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It's kinda funny... Even the great North Shore has had it's share of problems in the pass... It was totally illegal for the longest time.
The North Shore Mountain Bike Association (NSMBA) began in the winter of 1997 in response to trail sabotage on mountain bike-specific trails.
I say it's time to get ourselfs organized. I hear people ALL the time say they want to build dirt jumps, ladder bridges, drops, etc... Unfortunately, a PERMIT is required for ANY trail modifications, etc...
If your thinking of illegal trailbuilding, THINK again...
Here's a really good story that was in the September 04′ Issue of BIKE Magazine
Just click on the below link...
Illegal Trailbuilding and Why It’s Wrong
This is from the bottom of this story...
"We are extremely fortunate to have received a pretrial diversion, which allows us to make retribution to the US Forest Service and alleviate any further prosecution. This only happened because we were the first to commit this crime, and the government felt that we can make this a positive learning experience for us and for other public land users. In the future, now that this is a known ordeal, offenders caught building illegal trails and doing un-permitted trail maintenance may receive the prosecution we were threatened with, which includes but is not limitted to:
for each offense, 6 months imprisonment, $5000 fine, banishment from all National Forest property for 2-7 years. These are estimates only, it can be much worse. In Marin County, California, 3 men were sentenced to a year in prison and $50,000 in fines. If you’re not sure, DON’T DO IT!!!"
So, if everyone agrees with me. We need a time/date/and place to meet, and get ourselfs organized... Then we can present this to STA, and go threw the proper channels.
So post here or PM me, and lets get this going!!!
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The North Shore Mountain Bike Association (NSMBA) began in the winter of 1997 in response to trail sabotage on mountain bike-specific trails.
I say it's time to get ourselfs organized. I hear people ALL the time say they want to build dirt jumps, ladder bridges, drops, etc... Unfortunately, a PERMIT is required for ANY trail modifications, etc...
If your thinking of illegal trailbuilding, THINK again...
Here's a really good story that was in the September 04′ Issue of BIKE Magazine
Just click on the below link...
Illegal Trailbuilding and Why It’s Wrong
This is from the bottom of this story...
"We are extremely fortunate to have received a pretrial diversion, which allows us to make retribution to the US Forest Service and alleviate any further prosecution. This only happened because we were the first to commit this crime, and the government felt that we can make this a positive learning experience for us and for other public land users. In the future, now that this is a known ordeal, offenders caught building illegal trails and doing un-permitted trail maintenance may receive the prosecution we were threatened with, which includes but is not limitted to:
for each offense, 6 months imprisonment, $5000 fine, banishment from all National Forest property for 2-7 years. These are estimates only, it can be much worse. In Marin County, California, 3 men were sentenced to a year in prison and $50,000 in fines. If you’re not sure, DON’T DO IT!!!"
So, if everyone agrees with me. We need a time/date/and place to meet, and get ourselfs organized... Then we can present this to STA, and go threw the proper channels.
So post here or PM me, and lets get this going!!!
