Hammer Trails on green target list!

[Crowdog]

The Hammer trails (Johnson Valley) are on the Center for Biological Diversity target list for partial closure.

More info here: http://www.crowley-offroad.com/Snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11

Crowdog

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!

[Colo.TJ]

I thought the Victor Valley Four Wheelers worked closely with the land managers to build the Hammers?

[Crowdog]

ColoTJ:

The Victor Valley Four Wheelers do work with BLM. This threat is coming from the Center for Biological Diversity:

From Sacramento Bee-
No environmental group in America files more endangered species cases at a more frenetic pace than the Southwest Center, which has since dropped the "Southwest" from its name to reflect its expansion into California and Oregon. Public records show that from 1994 to 1999 alone, the Center for Biological Diversity and its lawyers filed 58 lawsuits, an average of one every 32 days.

Another tidbit:
I don't know exactly where this story came from, but here is an excerpt. Kieran Suckling is the Executive Director of the Center for Biological Diversity. This is an extreme environmentalist organization as you can see....
"A loach minnow is more important, than say, Betty and Jim's ranch - a thousand times more important. I'm not against ranching, it is a job. My concern is the impact on the land."

From: Environmental News Service
"Protecting Surprise Canyon guards the essence of biological diversity in the California Desert," said Daniel Patterson, a desert ecologist at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Surprise Canyon is a crown jewel desert riparian area and it will now be allowed to thrive, and be sustainably enjoyed by people, without the constant attack and pollution of off roading."

Crowdog