[pct-l] if you're a voter at America's Great Outdoors

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

On Nov 9, 2010, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Eckert,
> Thanks for posting that link. EVERYONE ON THIS LIST should read it  
> (see eckert's
> post on 11-8-10)?and be aware that there will be a big push from  
> the off-roaders
> to influence the government to open up Wilderness Areas and the PCT? 
> to their
> use.? Realize that they greatly outnumber hikers and equestrians  
> and that their
> numbers are growing. We should all vote on that "America's Great  
> Outdoors" forum
> and also write our representatives.
>
> MendoRider

As an aside, I think it is totally unfair that the government is  
going to use this America's Great Outdoors forum to determine policy.  
I had never heard of it until recently. I'm not of the mind to camp  
out on it stalking for topics opened by OHVers and Mountain Bikers.  
I'm sure regular folks out there have no idea of that forum and they  
would want the wilderness preserved if someone were to bother asking  
them. Putting up something like this invites a lop-sided response  
from vested interests with the time, energy and money to sit around  
signing up email addresses and posting new "ideas" and voting them  
up. It's completely unfair.