{"id":1563,"date":"2026-05-30T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:34:49","slug":"trump-lifts-restrictions-on-off-road-vehicles-on-public-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"Trump lifts restrictions on off-road vehicles on public lands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday rescinded two decades-old executive orders that restricted off-road vehicles on public lands, in a move that could lift prohibitions on their use in most national parks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first executive order, signed by President Richard Nixon in 1972, established strict criteria for the use of off-road vehicles on federal lands, in an effort to minimize their environmental impact. The second, signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, authorized the government to immediately shut down off-road driving if it was causing ecological damage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both orders applied to a variety of vehicles designed to drive on unpaved surfaces like dirt, sand, gravel, mud, rocks and snow. That included all-terrain vehicles, dirt bikes and snowmobiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a fact sheet, the White House called both executive orders \u201coutdated and burdensome,\u201d noting that they were issued before the advent of modern technologies that can help the government detect off-road vehicle tracks in sensitive ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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