A Letter to Senators Hatch and Lee and S.3205 the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

 The S.3205 the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act is a polarizing bill. One one side you have a small but motivated advocacy group and several high-profile senators. On the other is a pretty long list of environmental groups that have voiced their opposition to the bill.

I have a background in law and I have read the bill several times and on the surface, the bill appears to be very straight forward but given Senator Hatch and Lee's long records of voting against environmental regulations, ties to oil, gas, and mining, and efforts to sell off federal land for profit you would be foolish not to be concerned.

Here is a transcript of a letter I sent to both Senator Lee and Senator Hatch.

I exed out their names because I sent the exact same letter to both senators.

For privacy reasons I also exed out the name of the Sustainable Trails Coalition  member that I have been talking to.

Here is a copy of the letter:


From: Bicycle Industrial Complex / Occupy the Singletrack

Senator XXXXX,

A little while ago you introduced S.3205 the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act.

Many in the mountain bike community are concerned about the bill and see it as a way of privatizing public lands leading the way to commercial exploitation of wilderness areas.

I have been in contact with Sustainable Trails Coalition member XXXXXXXXXXX and he we dismayed by my lack of support for the bill.

After a series of talks, I told him that ultimately I am a pragmatist and I may feel different if there was broad bipartisan support for the bill.

There are many in the mountain bike community that feel the way I do and we would like to know:

•    What sort of support do you have amongst the Democrats for S.3205?
•    What sort of support do you have with environmental and mountain bike groups for S.3205?

Thank you,

Adam P Hunt


I am not expecting a reply from the offices of Senators Lee or Hatch but if they do I will post them.