 3454' a re trying to ste a l the la nd behind your back, By . enco uraging the Congress to pass this bill and then afterwards te ll th e publ ic {he boundaries of th e new Wilderness . Ar eas . they had hop ed to present you with an accomplish ed fac t before you co uld be come aroused . It is just one of a who le arse na l of dirty tri cks we will see arrayed agai nst us in 1977, This new shift .i n ta cti cs represents on e cha llenge wh ich th e more mo to rcycli ng community must gear itself up t-? wit hsta nd. • ' Pro posed designation Acreage To'ngass N.F.: A las ka to a series of m ap' by title . th en states that the maps may be filed with th e Co ng ress after th e bill is pa ssed . It took th e detailed di gg ing of o ne co nce rned activist in th e co nt inuing . Kennedy Mea dows 'co nt ro versy to o btai n a co py of o ne of th ese m aps. If t he Kennedy Meadows/Kern Plateau situa tio n thus uncovered is typi cal . H .R . 3454 and its surrounding intrigue represents a land ripoff of signific ant proporti on s. Rid er s a nd responsibl e trail riding gro ups near th e affected Nation al Forests a re urged to co ntact th eir local . Forest Service office a nd a ttem pt to ' ob ta in . sim ila r W ilderness p roposal m a ps fo r t he ir a rea . .The proposed wilderness a reas sho uld be ca refully com pared to exis tin g O R V plans a nd 240.000 Coronado N.F.• Arizona Inyo & Seq uoia N.F. Californ ia Los Padres N.F. California' Los Padres N. F. Cali fornia Rio Grande N.F. Colorado Cibola N.F.• N .M . .Cibola N .F.. N.M. Williamette N.F. Oregon Williamette N.F. Oregon 56,510 Santa Lucia W ilderness 21.250 Ventana Wilderness Addition Goose Creek Wilderness Additions . Manzano Mtn. W ilderness Sandia Mtn. Wi lderness . French Pete Crk Addition Three Sisters Wi lderness M iddle Santiam W ilderness 60.080 69.400. 37.000 30.700 , 42.000 37