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I just got back from a week of backpacking in a wilderness area in Wyoming and saw about 6 people over the course of the trip, and it was great. Unfortunately f
by dbrueck 6y ago
I just got back from a week of backpacking in a wilderness area in Wyoming and saw about 6 people over the course of the trip, and it was great. Unfortunately for the author, he's probably going to have to sacrifice the camper if he wants any immediate relief - if you have to get their on foot (or by horse), it drastically affects who is going to go there.
IMO the longer term solution is to educate people. One idea (not a cure all, but it might help): offer free classes on nature conservation, good camping practices, etc. Each person who hasn't taken the class in the past N years pays a much higher access fee to the campground.
- say_it_as_it_is 6y agothe people who are blighting the wilderness are ignorant, uneducated urbanites who would never take a free course even if it were available
- dbrueck 6y agoThat's the whole point of the fee on the other side: spend a little time to get educated, or pay a higher rate. The rate can be raised as high as needed.
- say_it_as_it_is 6y agoand then this crowd will see their low $5 fee as a right to litter
- jerry1979 6y agoWas just camping in the ozarks. FWIW, the isolated forest service road camping spot had bullet casings and broken glass. The more popular watering hole area was completely clean.
- TheAdamAndChe 6y agoI hunt and camp around the ozarks regularly. Locals regularly drink and target shoot around the area. The majority of trash is localized by the roads though. If you go through the woods, most of the trash you find looks to be at least a couple decades old.
- vangelis 6y agoFor every "ignorant, uneducated urbanite" who leaves a trace in a national park there's probably an even more ignorant and uneducated rural person burning their plastic trash.