WildeBeat audio journal did a great piece this Fall on the problems of off road vehicles in the Utah desert.
This wild places program examines the problems of trying to designate new wilderness areas in the central Utah desert. If it gets overrun by off road vehicles, can it still become new wilderness?
This story was provided to us by guest reporter Kurt Repanshek, creator of the National Parks Traveler web magazine. Kurt tells this story of the struggle for wilderness designations in the desert canyonlands of central Utah with the help of:
* Heidi McIntosh, conservation director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
* Wayne Ludington, assistant field manager for the Price district of the Bureau of Land Management
* Liz Thomas, attorney for the Moab office of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance(A spokesman for the Blue Ribbon Coalition, the dominant advocacy group for off road vehicle enthusiasts, didn’t respond to our e-mailed requests for an interview.)
The WildeBeat: The audio journal about getting into the wilderness.
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
What a shame.
We named the SW USA the #2 best region in the world for hikers. But seeing motorized vehicles welcomed into Canyonlands National Park is a huge downer.
besthike.com 