Access            Because of road and trail closures and obliterations, we are losing our ability to access our public lands.  This is true of both motorized and non-motorized uses.
The favoring of some uses over others has caused social tension and strife.

Local Economies             The closing of sawmills and mines due to over-regulation and lack of logs from public land has caused economic distress and social upheaval in hundreds of small rural communities, mostly in the west, that depend on these industries

Wildfire             The widespread destruction throughout the west of natural resources, wildlife, clean air, clean water, and thousands of private homes and outbuildings caused by wildfire is a result of failed environmental policies combining with drought.  In addition to the destruction these fires have released millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the air and cost billions to fight. 

Forest Health            The inability or reluctance to manage our forests in a careful, responsible and sustainable way not only results in more catastrophic fires but it prevents those who are supposed to manage our forests from curbing outbreaks of forest disease and insect infestations.  Thus more trees die and add to the growing excess of hazardous fire fuels. 

Increasing Fees for Recreation and Other Uses Because they can no longer manage for the full range of 'multiple use', federal land managers are moving people and resources to recreation management.  In order to pay for this they are increasing fees and creating new ones.