Let's Blow the Whistle on Public-Land Abusers

Dozens of TVs, refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, and abandoned cars had either been gunshot, torched, or both.

This place of destruction was what some locals called “Carnage Canyon,” roughly 30 acres off Lefthand Canyon in Boulder County, Colorado.

It was a shocking sight, but was it unique? Think about your own nearby public lands.

This canyon’s history began with mountain biking. Sometime in early 2000, a mountain biker discovered the canyon and developed a trail through it.

Then, more bikers came in droves, and “motocrossers” also loved it, particularly because nobody was around makin...