BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A Hoosier National Forest official says the illegal use of off-road vehicles at the sprawling federal forest in southern Indiana is leaving behind deep tire grooves that are causing problematic erosion.
Forest supervisor Mike Chaveas says the erosion created by the all-terrain vehicles is more of a problem because the forest is a patchwork of land sandwiched between private and other public properties.
Off-road vehicles are not permitted on any roads or trails in the forest, which include campground roads.
Chaveas says that various counties also have different regulations for use of all-terrain and off-road vehicles that people should follow.