The public lands are millions of acres. The simple statement of "rangers just need to do their job and enforce the existing laws" won't solve the problem because they can't cover all those acres all the time. The comment about needing to double the amount of rangers to adequately enforce this situation is greatly understated. And the money to put on additional rangers just isn't there.
Contrary to what people believe, LEOs are dealing with a lot of issues on public lands, and dumping/littering is hardly their number one priority. While the idea of a permit for boondocking is novel, it wouldn't solve the problem - just another rule that rangers would have to enforce when they already have lots of other rules to enforce and don't have the time, money or staff to do so.
We can easily sit here on RV.net and just say "Rangers need to do their job", but it isn't that easy and it won't solve the problem. There will always be rule breakers, and enforcing the rules out in the boonies where it is miles down a dead-end road isn't going to be easy, or done quickly.
-A retired ranger.
