By Charles Pekow — The Bureau of Land Management may restrict mountain biking in parts of Wyoming as it considers changes aimed at environmental protection. The Rock Springs Field Office is reviewing potential amendments to its Resource Management Plan, which covers about 3.6 million acres across Sweetwater, Sublette, Lincoln, Fremont, and Uinta counties.
Under the options now under consideration, the BLM would close some trails to mountain bikes. At the same time, the agency could expand resource extraction to align with the president’s call for increased energy development on public lands. Some alternatives would prohibit mountain bikes in wild and scenic river corridors while allowing them to continue in other areas where riding is currently permitted.
The BLM originally set the public comment period to end on Nov. 3, but it extended the deadline to Jan. 17.
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