Off Road Vehicles
Besides the carbon emissions from operating fossil-fuel powered vehicles, off road vehicle (ORV) riding creates another environmental problem: the erosion caused by the tires. The coast of Oregon includes plants which fixate the soil. Due to the eroding action of the vehicles (which destroys plants and loosens the soil), it aids desertification. Another issue is that it disturbs wildlife.
However, in Oregon, it has been shown that ORV riding has also decreased the invasive American and European beach grass. Although originally integrated to stabilize the sand, the beach grass has become a pest, and is also viewed as unnatural to the area by ecologists.
Read more about this topic: Oregon Coast
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