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>MA>It should never be necessary for anyone to even want to walk harmlessly
>MA>across someone else's land without permission. The State of California and
>MA>the various Counties and Regional Park Districts own enough land to
>MA>satisfy most anyone who wants to get close to nature. Stay off the private
>
>Unless of course you live in Marin County and you happen to want to
>use your mountain bike to "get close to nature."  Here (as in many
>areas of our state) state, regional, local, and now national--the
>National Park Service--government agencies are blocking bicycle access
>to otherwise useful and desireable circular recreational trail routes,
>typically without demonstrating that a problem exists which warrants
>such a policy, let alone attempting to solve it without such a heavy
>handed response.
>
>As a result, the temptation to "close the loop" by cutting across
>private land that is not as likely to be patrolled has been
>unnecessarily increased, and of course, some bicyclists have given in
>to this temptation.  My point is not that they are justified in doing
>so, but rather that we all have a stake in seeing that our public open
>spaces remain available for our desired uses, even if we wish to do
>nothing more than say, "stay off my land, please, there is plenty of
>public land for you to use to your satisfaction."  Increasingly,
>however, our public land is being managed to satisfy less and less of
>the public.  Right or wrong, that places a burden on all concerned.

Have you heard of wildlife? They need and deserve to have land where
they are left alone -- land that is off limits to ALL humans. The
wild counterpart to private property.