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The WildeBeat|Reprise: Wilderness Deals for Wheels Episode
This wild places program investigates the relationship of the popular sport of mountain bicycling to wilderness preservation. What do these groups want when they lobby for the protection of wild places?
Steve tells the story with the help of:
Roger Abeh, a park ranger for the Department of Parks of the City of San Jose, California.
John Kramer, the acting Wilderness Manager for the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Forest Service.
Ryan Henson, the policy director for the California Wilderness Coalition.
Mark Eller, Communications Director for the International Mountain Bicycling Association, also known as IMBA.
A recent point of contention between wilderness groups and mountain bicycling groups was over the establishment of the King Range Wilderness. This wilderness was established in October, 2006, as part of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act.
WildeBeat members can download additional interview clips about responsible mountain bike riding in the backcountry from our WildeBeat Insider web pages.
Show number 139 [MP3 format; length 12:04; 2,901,244 bytes]
Show number 139, high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 12:04; 11,601,795 bytes]
Show number 139 script
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[ Thu, 22 May 2008 09:00:00 PST ]
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