"Mountain biking has powerful opponents that want you banned from all
trails".
NO ONE wants mountain bikers "banned from trails". We only want BIKES
banned from trails. This is a deliberate lie, since I've told them
this many times.
Mike
From: "IMBA" <
in...@imba.com>
Subject: This is why you can't take trail access for granted...
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 14:47:30 -0600
Meet some of the groups that want to ban mountain biking
Save a trail, score a cool pair of Long Live Long Rides socks for
free.
Think protecting trail access is someone else's problem?
Take a look at some of the articles I've read this week from
recreation opponents:
The National Parks Traveler website erroneously asserted that an IMBA-
led trail project at Big Bend National Park (TX) will be built in an
inappropriate piece of backcountry Wilderness. In fact, the trail is
adjacent to the visitors center. Nor did IMBA pay to play by funding
the environmental analysis, as the Traveler stated.
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) stirred-
up visitors to Texas' Big Bend National Park by describing a multiuse
trail that may soon open to bikes as a "Thrill-Sport Venue".
Mountain biking has powerful opponents that want you banned from all
trails, right now. It takes significant funding to pay the
professional teams IMBA employs to prevent them from winning.
This is why I need you to donate to the Trail Access Fund today.
The fact is, IMBA is helping parks nationwide be more relevant to
today's recreating public. Some 44 national parks are succesfully
managing mountain biking on mulituse trails that everyone can enjoy.
We know mountain biking gets Americans active reducing obesity,
stress and health care costs and that trails make our nation more
livable.
And it's not just trails in iconic parks that benefit your favorite
local rides are protected by IMBA's work at the local, state and
federal level.
Click here to see just some of the vital access issues that your $10,
$35 or even $250 will be put to work.
As a thank you, I’ll send you a free gift like our limited-edition
Long Live Long Rides socks or a 2012 IMBA jersey.
We must show elected officials that outdoor recreation is a solution
to many of the problems that plague our nation.
If our kids don’t learn to appreciate the outdoors, will future
generations care if our wonderful natural landscapes are gobbled-up by
development?
And what will happen to the local businesses and communities that rely
on visits from riders like you?
Please send what you can $35, $50, $250 even your $10 donation helps
save a trail.
Thank you in advance for protecting the places we all play,
IMBA Government Affairs Director
207 Canyon, Suite 301
Boulder, CO 80302
United States