Hope, Jack,

Hell on Wheels. Jack Hope. - Onearth, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 29, Environment, 1522-3205; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Hell on Wheels, Spring 2004; pp. 32-37.

"Today [2004], from the Florida marshlands to the Rocky Mountains to the Alaska tundra, millions of off-road-vehicle riders regularly recreate on public land. To hear the riders tell it, full-tilt ORV sports represent the ultimate in personal freedom. But for the nation's non-motorized outdoorsmen and for state and federal land managers, the popularity of off-road recreational vehicles has created problems never before seen in the American outdoors." (ONEARTH) The author examines the environmental damage cause by off-road-vehicles and states that "a new wave of bigger, faster machines is driving Americans from the wilderness."

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All terrain vehicle
Environmental degradation
Land degradation
Off-road vehicles
Outdoor recreation--Environmental aspects
Public lands


Wayne National Forest (Ohio)

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