The Bridger-Teton Forest was once a peaceful sanctuary where locals and visitors alike could seek refuge from the intense tourism of Grand Teton National Park’s main thoroughfares, but now our forest roads are infested with rental ATVs that scurry around like giant, noisy cockroaches, destroying the peace and quiet of the forest. There appears to be no limiting factor on these roaring, but street legal, machines driven by oblivious tourists who yell to each other over the din of their engines as they pass through a magnificent landscape that they experience more as a 3D video game than as a soulful journey into nature. Our valley’s wildlife and scenic vistas are unsurpassed, but the deep silence of our wild places is equally awe inspiring and fragile. Unfortunately, the rental ATV explosion is just another example of the selfish destruction of Jackson Hole for personal and/or commercial gain that rages on unabated.