El Dorado County is trying to eliminate "white flowers" along the famed Rubicon Trail for off-road vehicles.

Read more:

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/28/2853665/rubicon-trail-users-urged-to-pack.html

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The body betrays and the weather conspires, hopefully, not on the same day.

Perhaps the vehicle users could organize a campaign to restore the roadside habitat and remove the waste, or at least to decorate it sufficiently so that it doesn't appear unsightly. Since the "white" paper appears to be the primary concern of this group, perhaps users should just use camouflage TP.

A better solution would be closer regulation of traffic, possibly with a toll or permit system, and requirement that "road" travelers carry WAG or equivalent. Voluntary measures seem doomed to fail as indicated in the article, efforts have been made for years to reduce the fecal impact of travel.

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