Sad state of national parks and forests - II
I've less than 2 years ago reported here the sad state of our national parks and national forests after family camping in Yosemite, Redwood, Raiinier, Lassen Volcanic, Lake Tahoe... which I posit with...
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naturist wrote:
For decades now we have elected lawmakers who do not care about our parks or bridges but worry excessively about how to squeeze every penny possible into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy and corporations, but also for the rest of us. It’s why our bridges are in disrepair and our parks are poorly maintained.
The NFS recreation area at which we volunteered for several years operates on exactly one full time paid employee. The campground has 63 sites plus two “group areas”, two lakes, beach, and picnic areas. All the real work is being done by volunteers who are mostly retirees (who else has the time), and who are increasingly hard to attract.
All those pigeons are coming home to roost. The park systems need money, the bridges need paint and other repairs (google the broken beam on I-40 across the Mississippi in Memphis).
There are national parks and NFS campgrounds and facilities being operated by concessionaires.
And the difference in upkeep is day and night and the profit-motive is way too obvious.
That rubs insult to injury as they are making profit out of We The People's natural resources and patrimony.
