"wreckreation" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of wreck + recreation Etymology templates: {{blend|en|wreck|recreation}} Blend of wreck + recreation Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wreckreation (uncountable)
  1. Recreation that wrecks or harms the environment. For example, running off-road vehicles and mountain bikes through ecologically sensitive areas, running boats with large wakes in narrow watercourses so as to cause bank erosion, climbing in areas where raptors nest, or simply hiking in areas that disturb existing flora, fauna and archaeological resources. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-wreckreation-en-noun-tm0vFugk Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "Wreckreation in Our National Forests",
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          "ref": "2001, Wild Earth Association, Cenozoic Society, Wild earth, Volume 11, page 80:",
          "text": "...critiques of motorized wreckreation...",
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          "ref": "2008, Craig Chalquist, Deep California: Images and Ironies of Cross and Sword on El Camino Real:",
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          "text": "http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/11/11/Wreckreation/index.html - By Jim Cooperman, 11 Nov 2009, TheTyee.ca\nBC's Shameful Backcountry Wreckreation"
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