[pct-l] Private landowners along the PCT and bikes

[Tortoise]

Another point:

In some areas, the PCT passes thru land, including national forest land, 
that is used by ranchers for grazing their cattle. These ranchers will 
probably have concerns about the impact on their cattle from bikers on the 
trail.

Tortoise

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
President John F Kennedy,  1962

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On 2012.10.24 11:01, Douglas Tow wrote:
> Good morning!
>
> Perhaps I have missed posts in this regard, but I would like to inquire
> about those portions of the PCT that cross private property.  To have
> allowed use over their land, owners would have had to record an easement or
> other agreement.  Would each of them not have to agree to amend their
> easement to allow bicycles, if that was otherwise to be the rule?  For
> these owners, the effects of bicycle use may well be one of economics:
> Erosion potential, effect on livestock, watercourses, drainage, and other
> factors would be the issues for them, not the effect on hikers and horses,
> or the aesthetics of the trail.  If an owner believed that his or her
> revenue would be at risk, or that the value of his or her property would be
> degraded, that owner would, in most cases, not be amenable to any changes.
>
> It was a hard-fought battle to unite the trail by convincing private
> landowners of the benign nature of a foot and horse trail across their land.
>
> Further, the trail crosses national parks, national wilderness areas, state
> parks, forest service lands, etc.  Does each jurisdiction have its own
> bureaucracies and rules that would effect whether or not bicycles would be
> allowed, even if the PCTA supported it?
>
> Doug
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