In 1979, the White House Council on Environmental Quality concluded that "off-road vehicles have damaged every kind of ecosystem found in the United States. In some cases the wounds will heal naturally; in others they will not, at least not for millenia." More than 20 years later, damage caused by off-road vehicles has reached crisis proportions on public lands and waters all across the country.

This reports documents illegal and irresponsible off-road vehicle use that is damaging our wildest lands, especially lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM acknowledges that the problem exists and will continue to grow without strong action. The BLM has also recognized the special qualities of 17 million acres of Wilderness Stidy Areas (WSAs) that it manages. Yet the agengy allows off-road vehicles to damage these very qualities.