On this week's Local Motion, KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh interviews Suzanne Roy, executive director of the advocacy group American Wild Horse Campaign about
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“I love it,” said tribal member Kylie Torres. “Because usually, especially when it’s warm, you have random people from God knows where here, and they’ll ride their quads and their RZRs, and they’re just reckless.”
The reservoir is the most popular recreational attraction on the reservation, but it’s been off-limits to the general public since last year. Tribes across the Mountain West chose to close their land early on in the pandemic, including the Walker River Paiute Tribe.
Officials here say that helped keep COVID-19 at bay. But there was an unexpected benefit, too: Closing the reservation has meant tribal citizens have Weber Reservoir to themselves.