Nature lovers and off-roaders clash over state park

A quad bike rider comes over the crest of a dune during the main quad and sidecar race during the 2012 RHL Weston beach race in Weston-Super-Mare, southwest England, on October 13, 2012. Beach racing is an offshoot of enduro and motocross racing. Riders on solo motorcycles and quad bikes compete on a course marked out on a beach, with man-made jumps and sand dunes being constructed to make the course tougher. Riders race along the beach and across a series of sand dunes in a three-hour enduro race. The race was won by Britain's Paul Winrow.

In many ways, "off roaders" struggle with Californians who have a very different idea of what a park should be. The California Report's Rachel Myrow has the story from Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area in San Joaquin County

We've heard a lot over the last couple of years about all the money troubles the California state parks have been having, but not all state parks are starved for cash. Eight off-highway vehicle parks get a steady stream money from the taxes we all pay when we buy gas.

Their funds are guaranteed by state law, and these parks are a different breed than the rest. They're even run by a separate division within State Parks. In many ways, "off roaders" struggle with Californians who have a very different idea of what a park should be.

The California Report's Rachel Myrow has the story from Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area in San Joaquin County