What's Wrong with Off-Road Vehicles?

Big Cypress National Park. Photo by Karl Forsgaard

  • Off-road vehicles scar the land and harass wildlife
  • Off-road vehicles are noisy -- they drown out the peace and quiet of nature
  • Off-road vehicle abuse and trespass violates the rights of other forest users and private land owners
  • Two-stroke engines are inefficient and polluting, dumping up to 30 percent of their unburned fuel onto the landscape and into the air and water
  • Off-road vehicle use causes soil displacement and compaction, erosion, stream sedimentation, increased wildlife mortality, habitat disturbance, and more
  • Sensitive streams, riparian areas, and desert ecosystems are often targeted by motorized recreationists.


Wildlands CPR seeks to prevent the motorized abuse of public lands -- lands that make our lives richer and are our children's birthright.

(Photo of Big Cypress National Park, by Karl Forsgaard)