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In article <30jt3k$d5c@crl2.crl.com>, ourston@crl.com (Todd Ourston)
writes:

It seems that you misread the final line in the signature file I appended 
to one of my posts.  The actual quote read, "Smokey says, `clear cutting 
prevents forest fires."  I used that sig file about a week after the USFS 
(Smokey) announced that it was again turning chainsaws loose in the Tahoe 
National Forest because it was claimed that doing so was necessary to 
reduce fire risks to nearby buildings.  I'm sorry to learn that my joke 
went over your head.
 
I guess I did-  I am sorry to have misread your post, it seemed like a
anti-environmental yahoo mountain biker statement to me.

n article <30jt3k$d5c@crl2.crl.com>, ourston@crl.com (Todd Ourston)
writes:
  Environmental issues and trail access
: issues are personal to me because I see people taking sides which create
a
: gap which is not needed if we are to have both environmental  protection
: for critical habitat and a place to re-create ourselves (a.k.a.
: recreation).

I am not sure that understand your point; please explain

I was trying to explain my frustration with dealing with wanting both
environmental protection and places to have fun.  Many people that I know
and respect could care less about the places they ride--they simply want
to get rad (widen trails, cut switchbacks, make more trails, etc.).  Many
look at a really muddy day as a time to go out and tear up the trails, for
example.  Also, I read magazine editorials which advocate an
anti-environmental voice--simply because we mounatin bikers are here now
and they are going to have to deal with us.  

I did not mean to question your ecological background--I was
overgeneralizing out of anger.