How do OHVs create soil erosion?
Implementing and maintaining Best Management Practices can usually control the potential for erosion from routes. Therefore, the primary concern for soil erosion comes from motorized cross-country travel. The potential for impacts vary by site-specific factors such as local climate, vegetation, soil types, slope form and steepness. In general, soil erosivity increases when cross-country travel reduces vegetative cover, compacts or displaces soil, or creates the potential to concentrate and reroute water.
