The concept of biking in Wilderness areas has been covered for a number of years, and our recent efforts have generated considerable coverage. Here is most of what we've seen.
June 3, 2021 - Utah Sen. Mike Lee Reintroduces Bill to Allow Bikes in Wilderness Areas - Salt Lake Magazine
May 24, 2021 - Senator Mike Lee Introduces Bill to Amend Wilderness Act Which Could Open Some Areas to Bikes - Singletracks
May 24, 2021 - Senator Lee Reintroduces Bikes in Wilderness Legislation - Pinkbike
January 29, 2021 - Will Mountain Bikes Be Allowed in US Wilderness Areas Any Time Soon? - Pinkbike
January 4, 2021 - Dismantling the Myths and Expanding Upon the Latest Bikes in Wilderness Bill - Singletracks
December 22, 2020 - Bikes in wilderness bill gains federal support - Mountain Flyer
December 21, 2020 - Senate Considers Bill Ending Ban on Mountain Bikes in Wilderness Areas - The Trek
December 18, 2020 - Bill seeks to remove bike ban in wilderness areas - Tahoe Daily Tribune
December 8, 2020 - Support growing for restoring bicycle access to Wilderness areas - Bicycle Retailer
October 2, 2018 - a cause for question - Bike Mag
May 25, 2018 - Congress Reconsiders Bikes in Wilderness - Boise State Public Radio
May 19, 2018 - Lee Introduces Wilderness Biking Bill - KSL.com
May 14, 2018 - Extreme Mountain Biker Group Fights for Wilderness Access - High Country News
March 29, 2018 - Wilderness Under Assault - Blue Ridge Outdoors
March 2018 - Western MTB Trail Mangers Weigh in on Wilderness Access - Wasatch Rider
Februrary 28, 2018 - Don’t panic. This mountain biking bill by Tom McClintock is great for the wilderness - Sacramento Bee
February 1, 2018 - Wilderness, IMBA and the good, the bad ... and What you Can Do Now - Change.org
January 31, 2018 - Over a Beer: Mountain Bikers Are Conservationists, Too - Singletracks.com
January 30, 2018 - After voting for bill allowing bikes in the wilderness, Gianforte says he no longer supports it - Independence Record
January 30, 2018 - Santa Cruz Bicycles Endorses the STC as an Advocacy Organization - Singletracks.com
January 11, 2018 - Congressional Budget Office Estimate for HR 1349.
January 11, 2018 - Federal bill: Allow bikes in wilderness - Point Reyes Light
January 11, 2018 - Wilderness, bikes can coexist - Missoulian
January 9, 2018 - Should mountain bikers be allowed on Wilderness land? - Colorado Springs
January 2, 2018 - GIANFORTE SUPPORTS BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW BIKES IN WILDERNESS - The Western News
December 21, 2017 - Outdoor Recreationists, the ranchers of tomorrow? - The Southwest Journal
December 18, 2017 - Bill would allow bicycles in wilderness areas - Auburn Journal
December 17, 2017 - Wheels in the wilderness? Bill to allow bikes divides outdoor lovers - Star Tribune
December 13, 2017 - Allowing Bikes In Wilderness Areas - My Motherload.com
December 10, 2017 - Congressman McClintock's Bill To Prevent Draconian Public Access Restrictions - Sierra Sun Times
December 7, 2017 - IMBA Opposes Bill to Allow Mountain Bikes in Wilderness - Pinkbike
December 5, 2017 - Congress considers allowing bikes, other wheeled devices in wilderness areas - Twin Cities Pioneer Press
December 5, 2017 - Mountain Biking Bill to Go Before Congressional Subcommittee - Aspen Daily News
November 2017 - Mountain Biking Into The Wilderness - Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review
September 27, 2017 - Can conservation and recreation get along? - Jackson Hole News & Guide
June 13, 2017 - Should Congress Make It Legal To Mountain Bike In Wilderness Areas? - NPR for Central California
March 10, 2017 - Congress could dump wilderness bike ban - Reno Gazette Journal
October 5, 2016 - Why shouldn’t I be able to bike in federal wilderness areas? - Washington Post
September 21, 2016 - An Unexpected Battle for the Future of Wilderness - National Geographic
September 10, 2016 - The Wilderness Can Handle Bikes - Santa Fe New Mexican
September 7, 2016 - Is allowing mountain bikes in official U.S. wilderness a slippery slope? - Fusion
September 6, 2016 - No, Mountain Bikes Won't Destroy Our Wilderness Trails - Men's Journal
September 5, 2016 - Keep Bikes Off Our Wilderness Trails - NY Times Op Ed
August 20, 2016 - Op-ed: Allowing wheels in Wilderness - Salt Lake Tribune
August 19, 2016 - Bill Opening Wilderness Areas to Bikes Also Opens Debate - The New York Times
August 19, 2016 - Wheelis in the Wilderness - Mail Tribune
August 10, 2016 - The Ban on Mountain Biking in Wilderness Areas is More Than Misguided; It’s Dangerous - The Inertia
August 10, 2016 - Responses to 5 Arguments Against the Human Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act - Singletracks.com
July 16, 2016 - Congressmen Introduce Bill to Allow Mountain Bikers in Wilderness Areas - Outside Online
July 15, 2016 - Bill would let mountain bikes — and chainsaws — into wilderness areas - The Denver Post
July 14, 2016 - Breaking News: The Sustainable Trails Coalition’s Bill Has Been Introduced in Congress - Singletrack.com
June 2016 - Mountain Biking into the Wilderness - Heidi Ruckriegle / Wyoming Bar
June 30, 2016 - East Bound and Down: Davis, West Virginia - Pinkbike
June 14, 2016 - The Fight for Mountain Bike Access in 2016 - Teton Gravity Research
May 18, 2016 - Should Mountain Bikes Be Allowed in Wilderness Areas - Utah Adventure Journal
April 11, 2016 - Do mountain bikes belong in the wild? Battle brewing over bike access to federal land - The Oregonian
April 1, 2016 - Bitterroot mountain bikers prepare to lose access to backcountry trails
April 1, 2016 - Should Mountain Bikes Be Allowed in Protected Wilderness Areas?
