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Mike Vandeman wrote:
> http://photos.nsmb.com/showimage.php?i=5156&c=36:
>
> From a friend:
>
> I went on a tour of our parks and forests with PNEAC in areas I
> normally would not go, as it is considered more neighbourhood forested
> areas at end of streets, cul-de-sacs, etc. and places I do not know
> about.  We looked at the most devastating thing in our forest.  A
> mountain bike bmx dirt jum area that was a large as a football field
> built around trees, etc. in that part of the forest in the Mt. Seymour
> area, next door to Fromme.  It had ramps and walls to jump off  -- all
> dirt dug from the forest floor, etc.  The DNV Parks people said they
> could not charge anyone because they did not know who did it (so lame,
> as anyone using it is breaking the law).  Meanwhile during the fire
> hazard warning not to smoke cigarettes in the forest we noted one of
> the mtb bmx'ers (bmx'ing with mountain bikes) smoking a cigarette, and
> the head guy of parks did not do anything about it.  I cannot explain
> how bad it is but picture what they have done to the Appalachian
> mountains for strip mining coal, plus the odd tree in between the
> jumps and ramps, etc.  You have got a pretty good picture.  It is
> devastating, and not a finger has been lifted by the Parks people or
> the apathetic neighbourhood living right next to this monstrousity! I
> will be going back in with my camera with the Mayor, if possible, and
> will send you it.  I have never seen such devastation in my life to a
> forest land. It rivals the structures in Mt. Fromme.
>
> What I do not understand is how the DNV Parks people let this one
> continue to the extent it did.  I had not heard of it until last
> night.  I feel pretty sick about it. Why are people so apathetic about
> this kind of thing?  I wonder what else is out there I do not know
> about.  At this rate, the forest in DNV might as well become one large
> adventure and amusement park.  I am also pretty angry right now at the
> Parks people who let this kind of thing happen without lifting a
> finger to stop it, telling me that the local kids want to have
> something close to their neighbourhoods. So lame! Sometimes I wish I
> didn't know about this.
> ===
> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
> humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
> Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

In Arizona we have a great problem with cretins riding quads.

ted