An article in today's Herald quotes a wildlife officer as saying the damage at McLean Creek over the weekend was the worst he's ever seen ... unprecedented was the word used. So that doesn't sound like things went too well this weekend.
In that same Herald article is says that locked gate is owned by Husky Oil, which would imply it's a private road. People were backed up at the gate because it was the only way out from where they'd been camping ... all other exits routes had been rendered impassable by mud bogging and such. It also says that people had cut the lock six times over the weekend. I believe that's called trespassing.
Personally, I find it reprehensible to go out and destroy the wilderness engaging in motorized rec vehicle "sports". If people want to go mud bogging and such, go do it in a farmer's slough. There's no need to rape the wilderness to do it.
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