This is an amazing video story by the StarTribune about the problems the state Dept. of Natural Resources has been having enforcing Minnesota's groundbreaking 2003 ATV law on state forest lands.
This video from Outdoor Alliance shows the importance of roadless backcountry areas. These roadless areas "provide a host of ecosystem services, such as clean drinking water and a refuge for many imperiled species."
Abandoned, deteriorated, and neglected Forest Service roads in
Washington are damage watersheds and salmon habitat. See this excellent
KOMO 4 news report for elaboration.
A video capture of young elk in the Palouse District of the
Clearwater National Forest. The video was taken on a former road that
was removed in order to restore watershed health.