March 29, 2016 - It’s inevitable. There will be bikes in wilderness. - High Country News
March 28, 2016 - Banned in the USA: Part 2 - Vernon Felton in Pinkbike
March 18, 2016 - Banned in the USA: Part 1 - Vernon Felton in Pinkbike
March 2016 - MTB In Wilderness....Leadership Needed - SocalByciclist
March 3, 2016 - SDMBA supports the Sustainable Trails Coalition
March 3, 2016 - President’s Message: The Wilderness Debate - Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association
February 25, 2016 - Letter to every IMBA member from The Angry Singlespeeder - MTBR
February 19, 2016 - A Kerfuffle at MTB Advocacy Camp - Uncommon Communications
February 15, 2016 - Responses to the 10 most common arguments against allowing mountain bikes in wilderness areas - Singletrack.com
February 9, 2016 - Peddling in the Wild - California Adventure Sports Journal
February 9, 2016 - The Questions Wilderness Advocates Are Not Answering
February 8, 2016 - Taking the Wilderness Debate to Washington D.C. - Bike
February 8, 2016 - Group seeks to allow biking in wilderness - Idaho Mountain Express
February 4, 2016 - Family Feud: Is There Only One Wilderness Strategy? - Mountain Flyer Magazine
January 31, 2016 - room for two? - Bike
January 27, 2016 - Spandex and Leather Working Together - Montana Wilderness Association
January 22, 2016 - Aspen cyclists opposed to national group's push for bikes in wilderness - Aspen Times
January 6, 2016 - New Bill May Allow Mountain Biking in Wilderness Areas - Boise Weekly
December 28, 2015 - New Group Fighting For Bikes In Wilderness Areas - The Transylvania Times
December 14, 2015 - Podcast: The STC's Plan to Get Mountain Bikes into Wilderness - Part 2 - on Singletracks.com
December 11, 2015 - Podcast: The STC's Plan to Get Mountain Bikes into Wilderness - Part 1 - on Singletracks.com
December 8, 2015 - The Problem of Wilderness - Save Montana Trails
December 7, 2015 - Open Letter to IMBA About Wilderness, STC and E-MTBs - Nemba.org
December 6, 2015 - Screw Apathy - Bike magazine
December 3, 2015 - Blast from the Past: By Law, Mountain Bikes in Wilderness in Dirt Rag Magazine
December 3, 2015 - Lobbying for a Reasoned Review of Wilderness Bike Access on BikeRumor.com
December 2, 2015 - Advocacy: Marginalized in Idaho in Mountain Flyer Magazine
December 1, 2015 - Opinions vary on wilderness expansion - Watauga Democrat is published in Boone, N.C.
November 30, 2015 - Are Mountain Bikers About to Get Their Day in Wilderness? by Vernon Felton on Outside.com
November 30, 2015 - Wilderness Designation Could Ban Bikes on Wasatch Crest - Park City Mountain Bike.com
November 22, 2015 - Sucker Punched by Vernon Felton in Bike Magazine
November 2, 2015 - Banning Bikes is Un-American by Jackson Ratcliffe in Enduro Mountainbike Magazine
October 19, 2015 - Mountain Biking Fourteeners is Creating a Rift in the Outdoor Community - Bicycling
September 14, 2015 - Green on Green Violence: Environmentalists Take On Bike Riders by ColoradoPeakPolitics
September 11, 2015 - Mountain Bikers Summiting Colorado 14ers Raise Questions - Denver Post
September 4, 2015 - The Sustainable Trails Coalition is Heading to Capitol Hill - Singletracks
August 31, 2015 - Mountain Bikers Challenge Wilderness Ban - Reno Gazette-Journal
August 26, 2015 - Mountain Bikers Challenge Wilderness Ban - Benjamin Spillman
August 25, 2015 - No Bikes Allowed: How the Wilderness Act Closed Some of America’s Best Trails
August 21, 2015 - We just lost some of the best trails in America: Thank you, Wilderness Act by Greg Heil
August 20, 2015 - Gathering Storm by Vernon Felton
August 19, 2015 - The Mountain Biker and Wilderness Relationship: It’s Complicated by Grayson Schaffer
August 10, 2015 - Opinion: Opening Wilderness to Mountain Bikes Is the Most Important Advocacy Effort in History – And STC needs your help - Singletracks.com
August 7, 2015 - The Angry Singlespeeder: Stop the bleeding of mountain bike access by Kirt Gensheimer
June 16, 2015 - Sierra Club Weighs in on Bikes and Wilderness by Vernon Felton
May 25, 2015 - Mountain bikes have their place on trails by Seabury Blair
May 19, 2015 - A Look at Why Bikes Are Banned in Wilderness by Vernon Felton
April 2015 - The Bigotry of Wilderness by Vernon Felton
August 26, 2010 - Aw, Wilderness by Ted Stroll
February 16, 2010 - Mountain Bikes Should Be Allowed in Wilderness Areas by John Bradley
March 18, 2007 - Mountain Bike Recreation and Designated Wilderness: A Case for Reconsideration by Jim Hasenauer
February, 2005 - By Law, Mountain Bikes in Wilderness by Phillip Keyes
August, 2000 - Wilderness Use in the Next 100 Years by WILLIAM E. HAMMITT and RUDY M. SCHUSTER