An electric bike rode into the backcountry. Now there’s a nationwide turf war
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Susan Sargent | May 31, 2022
The public backlash prompted some 24,000 emails and letters to the Park Service from groups and individuals. The American Hiking Society reaction was aghast, declaring an official position that “any vehicle that uses either an internal combustion engine or an electric motor for ...
An electric bike rode into the backcountry. Now there’s a nationwide turf war
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Susan Sargent | May 30, 2022
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona – A gray-haired dude jumped on his mountain bike and began pedaling into the Sonoran desert along a rocky, single-track path. The trail at McDowell Mountain Regional Park wound past towering saguaros, around paloverde trees in blooming splendor and through sand- ...
Court Ruling Retains e-Bike Rules In National Parks, But Calls For Study Of Impacts
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Susan Sargent | May 26, 2022
While the National Park Service failed three years ago to carefully study the potential impact of e-Bike use in the National Park System, a federal judge did not block their use but simply directed the agency to take “a hard look” at positive and negative impacts. U.S. District ...
National Park E-Bike Rule Lacks Required Eco-Review
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Susan Sargent | May 25, 2022
Court Directs Park Service to Consider Cumulative and Foreseeable Impacts ...
National Park Service Ordered to Take New Look at E-Bike Rule
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Susan Sargent |
The National Park Service’s rule that opened the parks system to e-bikes needs further environmental review, but tossing the rule isn’t warranted, a Washington, D.C., federal judge decided in a partial win for conservation groups. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and ...