Another criminal idiot in the National Parks
Damages salt flat at Badwater He drove across the salt flat at Badwater in DVNP, got stuck and abandoned the van. Faces $5000 fine and 6 months in jail
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I have seen the problem and the problem is us (that may be a quote but is melded into personal memory). The bottom line is that there will always be a trespasser or user that defiles a natural setting.
FWIW, I hunt Whitetail deer in a National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge is only open to human transit (on foot) for three weeks during Whitetail Season. It's illegal to enter the refuge during any other time. It is now common to see and hear hunters on ATV's inside the refuge prior to and during the hunting season. They erect permanent stands attached to trees (illegal) and leave their garbage all over. Eventually, the Refuge will be closed to entry, spoiling the use for compliant hunters wishing to use one of the last pieces of undisturbed land in the State.
I will lose the experience of seeing otters, fishers, moose, and all other manners of wildlife that is difficult to experience elsewhere. There is something very humbling and fulfilling to see wolf tracks on top of your boot tracks in the snow.
FWIW, I hunt Whitetail deer in a National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge is only open to human transit (on foot) for three weeks during Whitetail Season. It's illegal to enter the refuge during any other time. It is now common to see and hear hunters on ATV's inside the refuge prior to and during the hunting season. They erect permanent stands attached to trees (illegal) and leave their garbage all over. Eventually, the Refuge will be closed to entry, spoiling the use for compliant hunters wishing to use one of the last pieces of undisturbed land in the State.
I will lose the experience of seeing otters, fishers, moose, and all other manners of wildlife that is difficult to experience elsewhere. There is something very humbling and fulfilling to see wolf tracks on top of your boot tracks in the snow.
