Moab%2C Utah is the mountain biking capital of the inner U.S. West and a site where industrial-strength biking occurs on federal Bureau of Land Management tracts and other public lands. But is this kind of use%E2%80%94where speed is a factor%E2%80%94 compatible with a wild region like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that has grizzly bears%2C sensitive areas used by migratory ungulates and both bighorn sheep and mountain goats in the Forest Service high country%3F Moab has none of these high wildlife values in play. Mountain biking use is already ratcheting up in both Greater Yellowstone%27s front and backcountry. Photo courtesy BLM
Moab%2C Utah is the mountain biking capital of the inner U.S. West and a site where industrial-strength biking occurs on federal Bureau of Land Management tracts and other public lands. But is this kind of use%E2%80%94where speed is a factor%E2%80%94 compatible with a wild region like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that has grizzly bears%2C sensitive areas used by migratory ungulates and both bighorn sheep and mountain goats in the Forest Service high country%3F Moab has none of these high wildlife values in play. Mountain biking use is already ratcheting up in both Greater Yellowstone%27s front and backcountry. Photo courtesy BLM