Posted on 02/03/2003 6:50:24 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:47:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SACRAMENTO(AP) - An obscure state commission that controls millions of fuel tax dollars is driving a new debate over the use of off-road vehicles on public lands in California.
Since a change in the panel's membership last year, commissioners have blocked grooming of heavily used snowmobile trails near Lake Tahoe; refused to provide money for a Southern California off-road site that draws 3 million people annually; and persuaded the U.S. Forest Service to withdraw a grant request for one of the nation's few "urban" national forests.
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