Off-road-vehicle use is often very harmful to desert soils.They take a long time to develop, and are easily disturbed. Intensive ORV use strips the biological crusts that keep sand in place, and cause dust storms and increased erosion that pollute air and water, spread soil disturbance, and cause traffic safety hazards.
In the previous blog post I discussed President Bush's threatened veto of a water bill that include $345 million for road removal/hydrologic restoration in the Everglades.
The President did veto the bill, and today, the congress overrode that veto. This is the first veto by this president that's been overridden by Congress. Everglades restoration and Hurricane Katrina cleanup were two of the reasons - and they're both good reasons.
Update: The President did veto the bill, and the congress overrode that veto. This is the first veto by this president that's been overridden by Congress. Read more here.
Wildlands CPR, with the help of the National Forest Foundation and Regional Forest Service social scientist Cynthia Manning, brought together conservationsists and local Forest Service officials from Montana and Idaho to discuss the travel planning process and ways to reduce conflict. Discussion in the morning focused on different steps in the process, and on specific terms or concepts; especially travel analysis. Later in the day, talk turned to addressing the inherent conflict often witnessed during travel planning public meetings.
