I'll be honest, I've been trying to put this story together for a while now. But due to the firehose of news revolving around public lands and public land access, it's been tough.
Whether it's the laying off of thousands of Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, or other federal workers, or the constant drumbeat of "Drill, baby, drill!," in addition to attempted land grabs and sell-offs; all of this has made it difficult to put this story together.
Things have been changing within hours of White House-sent Executive Orders, and keeping up with all that's happening feels like a Sisyphean task. And that's coming from someone who spends a good deal of his time reporting on public land access. But since the powersports community as a whole relies so heavily on it, preservation of that access is paramount. I'd also hate for the many off-roaders, hikers, campers, climbers, hunters, fishermen, and also my own children to not have the same public spaces that I truly love.
