Grew up in So.Cal, did a lot of exploring, spent most my money keeping the Jeep going, instead of other things, some a lot worse, than a Jeep ride. Watched them slowly but surely, close down most of my regular haunts.
Just think, often, people take the mine thing to extremes. As well as the save the nature freaks, that would prohibit fly overs, if they could.
Got shot in the ankle in Nam, always upset me, about 95% of the country is closed to my explorations. Can´t walk more than a few miles, allergic to horses.
In Central Germany, were I´m living now, there are areas closed to vehicular traffic. But very little, is closed because of tresspass. They've had a few hundred more years, to refine there land use policies. Barons don´t have the authority, anymore to close there property, to common sense useage.
I´m a game manager, though my access right is limited, nobody is going to question me beyond the badge. Also few are going to be able to enjoy some of the country I do, because most times it´s just to far, to hard (old people) or discouraged. Always seemed wrong, that if someone was just passing through and not destroying anything, to deny them access or egress, just wrong. Feel most times, the young people, by some master plan are herded into the cities, to many times find trouble or addiction. A drive through the woods or up a desert wash, can really change someones, outlook on things.
Seems the same thing, is being done to much of the normal citizenry, that was done to the indians, herded into reservations or ghetto´s. To a lot of people, the great outdoors, is the city park, small wonder so many go bad, I call it, terminal horizon constipation, there view of the world becomes way to narrow.
I have a decent sized piece of property in South Carolina. The only times anybody gets cited, is for trash, fires or driving through the cultivated parts. Planted black raspberry, on much of it, between the pines. The few paths through, the Jeepers keep open for me. Every few years, take the tractor out and fill in the worst holes. Don´t really see a problem. The Jeep trails, grow weeds, that won´t grow under the pines, foriage for bird and beast. The goverment pays me a stipend to leave it wild, never said, anything about forbidding Jeeps.