For three years straight, lag bolts have been the most common thing left behind by Burning Man attendees who are too lazy or stoned to remove the tent stakes.

Volunteers found 2,304 lag bolts, tent stakes and pieces of rebar embedded in the hardened mud this year, an increase from 1,508 in 2024.

That's 52 percent more.

The BLM inspects 120 sites on the festival’s grounds. If 12 or more of those sites fail the agency’s requirements, Burning Man risks losing its privileges to use the desert for future events.

Just seven of the 120 sites inspected failed to meet BLM’s standards.

70,000 people attended Burning Man last year

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