Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

LUG WESTERN UMTED STATES CHAMPIONS .ather. Nevada·S.ather. Call Groups like Dune Awareness and Santa Barbara ATC Club are cooperating with Parks and Recrea tio n to set upan interim patrol of th e dunes. Anyone caught making new trails in the green areas would be fined $500 with a possibl e six months jail sentence for di stroying public property. The dunepanol will be experie nced riders on 250Rs. Littering laws will be strictly en fo rced. If yo u a re ca ug h t liuering, yo u will be su bjec t 10 th e same mi sdem eanor charges as destruction of public property. Park ran gers are a lready writing ci ta tio ns for a ny modifi ed exha ust and n o flags in th e dunes. T hese added en forceme n t ru les a re to keep th e dunes open. We must a bide by the m if we don ' t want co mpl ete dune cl os ure. The ent ire pl an , including th e dune closing, will be back before th e Co m m ission members in two or th ree months for wh at Commission members said they hoped would be fin al action. T ips for dune user s: I. leave yo ur exhaust stock - th e rangers are writing $10 tickets a ll day long; 2. keep a lO -Ioo r flag, orange of red , on each unit; 3. no liuering - if yo u haul it in . hau l it out; 4. wear he lmets - th e sand is soft, but if your bike lands on your head, you're not likely to wa lk away (su re yo u look cool in a baseball cap, but you 'll be cool in the ground; 5. speed limit is 15 mph on the beach and within 50 feet of camp sites; 6. remember - enjoy , don't destroy! • VIEWFINIlERS GRAND PRIX "'P The State . Parks and Recreation Department. which owns the beach front park, opposes a moratorium, according to Ross Henry from th e State. Don Shultz. of the Department of Fish and Game, complained th at th e cou nty's proposed staging area at Oso Fl aco Lake was a poor o ne because of th e ex treme ly sensitive wetland a rea . H e ca ll ed for closure of all vegetated a reas around th e dun es. There wa s a lot of test imon y describing destruction of th e dunes caused by 4-WD.s, dune buggies and especi ally 3-whet:lers . The Fish a nd Game Department wa rn ed that Pismo Dunes is one o f th e five State areas in greatest need of protection. James R yerso n , of the Coastal Commission Staff, stated that the situation is cu rrently out of control. Steven La Marine gave a well prepared slide show, picturing threewheelers litterin g , tearing down fences, racing up streets in town and making trails in th e green areas. If he ma de o ne of you bozos a movie star, thanks a lo ti Your pin-headed activities may have persuaded the Commission 10 close the dunes! Local interests were divided. The Ch amber of Commerce wants to have n o restricti ons of off-ro ad vehicles, citing loses of milli ons 10 local businessmen. Th e Oceano Improvem en t Association ho wever , wa nts to cl ose th e maj or veh icle access a t O ceano ra m p . Pat ri cia Beck o f the Co u nty Planners Depart ment sai d th at on a holiday weekend 20,000 to 50,000 p eople cam p o n th e beach . She sta ted th e co u nty doesn 't wa nt to ba n offroad vehicles, just lim it them to th e ca rryin g capacity of th e a rea . J a mes Ryerson a lso went on 10 say th at the Coa stal Co m m iss ion agreed with the co un tv o n a ll but three a reas: I. the Co m rilis si on does n o t h a ve t he authority to impose a moratorium lik e th e co u nty proposes; 2. cl osin g down coas tal access 10 on e kind o r recreation conflicts with the Coastal Plan; 3. the Commision staff opposes off-road vehicle access at Oso Flaco Lake, as proposed by the county. 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