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January 13, 2006
The Salinas Ramblers and BlueRibbon Coalition have been notified verbally that our protests have been denied and that on Friday, January 13th State Director Mike Pool signed the Record of Decision. This action will effectively close over 300 miles of routes and the vast majority of the BLM barrens in Clear Creek. As of today, riders may only recreate on routes that have a brown carsonite trail sign and use designated barren play areas (mostly along R002).
There are currently about 170 miles of routes signed for public use and the EIS calls for 242 miles of routes for recreation use. The EIS also calls for the addition of additional routes up to a total of 270. A changes most evident will be the closure of R010 that runs from Clear Creek Road to the summit of San Benito Mountain as well as the access to the San Benito Mountain summit overview. The BLM will also close R008 between T151 and Four Corners.
While many routes are closed to public use, they may be available for permitted use for the conduct of enduros. A number of routes being used in this year's Quicksilver National Enduro are not in the approved route network.
The Salinas Ramblers will be working with District 36, AMA, California 4 Wheel Drive and the BlueRibbon Coalition to determine the next steps we will take. Since we have not yet received the formal denial of our protest, it is premature to speculate on what these actions might constitute.
The Salinas Ramblers encourage all Clear Creek user to abide by the new restrictions and to recreate responsibly.
For more information visit: http://salinasramblersmc.org/clearcreek.htm
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