Mountain Bikes, Wreckreation & Wilderness
Wilderness Podcast episode with Christopher Ketcham
Mountain Bikes, Wreckreation & Wilderness | Christopher Ketcham | Ep. 043
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Christopher Ketcham
Release Date: December 1st, 2020
In this episode I speak with Christopher Ketcham, author of This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West. We talk about Senate Bill 1695 which would amend the Wilderness Act to allow for mechanized recreation (mountain bikes) in designated Wilderness, the recreation industry's grip on self-professed environmental groups, the Wilderness Act and the ban on mechanization, impacts of mountain biking and other recreation on wildlife populations, allowing mountain bikes in Wilderness as a slippery slope, recreation capitalism, recreation as a distraction and cultural pacifier and fighting for wilderness values.
This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism & Corruption are Ruining the American West
From Christopher Ketcham's Website...
I’ve been a freelance writer for more than 20 years and have published in Harper’s, CounterPunch, National Geographic, Hustler, Penthouse, the New York Times, Pacific Standard, Sierra, Earth Island Journal, Vanity Fair, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Salon, and many other websites and newspapers large and small. I am a recipient of the Award for the Latest-Sleeping Writer Ever. “This Land” is my first book.
https://www.christopherketcham.com/
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