Posted on 01/30/2026 3:47:54 PM PST by xxqqzz
The National Park Service is on the hunt for a boneheaded driver who ripped rare plants during a joyride through Death Valley last month.
The suspect left behind more than five miles of tire tracks throughout the heavily protected Eureka Dunes while destroying at least 74 plants crucial to the park’s ecosystem.
Officials say at least two people were in the car during the Dec. 17 off-roading incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Someone who would do a thing like that probably livestreamed it.
Crucial??? They are reproduceable. Geez...
Cool. Four-wheeling in the desert backcountry is a blast!
California worries way too much about supposedly "endangered" plants, works, shrimp, and so on, crushing joy at all directions.
Screw 'em. Drive on!
It is through sand dunes, apparantly.
I guess that is why only 74 plants were contacted in five miles of travel.
Yes, we have to restrict use of vehicles in some areas.
On the other hand, the BLM and other federal bureaucrats have been actively shutting down road which allow access to wild areas, for decades.
“”heavily protected Eureka Dunes””
It would appear to be not so protected - heavily or otherwise!!!
Hear, hear!
Yeah. I’m betting the world at large won’t notice.
The National Park Service does not plant land mines?
Those dunes are something to see at dawn.
Does anyone else cringe when they click on a New York Post link? What an abusive website. The ads and reloads, etc. Thankfully FreeRepublic usually gets enough of an excerpt, to know if clicking is worth the abuse.
Noticeable that Farm Markets are selling more "grasses"..
Some desert species only produce flowers once in a hundred years, so it is a long wait for seed. Even when there is seed, it takes ages for some plants to even get old enough to reproduce.
How about people just quit thinking of themselves and take some time to respect God’s creation?
You must not use brave. I have zero problems with any site.
Once I put a road through a National Monument (on my own deeded easement.) You wouldn't believe the forces that they brought after me. Of course I won in the end and got the Superintendent reassigned elsewhere. Once I had the court order, if the previous Superintendent pissed me off during the time that he was still there, I would knock over an extra tree or two just for fun. Good times :) The replacement Superintendent literally begged me not to pick on her since she would be retiring soon. At lease courts could still be fair back then. Not sure how that would go now that we are a post rule of law country.
Most of us have had a garden spot at home or even in apartments. AND many of us have grown our own food at some point.
USING God's gifts is the greatest respect for his work.
Right?
Amen.
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