{"id":4196,"date":"2012-11-19T11:25:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T19:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2012-11-19T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T19:25:54","slug":"study-considering-shared-use-of-the-pct-begins-in-spring-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2012\/11\/19\/study-considering-shared-use-of-the-pct-begins-in-spring-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Considering Shared Use of the PCT Begins in Spring 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Jim Hasenauer<\/p>\n

You may have heard that there are a number of people working to re-open non-Wilderness sections of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) to bicycles.\u00a0 When the PCT was closed to bikes in 1988, that regulation was supposed to have been reviewed annually.\u00a0 It has never been reviewed.\u00a0 We brought this to the attention of the National Forest Service (who are the lead agency for managing the PCT) , and they have agreed to review the regulation.\u00a0 That process has not started yet.\u00a0 We expect it to happen in the Spring.\u00a0 At that time we will need high levels of participation from the mountain bike community.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we’ve created a website www.sharingthepct.org<\/a> and a facebook page “sharing the pct”.\u00a0 Both are\u00a0chock full of information about the initiative.\u00a0 Unfortunately, some folks who oppose this idea have become quite strident and aggressive on the pct-l listserv and other venues. \u00a0We are trying to keep this initiative high-road with an emphasis on civility and fact-based decision making.\u00a0 Don’t get into word wars with opponents.\u00a0 Their insults (and threats of booby traps) and violence hurt them more than help them in the public process.<\/p>\n

We think re-opening the PCT is good public policy.\u00a0 It will help the trail and all of its trail users.<\/p>\n

Right now, we are looking for organizations to sign on to our initiative and for specific information on different sections of the PCT itself and its suitability for multiple use.\u00a0 Check out the website.\u00a0 Your input is welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jim Hasenauer You may have heard that there are a number of people working to re-open non-Wilderness sections of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) to bicycles.\u00a0 When the PCT was closed to bikes in 1988, that regulation was supposed to have been reviewed annually.\u00a0 It has never been reviewed.\u00a0 We brought this to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,13,252,16,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4198,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions\/4198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}