[pct-l] Bike Free PCT

[JPL]

Its important to report this sort of transgression.  Law enforcement may not 
be able to get there right away, but they'll keep a record of it and other 
such activities.  No record; they think there's no problem.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Charles Williams
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:08 PM
To: PCT list
Subject: [pct-l] Bike Free PCT

Hello,
I had a  thought last week as I was doing a 10 day log-out in the Tahoe and 
Plumas National Forests.  You see, I ran into bicycles twice that were 
knowingly using the PCT.  One was a single user, the other was a group of 
three.  I had a radio and threatened to call them in, but when I saw the 
group it was July 4 and I figured the "twig pigs" would have other things to 
do.  They just laughed it off and said "do what you want, we're riding 
through".

What if a non-profit was started that collected donations (presumably from 
hikers) that were spent on game cameras.  They could be positioned on trees 
out of the reach of bikers and moved from time to time by volunteers.  They 
could also be locked to the trees with a cable or?  The cameras could take 
pictures of bikers using the trail and get a "head shot" of the perps.

I wonder if the Law Enforcement Officers would take a case to a judge with 
evidence collected by civilians?  The bikers would have to be identified of 
course, but we could post the cameras with a view of the parking lots they 
use and get license plate numbers if we're lucky.  Or we could post their 
headshots on a website and see if anybody can identify them.

Any thoughts on this?  Anybody have any answers to the legal questions?

QuincyRider

P.S.  From Jackson Meadows to Johnsville Gibsonville road we logged out 257 
trees.  Sheesh!
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