|
 |
Advocating for Mountain Biking in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
ROMP encourages mountain bikers to take part in trail maintenance and construction, participate in land manager meetings and master plans, ride with respect for the land and other trail users, and have fun! |
| |
|
|
|
|
This afternoon held some “good news, bad news” for California’s state park system.
The bad news first – the Legislature’s Budget Conference Committee voted to adopt the Governor’s proposal to eliminate core, state funding for our state parks. But the good news - and it’s good!- is that the committee also voted to enact the State Park Access Pass, CSPF’s proposal from last year to institute a surcharge on vehicle license fees of non-commercial vehicles, in order to provide Californians with free day-use access to state parks and generate much-needed revenues for the system. The version adopted by the Budget Conference Committee today differs from last year’s proposal in that today’s action adopted a $15 fee, in order to gain permanent General Fund savings of approximately $143 million annually. In exchange for paying the fee, residents driving into state parks with a California license plate would receive free day-use entrance into state parks.
This is good news, but it's only one step toward a final budget victory. Since the vote was divided, this proposal still has a high hurdle to overcome, in order to be enacted. Please TAKE ACTION and send a message to your legislator supporting the State Park Access Pass and urging the Legislature to Save Our State Parks!
TAKE ACTION
|
|
| (132 Reads) |
comments?  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hello,
I’m a student at UC Davis interested in the management of public lands, multiple use planning, and mountainbiking. I’m currently taking a class in environmental law, and am writing a paper focusing on the MROSD El Corte de Madera conflict with an emphasis on compliance with multiple use legislation. However, I am not very in tune with the area or the conflict; I have ridden there once and have some limited information about the district’s management policies so far, but have since been researching and trying to find out more about the controversy as it stands now.
From reading MROSD’s website and its plans for its El Corte de Madera Watershed Protection Program, it would appear that the district cares about the interests of mountainbikers in the area and is serious about planning for them. Yet, I keep hearing stories about their goals of changing their criteria of a “trail”, limiting mountainbikers to using 65% of their trails, and taming down the ones that we do use. I have no personal experience with the district (though I have requested an email interview from them), so am now asking whether anyone has any personal experience to share, possibly from a public meeting about any of these changes, running for a position on the Board of Directors, etc. This is probably the closest thing I will get to an interview from someone in the mountainbike community, so any input at all would be greatly appreciated. And in return, if anyone is interested I will let them read my completed paper.
Thank you!
Allie
|
|
| (315 Reads) |
3 Comments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
"As I rode out from the park on Old Haul rd, I encountered a hiker yelling for help... I approached her, she was separated from a Santa Cruz chapter of the Sierra Club , had pretty much no idea where she was. I directed her towards, and stayed with her til near the Wurr rd parking area, which was where her group of 12 had embarked, and she was headed exactly the opposite direction of. When she reconnected with her group in about 2 miles,she burst out crying, was so relieved to see them. They were most appreciative of my assistance...we spoke briefly on the nature of reconnoitering one's self out of the Redwood forest..how disorienting it truly can be, even when one has a map.... I was sure to add, that it was quite ironic that a fellow on a Bicycle, which has + continues to be many times the target of some Sierra Club slings, rescued one of theirs. This point was not lost on their group, we spoke of the need to build on these strengths. Who knows, maybe a few anti pedalers were moved to a more neutral, possibly even pro pedaler position yesterday".
-- Jim
|
|
| (436 Reads) |
comments? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The giant salamander trail at ecdm re-opened today, and I got a chance to get out there and ride it. The trail provides an important connector and is fun to ride in both directions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
