NPS probes illegal driving on Eureka Dunes, harming rare plants

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The National Park Service is looking for the radical who allegedly drove connected the Eureka Dunes illegally, causing important harm to uncommon plants.

According to NPS, the idiosyncratic oregon radical drove implicit the uncommon plant, the Eureka Dunegrass listed nether the Endangered Species Act successful precocious December oregon aboriginal January.

A damaged Eureka dunegrass plant.

Vehicle tracks connected Eureka Dunes

An undamaged Eureka dunegrass plant

NPS says a biologist documented harm to the Eureka Dunegrass, a works taxon that lone grows connected soil dunes successful Eureka Valley.

Vehicle tracks straight damaged 1 Eureka Dunegrass plant, portion 8 further plants were apt affected by basal harm owed to their proximity to the tracks, according to NPS.

Over 2 miles of conveyance tracks were near connected the dunes which NPS says suggests that further harm was done to effect and different uncommon plants is likely.

The Eureka Dunes are 680 feet tall, making them the tallest dunes successful California. The dune tract is astir 3 miles agelong by 1 mile wide. Eureka Dunes is designated arsenic a National Natural Landmark.

If anyone has immoderate accusation they are asked to telephone the NPS extremity enactment astatine 888-653-0009 oregon email nps_isb@nps.gov.