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A win in uphill fight: An off-road park, once a day away from closing, will stay open after a court ruling

Posted by: Maven on March 18, 2010 at 5:09 am

From the Stockton Record:

“A popular off-highway vehicle park that came within one day of closing in December will remain open after a lawsuit by environmentalists backfired this week.

It was a rare win for off-roaders, one advocate said. Many feel they are slowly but surely being cut off from public lands across California. “It’s over, for now,” said Don Amador, representing the off-highway access group BlueRibbon Coalition.

“Land-use wars are never really over,” Amador said. “This one, at least, it looks like we won.”

Environmentalists, including Stockton’s Bill Jennings, filed suit in 2009 claiming that California State Parks never got a permit to account for erosion of soil into a seasonal creek at Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area southwest of Tracy. … “

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March 18, 2010 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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