Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

WIST America's No.1 W eekly Motorcycle N ews paper Sharon C layt on . Pu b lisher Caro li"" =dry. Secretary ( 0 tbe Publisher Bob i Scott, Execu tive Assista nt Advertising J im Ryan , Sa les Ma nager , Larry Un it", Sales Man ager . Sk ip J oh nson , Sal es Ma n ager . Chris Ko lber. Assistan t. Gin Ha rpe r. Wanl Ad s. Editorial C harles MOTf'Y. M ana ging Ed itor . Dale Brown . Edi to r. Br ia n Ge orge . Assistant Editor . Graphics and Production Dav Pa u li, Product ion Man ager . Ju d y Klinger , Prod uc tion Assist ant . :\obr iun Har ash ita . Ka ren Farha t. T ypography. Den ni s G ree ne . La borat o ry . Accounting M ik e Kli n ger , Ma n a g e r . j e anne Ham mo nd . Ace-IS. Receiva b le . Don na Brya n . Asst. Accu . Receiva b le. Holly Hale . Co llectio n and C redi t . Circulation R he ba Sm ith . :\1anagf'r.. Sa ndye McK a y, Sing le- Copy SOl in. Sh t"TI) ' Kau fm a n , C hri sty Bell , T am my Ta ylor . Assista nt s. Services and Support Pdt Car den as , Pr u it . S&5 . Re ce p t ioni st . B ru ce West 2201 Cherry Ave . . Lo ng Beach , CA P .O . Box 498 . Lon g Bea ch , CA 908 01 (2 1 ~ ) 4 27 ·74 ~ ~ : L. A. Li n. 6 ~6· 8 844 . East 4190 First A ve• • T uc ker. GA. P.O . Box 805 . T ucker , GA ~0 084 . (404 ) 934 ·7850 . Subscription One year. secon d class ma il. 115 ; two yea rs. seco nd class mail . 527 ; three yea rs. second class ma il. 1:i7.50 . Copyright I]l Cycle Ne ws. In c. 1978 . T ra de m a rk Cycle News registered U.S. Patent Office . All rig hts reser v r d . Pu bl ish ed wt"rldy except th e first a nd last week of tbe cal enda r yrar b y Cycle News, In c . , P.O . Box 498 . Lo ng Br a ch . Ca lifor nia . Seco nd cla ss pos tage paid at Lon g Bra ch . CA 9080 1. C ycle News welcom es unsolicited ed ito ria l ma terial incl ud ing sto ries , ca rtoons. ph o tos , etc . 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Photos by Charles Morey, John Hi pkiss and Dale Brown. - - - - - - - -' The Bu reau of Land Management , on Aug. 18, 1978, sent to all interested parties a B LM Interim Wilderness Inventory Map Prog ra m and t hat of the Interim W ilderness. Listed belo w a re recommendations for areas by number and names of the areas as you may know them. Many of the areas listed as potent ia l wilderness study areas were originally designated as open. as roads and trails. or as existing vehicle travel routes . These five areas wer e considered open areas according to the '74 ICMP : Roadless Area #I! O: Ol ancha . Good desert racing area . Roadless A r ea U 25 : McCoy Mountains. Ford Dry Lake. Used quite frequently by O R V campers. Easy access for users from San Diego and O ra nge Cou nt y. The area is close by Blyt he Airport and Blyt he O rn n i , causing undue airplane traffic in th e area. There are mines and springs in the area which will be affected by a wilderness setting. Roadfess A r ea l! SO: Little Chuckwalla Mtsn. Good rockhound area .for opals and agates . R ugg ed terrain for the experienced biker or four wheel vehicle driver. Roadless A r ea U60 : Mammoth Wash , Im perial Sa nd Dunes (north). Needs a corridor from one open area to another. Roadless Area U62 : Gl a m is/ Imperial Sand Du nes (south), Highly used recrea tion a l a rea , The fo llowing eight areas were designated roads and trails areas in the 1974 1CMP: Roadless A r ea # I S9: El Paso (Robber's Roost). Accord ing to the MFP th is area should be designated roads and trails. Highly desirable area for camping and trail riding . Roadless Area I I S9A: Horse Canyon. Popular area for travel to Melver's Sp rings, the miner's cabin and SoCal Hill . Roadless Area # 160: Bird Springs. Familiar to the weekend c a m p e r. There are m any t ra ils that lead from the wells at Horse Canyon , Bird Springs, Sageland , and But terb read . Roadless Area 1 2 17: Big Horn, Ratt lesn ake Canyon. Heavily mined on eastern slope. Used for long enduro, recreational camping in the cold er months. Roadless Area #218A: Whitewater. Area west of Yucca Valley. Recrea tion al area . showi ng all areas they are consid ering for 2( c) criteria (wi lderness). Your com ments on these proposed a reas ca n be mail ed to th e BLM Offi ce Wi ld ern ess In ve n to r y T e am, 1695 Spruce Sr. , Riverside , CA 92507 by September 18,1978 . For you r assistance we ha ve made some co mpa risons betw een th e 1974 Int er im Crit ical Managem e nt Pl a n Ma p of t he Cal iforni a Desert Veh icle