Honestly, folks, everyone needs to do better. Pretty much every day, I log onto the internet, scroll through my feeds, and see people behaving badly while off-roading. They're behaving badly everywhere else, too, but let's stick to what the people of this site enjoy, and that's recreating on our public lands.
Moreso, it isn't just one group. It's everyone. I've seen dirt bikers, 4x4ers, UTV and ATV drivers, snowmobilers, and everyone under the sun doing something absolutely stupid. They're going off trail, making new trails, going over obstacles that affect protected habitats, and generally acting a fool. No one is clean in this, every group is culpable, and I'm tired of the respected groups fighting amongst ourselves when there are bigger fish to fry.
Recently, conservationist and friend of RideApart Randy Newberg released a video detailing how he uses his Kawasaki Ridge side-by-side, and went into all the ways folks should act responsibly while driving them on our public lands. It amounted to a PSA to the concept of "Leave it Better." It's a great video, and Newberg's thoughts are what you'd expect from someone who's spent the better part of his adult life striving to protect our public lands.
