Posted on 12/27/2018 9:21:38 PM PST by yesthatjallen
National parks across the U.S. are facing a number of complications amid the current government shutdown, including excess garbage and illegal activities.
Because of the partial government shutdown that has been in effect since last week, employees of the National Park Service haven't been working.
At Joshua Tree National Park in southern California, that has resulted in illegal fires, illegal parking and an increase in littering, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Rand Abbott, a volunteer at the park, told the Times that he has tried to talk people out of littering and other illegal activity but said that 70 percent of the people he encounters "are extremely rude."
Yesterday, I had my life threatened two times," he added. "Its crazy in there right now.
Toilets have also not been maintained at that park due to the lack of workers. Abbott told the Times that he has "gone through 500 rolls of toilet paper" as he's tried to do it himself.
Big Bend National Park in Texas has also faced problems of overflowing garbage, resulting in the potential for black bears to be attracted to the park.
Big Bend Superintendent Bob Krumenaker told National Parks Traveler in an email that "trash WILL attract bears."
"And that creates a safety problem for people and puts the bears at risk as they quickly become habituated to human food," he added.
National parks across the country have stayed open during the shutdown, but a former director of digital strategy for the Interior Department last week warned of the dangers of the parks remaining open.
"As someone who worked @interior during the shutdown in [2013], let me tell you how dangerous this is," Tim Fullerton, who worked for Interior during the 2013 shutdown, wrote on Twitter.
If someone falls, gets lost, or has any issue in a National Park or wildlife refuge, theyre on their own, he added.
Let’s get some use out our inmates and force them to clean up the trash and clean the toilets.
No forest rangers. It’s the end of the world as we know it!
Hmmm... Idea for new sign:
“Trash attracts bears”
Image of a bear with a human by the back of the neck.
From the article: RE Joshua Tree NP in So CA: Rand Abbott, a volunteer at the park, told the Times that he has tried to talk people out of littering and other illegal activity but said that 70 percent of the people he encounters “are extremely rude.”
He probably doesn’t even speak Spanish, so they don’t understand.
True. The spanish speakers have taken over Texas State Parks.
Illegals?
Yes, and in their machismo culture, only submissive sissies put trash where it belongs.
The main low-class crowd around there was beer-drinking rednecks, actually.
The main low-class crowd around there was beer-drinking rednecks, actually.
“CITY PEOPLE. 95% of the problems in this country come from the city culture and mentality.”
One of the dumbest posts EVER on FR.
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It’s an undeniable fact from experience, I have lived in several major metropolitan cites myself. I have lived through rural areas becoming big cities over time. The fact that just about all of them are predominantly blue is telling in it’s self.
If you live in the city just look around you. Hopefully some are intelligent enough to see that the mess is not at all functional or sane. Just a 5 mile drive is pretty self explanatory to someone who is smart enough to know the difference.
Yep... These city high population blue demographics and culture are destroying this country and no one can prove different.
You absolutely MUST see Bryce Canyon. It is indescribably beautiful this time of year. Zion is also mind-bogglingly spectacular.
Around where?
SE Mass.
Ive been to Zion before. The plan is fly to Vegas then Zion, Bryce, Archs, Canyonlands then beeline to California.
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