'Pine Mud' Film Addresses Issue in New Jersey's Pinelands

In the vast Pinelands National Reserve of southern New Jersey, powerful vehicles trample protected sand dunes and drive circles through ancient ponds. Like in many wild places, “off-roading” has grown more popular here.

As a local conservationist works to protect habitat for threatened species, tensions flare with off-roading enthusiasts who don't want to see their access to the forest restricted.

Filmmaker Jared Flesher's Pine Mud is the first feature documentary to explore the complex, widespread and intensifying problem of off-road vehicle damage to public lands.

PINE MUD premieres at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 3pm, in the theater of the Eaton DC hotel, just blocks from the White House.     Tickets are free but require advance registration