Trump Rescinds Ban on OHV use on Public Lands

[Dougfirtree]

Call me a nerd, but I've been thinking a lot about Saruman lately, and "The Scouring of the Shire."

This sucks. Keep bothering your reps, especially if they're on the red team. And vote boldly in November..

 

[elkduds]

unfortunately that approach simply won't work in the long run.

Imagine the news coverage. OHV users are complaining that their machines are being vandalized and incapacitated when they leave the trails that were formerly legal to OHVs. Since Trump ordered the rescission of rules regulating motor vehicle travel on BLM lands and national forests, machines and users have created disrupted wildlife, permanently damaged streambeds, streambanks and landscapes, and prompting opponents of this policy to adopt guerrilla tactics. No opponents were available for comment. Officials noted that the off-grid nature of these sabotage crimes makes them virtually impossible to prosecute, even when trail cams show images of camoflaged vandals damaging unattended machines.