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Friend of mine mentioned one place that used to be protected BLM land. To get there you needed to drive down a 10 mile dirt road. Usually there would be 0 to 2
by Gibbon1 6y ago
Friend of mine mentioned one place that used to be protected BLM land. To get there you needed to drive down a 10 mile dirt road. Usually there would be 0 to 2 cars/trucks parked there. It was handed over to the park service to 'protect it' now there is a paved road, a parking lot with pit toilets and two dozen cars and trucks.
This sort of thing is why I'm totally opposed to giving the park service more stuff. Park Service should stick to managing Public monuments and the half dozen national parks that serve as sacrifice areas that draw tourists way from everything else.
- wetmore 6y agoThis is complicated. Certain areas see too much traffic in their primitive state and need infrastructure like a bathroom. In this case causation may be going the other way.
- Gibbon1 6y agoThe problem is the park service actively advertises places which brings in more people. More people requires infrastructure. Which brings in more people. Better is to not advertise and if there are too many people require permits. It may be beneficial to remove infrastructure. For instance blocking of roads that allow access. Because most things that aren't heavily advertised and are more than a mile from a road see very little traffic.