FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2007
Contact:
Robb Shurr, Access Fund
robb@accessfund.org
303.545.6772 x100
Cave Rock, NV Climbing Ban Upheld by Court
On August 27, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a US Forest Service (USFS) ban on rock climbing at Lake Tahoe's Cave Rock in Nevada, rejecting arguments by the Access Fund that the ban enacted in early 2005 by the USFS is unconstitutional because it closes public lands for religious purposes. The Access Fund does not agree with the court’s justification of this closure to climbing while all other users—hikers, picnickers, site-seers, and highway users—have been permitted to continue to use Cave Rock. The Access Fund is carefully reviewing the court’s opinion and options for short and long term action.
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