Protecting the National Park System from
Damaging Off-Road Vehicle Use

Bluewater Network has joined with the National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA) and Wildlands CPR to bring a lawsuit against the Interior Department and the National Park Service to protect national parks from harmful off-road vehicle use. An internal survey conducted by the National Park Service in the summer of 2004 revealed widespread damage throughout the park system from four-wheel drive and all-terrain vehicles (ATV), motorbikes, dune and swamp buggies, and other off-road vehicles. The lawsuit has been filed to ensure that the National Park Service complies with the laws designed to protect the parks from damage due to the use of off-road vehicle use.

Damage from illegal off-road vehicle use at Lone Star Geyser in
Yellowstone National Park (NPS photo)

Read the following to learn more:

• Press Release
• Fact Sheet: Off-Road Vehicle Use in Our National Parks
• The Legal Complaint
• National Park Service response to Bluewater's petition
• Our response to the National Park Service letter
• Off the Track - Bluewater's 1999 in-depth report detailing the damage caused by off-road vehicles in our National Parks and recommendations for preventing further damage