SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah community leaders have asked the National Park Service to reconsider allowing off-road vehicles inside the parks.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that elected Grand County leaders passed a resolution Tuesday to ask park officials to reevaluate the order.
Mayors from Moab and Castle Valley say allowing all-terrain vehicles in the parks would have a negative effect on the visitor experience and resource and wildlife protection.
Some residents say Utah parks illegally discriminated against all-terrain vehicles by arbitrarily favoring Jeeps, four-wheel-drive pickups, dirt bikes and other vehicles capable of going off road.
Park officials say each state park was ordered to allow off-road vehicles on roads open to conventional vehicles by Nov. 1 but upheld a strict ban on off-road use.
Park officials were not immediately available for comment.
