Damage persists after off-roading ban in Reiter Foothills

By Katya Yefimova
Herald Writer
GOLD BAR — The Reiter Foothills may be off limits, but officials worry that hasn’t stopped some off-road riders.

Since the 10,000-acre forest in east Snohomish County closed for renovation, rangers say some off-road riders headed further east, damaging federally protected soil where no Jeep has been before.

Mud holes and tracks from four-wheelers have been spotted away from Reiter Foothills in the pristine Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest lands off U.S. 2.

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