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RENO, Nev. -- Conservationists are crying foul over U.S. land managers initial conclusion that there are no environmental concerns with an off-road race that will cross 650 miles of Nevada desert and cut through a new national monument.They say the Bureau of Land Management delayed releasing a study of the Aug. 19-20 race until last week to prevent legal challenges.About 350 trucks, dune buggies, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles are expected to compete in this years Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno Race. Its also expected to draw 5,000 spectators and 500 staff members.The BLM issued its environmental assessment of the proposed race route July 1. Under the National Environmental Policy Act, the public has 30 days -- or until Aug. 1 -- to comment on it.The agency then has until Aug. 14 to respond to comments and decide whether to issue a permit for the proposed route, which includes 37 miles of dirt roads inside the Basin and Range National Monument. Thats just five days before the race is to begin near Alamo, 100 miles northeast of Las Vegas.By rigging the calendar, BLM is trying to preclude any legal challenge because there will not be enough time, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Ethics.BLM has made a farce out of the entire process, he said.The BLM said President Obamas monument proclamation allows for motorized vehicles on roads that existed when he created it last summer.The monument stretches across more than 700,000 acres and is home to rare rock art from 4,000 years ago. It also is the site of City, an array of abstract sculptures artist Michael Heizer has created for more than four decades.The agency said it assessed the potential effects on wildlife, vegetation, scenery and Native American cultural sites.These analyses each conclude that direct, indirect and cumulative impacts would be minor and/or temporary, the BLM said in an email to The Associated Press.The proposed route follows graded dirt roads, 4-wheel routes and dry sand and gravel washes. Within the national monument, travel is limited to existing dirt roads 12 to 16 feet wide. Racers must yield to wildlife. Discovery of any cultural resources or fossils would immediately suspend all operations within 100 yards.BLM will monitor the race to ensure participants and spectators are not harassing or harming wildlife or driving outside the approved race route on existing roads and trails, the agency wrote.Casey Folks, director of the Boulder City-based Best in the Desert Racing Association sponsoring the race for the 20th consecutive year, said he submitted proposed route maps in April 2015 -- three months before Obama created the 1,100-square-mile monument northeast of Las Vegas. He said he paid the BLM $75,300 to cover the costs of a special recreation permit and for reviews of the same route last raced in 2006.I pride myself in running a safe and environmentally sound race, he said.Folks said the event generates more than $15 million annually for rural Nevadas economy.He described off-road recreation as a family-oriented sport that teaches children respect for the desert.We love nature, Folks said. We arent hooligans out destroying the desert.Ruch, of the public employees group, argued the BLM should conduct an environmental impact statement -- much more extensive than an assessment -- given the potential loss or destruction of important natural resources.He said the agency devoted less than two pages of the 116-page assessment specifically to the monument, and didnt adequately consider two alternate routes it identified outside the monument. Cheap Yeezy .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. Discount Yeezy . 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Team Sky are confident there has been no wrongdoing after UK Anti-Doping announced it is examining an allegation within cycling.The UKAD announcement came as the Daily Mail reported the anti-doping authority is investigating Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins over the contents of a medical package.The newspaper alleges a package was delivered to Team Sky in France on June 12, 2011, and it reports that UKAD is looking at what that contained.Press Association Sport understands Wiggins and his representatives have received no notification from UKAD and believe the 36-year-old is not a subject of the investigation.And Team Sky insists it is liaising with UKAD after launching an internal review.A statement from Team Sky read: Team Sky was contacted by the Daily Mail regarding an allegation of wrongdoing.We take any issues such as this very seriously and immediately conducted an internal review to establish the facts. We are confident there has been no wrongdoing.We informed British Cycling of the allegation and asked them to contact UKAD, who we will continue to liaise with.Team Sky is committed to clean competition. Our position on anti-doping is well known and we 100 percent stand by that.Press Association Sport understands the UKAD investigation did not originate from a source within Team Sky or British Cycling.UKAD, which is dedicated to protecting a culture of clean sport, did not go into any detail about the allegation it is looking at and mentioned no names.A spokeswoman for UKAD said in a statement: UK Anti-Doping is investigating an allegation of wrongdoing within cycling. In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we will not comment further.According to documents leaked by Russian hacker group Fancy Bears, Wiggins had a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for triamcinolone acetonide -- a synthetic corticosteroid -- which was effective from June 29, 2011. Any use of a banned substance requires an active TUE.The Daily Mail reports that while British Cycling has not identified the substance in the package, it has indicated it did not contain triamcinolone.Wiggins won the Dauphine Libere stage race -- now known as the Criterium du Dauphine -- on the day the package was reportedly delivered, completing victory in the eight-day event after the final stage from Pontcharra to La Toussuire.It was Wiggins biggest road success to that point of his career and he entered the 20011 Tour as one of the favourites, only to suffer a fractured collarbone on stage seven.ddddddddddddHe became the first British winner of the Tour a year later.It is the latest story which raises questions for Team Sky and team principal Sir Dave Brailsford, the former performance director of British Cycling.Wiggins and Team Sky have strenuously denied any wrongdoing since it emerged the five-time Olympic champion has received six TUEs during his career, insisting each time the exemptions were medically necessary due to asthma and pollen allergies.Wiggins used the powerful anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone -- a substance which has a history of abuse in cycling -- on the eve of the 2011 and 2012 Tours and 2013 Giro dItalia.Wiggins applied, and was granted, three TUEs to take the drug to deal with a pollen allergy that aggravates his long-standing asthma condition.The TUEs were approved by the UCI, cyclings world governing body, and there is no suggestion that he or the team have broken any rules.Team Sky have a zero-tolerance policy to doping.Many riders and staff members have had dual roles with British Cycling and Team Sky squads.And Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has alleged he was offered a controversial and powerful painkiller while representing Great Britain at the 2012 Road Cycling World Championships.Tramadol has been on the World Anti-Doping Agencys monitoring list for a number of years, with concerns over its side effects. Some members of the peloton believe its use has contributed to crashes.Tiernan-Locke told the BBC: We were offered a painkiller called Tramadol.I wasnt in any pain so I didnt need to take it, and that was offered freely around.Sources within British Cycling say the team doctor at the 2012 Road Cycling World Championships denies the claim.Tiernan-Locke was the leading British finisher at the race in Limburg, Holland, placing 19th.Team Sky in 2014 insisted none of their riders used Tramadol after comments from former rider Michael Barry.Former Team Sky and Endura rider Tiernan-Locke was stripped of the 2012 Tour of Britain title and banned for two years for an anomaly relating to his biological passport. He denies doping.His Tour of Britain win helped him earn a contract with Team Sky, but he was sacked following his suspension. ' ' '