Small random point: you can take a rifle into a wilderness area.  Or a horse.  But not a mountain bike, to say nothing of something like an offroad motorcycle.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t want to see coal mines on land I enjoy using, and I don&#x27;t ride dirt bikes, but I do love mountain biking.  I can imagine other people have other recreational priorities.<p>The US is a bit weird in how NIMBY it can get over stuff - or going overboard in how much it exploits some natural resources.