Should mountain bikers be allowed to ride in wilderness areas? | Bellingham Herald

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In places like this across the West where communities and wild places meet – from Colorado’s Front Range to the necklace of towns around Lake Tahoe – a debate is raging over what the future should look like out on the trails, and whether hiking boots and knobby tires can coexist.

A bill in Congress would open up biking in federally designated wilderness – including many trails in the Mount Baker National Forest – where “mechanical transport” has been banned since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act in 1964.

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Should mountain bikers be allowed to ride in wilderness areas? | Bellingham Herald