BlueRibbon Coalition BRC: RECREATION GROUPS FILE SUIT TO STOP ILLEGAL WILDERNESS

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Paul Turcke, Esq.
Sandra Mitchell-Idaho State Snowmobile Assn

BOISE, ID (August 30, 2012)--Two leading Idaho-based recreation organizations have sued the United States Forest Service, challenging the Clearwater National Forest's decision to impose the same public use restrictions on areas they have recommended for possible Wilderness classification as one would find in lands actually designated by Congress. The Forest recently issued a new Travel Plan limiting motorized and mountain bike access to designated trails and areas. Motorized vehicles and mountain bikes are prohibited uses in the 1964 Wilderness Act, and​

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