Look at all those horse trails! lol
Having grown up in SoCal ('spans alot) it seems to be just natural habitat to me. ;)
You are unimformed.
I spent three years on the BLM RAC in Nevada. It is a fact that when adequate routes are available, maintained and enforced new routes are not created.
Also, there are areas that have "open route" designations, like the one in your photo. Those areas are literaly open to travel across open terrain, road or not.
Mainstream eco-kooks know this yet lie to present the same mantra you do.
And you?
So wheres the gas station? :)