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More than 44 million Americans used off-road vehicles in 2007,
up from five million in 1972. The rise in popularity of off-
highway, motorized vehicles or OHVs is a growing threat to wild
public lands, waters and the plants and wildlife that live on
those lands. Not only are OHVs a threat to our environment but a
threat to the health and safety of people as they rely more and
more on these loud machines for “recreating” in nature. Though
just a fraction of the users of our wild public lands, OHVs have
a far larger impact than others. WildEarth Guardians is working
through administrative process, education and organizing
campaigns to limit OHV use and impacts of public lands. One of
WildEarth Guardians' priority campaigns is to reform public
lands policies regarding wildland fire. Though much more
ecologically complex than policy debates acknowledge, fire is a
fundamental element in every forest ecosystem in the Southwest.
While the Park Service has l