ORVs ruin hunting grounds.

• Because they are easier than walking, increasing numbers of people are hunting from their ORV rather than on foot.
• The noise and smell of an ORV can alert game animals from a long way off so the odds of seeing game from an ORV are much reduced. That same noise and smell that is chasing game away from the ORV user is also chasing them away from any other hunters in the area.
• Hunters should be aware that a half-dozen studies have clearly shown that game avoid vehicle activity associated with an ORV trail.

ORVs create roads, ruin habitats.

• Because ORVs can access terrain that other motorized vehicles cannot, some riders are making improper use of that advantage and creating an extensive network of new roads and trails in areas that were previously roadless.
• This creates travelways that tempt other recreationists to follow, resulting in those faint tracks through the meadow becoming a full-blown road.

ORVs are hard on vegetation.

• Off-road vehicles harm vegetation directly through trampling; soil compaction; and air, soil, and water pollution. The results are devastating: fewer plants, reduced plant cover, lowered plant diversity, and disruptions to plant successional and nutrient cycling processes.
• ORVs frequently trample, crush, uproot, and otherwise damage plants and their root systems. These disturbances lead the way to another problem: the invasion of exotic and noxious weed species.

ORVs are hard on wildlife.

• ORVs are responsible for four main types of impacts to wildlife: direct mortality, disturbance, noise, and habitat impacts.
• ORV use fragments available wildlife habitat, dramatically reducing suitable homes for many wildlife species.