03/17/2025
Hello friends, in case you didn't know it we all need help. There is danger coming to our trails. Please read the following from Bev Showalter and write a letter and share this post. If you would like to see my letter or have my email please PM me. I could do a joint letter with just a list of names just stating the potential danger to riders. Their trail speed alone is not conducive to horse back riding. HELP!
PLEASE ACT AND SHARE
TO ALL EQUESTRIANS WHO LIVE HERE OR VISIT AND RIDE IN ARIZONA !!
This means every corner of the state--the motorized bikes are coming for your quiet trails. ALL land managers will look at this plan, and public comments and most likely will fold and allow ebikes. This will be a tragedy for equestrians. Some other states have folded already. We cant let AZ.
This proposed State Trails plan will be for the next 10 years (not 5) and once released at end of June, will be a primer for every land agency.
It is 142 pages long. You can scroll down thru all pages or look at these pages:
1 thru 14 , pages 23, 32, 38, 53, 62, 103.
I have been on this committee for 2 years and a couple of us have been fighting to keep motorized devices off our back country trails. This is so critical if we don't let them know NO ebikes on our trails -- or they will allow Level 1 ebikes--and that only opens the flood gates for level 2,3, that have throttles and any motorized device that comes down the pike. (they already have e-trail motorcycles) I know A past president of a mtn bike group in Tucson that is totally opposed to e-bikes on back country trails--he was once run off the trail by one. Me thinks allowing motorized travel on our back country trails will end up with injury or death for horse or rider.
They claim "they are here to stay"--- a bad statement, the homeless camps are here to stay? do we do nothing about those? So lets give them hundreds of comments.
I am counting on all of you. Please do this now before you forget.
Thank you all
the 2025 Arizona Trails Plan is now available at azstateparks.com/2025-trails-plan for public comment!!!!
Comment to: [email protected]
Planning for trails across Arizona