
“Leave No Trace” is the sacred mantra of Burning Man. But when the dust settled this year, the truth was written in garbage, and Fernley, Nevada paid the price. The hypocrisy is staggering. The same Burners who flood social media with smug lectures about radical responsibility rolled into Fernley and treated it like a dumping ground. They left locals to clean up the wreckage.
Photos taken on September 2nd, 2025.


