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Roads to ruin: Why the park service closed a camping site at Lake Mead

by PEER | September 6, 2024
“In desert areas, off-road vehicles can be quite destructive,” said Jeff Ruch, director of the Pacific Regional Office of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. “They rip up whatever vegetation is there and make the land uninhabitable for wildlife.” Ruch called the ...