We did have one guy about 20 years back that stirred everything up, he was transferred before someone fed him to the bear. Ever since the park service treats the community with kid gloves, honestly.
We still have a bunch of old retired gold miners who hate them and fight any proposal they put forth. We have a tourist boat (holland america) that brings a boat load of tourists here for 2 hr tour all summer long. H.A. employs at least 30 locals of the 100 in this economically depressed river community. All the beggars here complain how H.A. doesn't do enough for community????? So last year Park Service & Holland America were getting a grant to build nice new visitors center. Entire community was against it, said it would change their lifestyle, so it never happened. They'll build it in some other community downriver. I never figured that one out.
I'm sure you have some gun ho park rangers but you also have alot of good ones too that look the otherway everytime.
I don’t know any park rangers down here. My take on it is that those ranks would be a very ripe pick for those who are nearly insane when it comes to the environment. Along with that world view comes the anti-gun baggage.
I’ll be the first to acknowledge I may be off base with those comments. It’s just that I have watched how rabid most concerns have become that have anything at all to do with the environment.
I like protecting nature to a certain extent. I don’t like people verging on mental illness over it.