Off-Road Vehicles Ravage Virginia’s Dry River

Written by Trout Unlimited Blog

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Hannah Moulton Belec

In the winter issue of Trout, David Hart wrote about TU’s conservation work in the Shenandoah Headwaters, fragile brook trout habitat in western and southern Virginia. One of the tributaries Hart reported on was Dry River near Harrisonburg, Va., which has had issues with off-road vehicles carving out illegal trails and, unbelievably, driving across and in the riverbed itself. Check out these amazingly disturbing videos of off-road vehicle users proudly driving through trout streams.

Source: http://troutunlimitedblog.com/off-road-vehicles-ravage-virginias-dry-river/

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