Roadless Are a #!!9: East Moro ngo . Heavily used by recrea riona lists. Road less Area #218: Mo rongo , Mostly state a nd priva te property. Is not of high enough value to be made wild erness and still a llow recreational use . Road less A r ea U4 8: Big Chuckwall a Vall ey. Rugged terrain , useful for t he adva nced ORV user a nd isolation from heav ily used a reas . VOICES OI'TBE WEIST Less speed. more broadsliding Let 's have . for 1980 or 1981 , 500cc fou r-stro ke en gines only for m ile . half mile a nd "IT ra cin g ; SOOcc two or four -stroke engi nes for road ra ces ; and 250cc two or four-strok e engi nes for short track . All 500cc e ngi n es used for motorcycle racing , yo u r c hoi ce o f brands, shou ld be mass produced . They shou ld be available to everyone through their loca l dealer. You choose th e frames , wheel s, etc. you want. The way things are , it's not fa ir to the H arley-Davidson camp at road ra cing. It's not fair to the othe r riders on d irt . Everyone should start wi th an engi ne that's available , and build it up for racing . There is a lot of riding talent waiting for an equal cha nce. And for Amateur activi ties: off t he showroom floor eq ui p me nt onl y, e.xcep t for tire tread and front wh eel size. GEORGE W ILLIS Morris. IL Specific areas threatened by 'int erim BLM desert wilderness map By Marge Reeser and EdWaldheim T he third a lternative for areas of veh icle use are the existing vehicle routes . There are seven areas we feel should be viewed: Roadless Area II! I: Olancha (so uth) . Used for trail rides. Next to the Na val Weapons Center. Should not be considered wilderness. Roadless Area #1 72: Atolia , East Red Mountain . Good enduro tra ils. Very little soil breakdown . Roadless Area # 186: Pa rt s of Calico and Fremont Peak. Excellent recreation area , N ot used by competiti ve groups but should be opened for such use. Mining and rock hounding preval ent. Roadless Area #209: Goat Springs (W . Ord Mtn .. Quill Springs). Prime area for OR V use . Hea vy con ce n t ra tio n of mining and populace . Should not m eet 2(c) criteria . Roadless A rea #208: East Ord Mo untain (Sweet Water Sp r in gs,. Wi llis Well). Would reli v competitive pressure and tie into the J oh nson Valley. Roadless Area #210 : Ra bbit Of,); Lake. High desireab le end uro ar-;,a . Surrounded by major desert commu nities and is constantly f10'1) ; . over by military jets, These are the area s in je opardy, but they may not be the only ones. Y9.u may know o f a n a rea of sp ec ia l interest. You need to send a separate comment on each area stating problems in natura l cond itions as you see them and al so outstanding opportunities. To receive a map • ~ II . Chuck Tulloss, Wilderness Coo rd inate Riverside BLM . at 7141787·1426 . ...,., The dirt biker is an endangered species, and' now his habitat is . becoming RARE II o By PhilipC. Briggs This tim e last year everyb oay was hollering about t he Uf,S, Forest Service's definition of a road , and sure that RAREl II (Road less Area Review an d Eva luatIon - the seco nd one) would stu ff massive amou nts of pseu do wilderness d own our collective throats. Well , it liasn't ha ppened yet , and it may nOl - at least not completely, 1 ' ''~J La st year it looked like the Roadless Area in vent ory the USFS flashed a t us was go ing to vanish int o the maW' Of a wilderness -dominated b u re a u cr a cy and com e back o ut with instant wilderness . It didn't happen. Instea d , they've subm itted a draft environm ental statement on the program , with sta te specific su pplements, to public review . and held an extensive round of open hou oses to explain their proposal. You've seen notices of r hese in The La tes t Poop , a nd Cy cl e N ews ' in terview with AM A's R ob Raso r ex plained the p rogra m in great detail. Briefly, the USFS see ms to sincerel y be seeking public in put on thei r.RAR E 11 pro posa ls, which in clu d 10 alternat ives for the inventoried a reas, ra ngi ng fro m d esignating non of t hem wilderness to designa ting them al l. Odd ly, a fter a ll th e fuss a bou t wha t constitutes a roa d, the EIS says no th ing a bo ut it. In stead , they are lookin g for co m ments " . . , about , how yo u wo uld prefer to ha ve specific areas, or parts of areas managed . . ." and " . , , why you feel as you do about them ," Not if th er e's a " road " in th e area , but how sho u ld we manage it , and

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