Oceano Dunes: A Tribune special report

How ATV industry works to make riding experience safer

Companies that make the machines that roam over the Oceano Dunes are well aware of the dangers and try to help customers avoid them.

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Oceano Dunes: A comparison

OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

What if the ATVs went away one day?

Is there any way to keep cash flowing to the South County if all-terrain vehicles leave Oceano Dunes and roar off to some other destination?
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

ATV injuries at Oceano Dunes pain medical community

Those who live in and around the Oceano Dunes may look at off-roading from many perspectives, but there is one group that is close to single-minded about it: those who treat the injured.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

Craig Angello has seen both sides of the Oceano Dunes

As a fifth-generation Oceano resident, Craig Angello walks the lines that mark the controversy over off-roading on the Oceano Dunes.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

On patrol at the Oceano Dunes

It's Saturday on Memorial Day weekend at the Oceano Dunes. The park is abuzz with off-road vehicles, and thousands of campers dot the sandy rolling hills with RVs, trailers and tents.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

How tragedy on the Oceano Dunes shattered a Bakersfield family

Before Paige Carter began dating her late husband, Jerry Carter, he came to her work for a haircut at Bakersfield's Rage Salon.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

No ATVs: Oceano Dunes should be a peaceful place

Verona ReBow slips off her boots and steps barefoot into the cool sand of the Oceano Dunes Preserve.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

Pro-ATVs: Oceano Dunes is a spot for responsible fun

Chris Cannon fires up a Polaris utility vehicle, shifts the mechanical workhorse into gear and heads out to patrol the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area on a windy afternoon.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

Oceano Dunes are a bird haven

To most people, a long stretch of fenced-off beach in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area looks like a windblown, barren desert.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

Oceano Dunes ecosystem needs constant care

Take 4,000 acres of wind-swept dunes, five-and-a-half miles of beach and numerous rare plants and animals and combine that with 2 million people and tens of thousands of trucks and off-highway vehicles a year.
OCEANO DUNES: A TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

The Dunes dollars: Are they worth it?

Everyone seems to agree on one thing about the Oceano Dunes off-roading area: It's a moneymaker.