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After voting for bill allowing bikes in the wilderness, Gianforte says he no longer supports it

Mack Long, national director of Montana Backcountry Horsemen http://www.bchmt.org/ and also heading the Professional Wilderness Outfitters Association, said opposition to allowing bikes in wilderness came mainly from concerns about safety, and outfitters expressed these concerns to Gianforte.

After earlier voting for a bill that would allow bikes in wilderness areas, Montana’s lone congressman, Republican Greg Gianforte, says his views have changed and he no longer supports the legislation.

"I’ve spent a lot of time in the backcountry, and I’ve always believed that travel in the backcountry should be foot or horseback," he said Monday.

TOM KUGLIN [email protected]

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