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I vote keep them closed.
Case and point: Forest road in local forest is opened up to vehicle traffic/ATVs for the first time in years. About a mile in there was a GORGEOUS spring fed wetland beside the road where many folks (hikers/backpackers) would birdwatch and creature watch since it was a nice undisturbed wetland that had some open water sections, some forested wetland sections, etc. A fantastic diverse habitat.
It took all of a week for ATVs and good ol' boy jacked up "cause fat girls can't jump" brodozers to ride off the road and destroy most of the wetland turning it into their own personal mud bog.
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So punish the whole for the misdeeds of a select few. Gee that sounds familiar. Arfcom is the last place I expected to see the gun grabbers of land use rear their statist heads, but I guess nothing should surprise me anymore.
Single track and ATV guys that can fit past gatekeepers and closure devices are the ones who are doing the damage in terms of erosion anyways, and will continue to do so after closures so it really doesn't do anything but shut out the people following the rules.
I have never done anything wrong or acted like a jackass and yet completely arbitrary forest service closures have already effected me. There are places that I have years of fond memories of, only to show up to go camping one day to find 200 yards of torn up stumps and car sized boulders that they hauled in from miles and miles away, and a road closed sign plopped down right in the middle of the road.
I don't really expect you guys to understand because it doesn't really effect the central and eastern united states like it does the west coast because so little of your land is federally managed, but the majority of our recreational lands are here.
You can't tell me that in times of financial crisis it makes sense to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to haul in heavy equipment, boulders (that are clearly not of the area, and hundreds of gallons of diesel to shut down some road that is a 45 minute drive before you even hit asphalt.
I highly suggest you watch this video.