From: BB

How many trails has the "environmental whack job" personally been
responsible for closing in all his years of "fighting"? Zilch. The most he
can come up with is that he spoke up at a town meeting.

If you start to include things such as a recent issue of 'Backpacking' magazine
carrying his views in print, or the fact that people who agree with him (such
as Terri) taking a much more active role in trail closures, one can begin to
see the effects he may begin to have.

I will agree he is definitely on the "lunatic fringe" of environmental views,
but I also wouldn't dismiss him as being totally irrelevant when it comes to
getting trails closed. In a case such as Backpacking picking up his static
(kind of ironic, since the publisher for Backpacking is Rodale Press, the same
folks who put out Bicycling and Mountain Bike magazines), all it takes is a
handful of impressionable readers who buy into his distorted views, and it's
likely to cause trouble in someone's area as far as trail access goes.

Focusing on local access, while keeping an eye on the extremist views on a
larger scale will help insure those on the fringe stay there, and don't dictate
the access terms for the majority...