[Gritty]

This is all part of a drive to limit public access to National Parks. Pretty soon, everybody will have to park at the entrance, board busses and be driven like Japanese tourists hither and yon - all under the watchful eye of a "guide". That way, nothing gets "spoiled".

I didn't notice any mention in this article about Mexican drug gangs growing marijuana fields and really trashing the environment (not to mention making the area physically hazardous to visitors), or illegal aliens using these lands as entry ways and garbage dumps. I guess that is OK.

[Ben Ficklin]

Are there not enough immigration threads without having to hijack this one?

[sasquatch]

I didn't notice any mention in this article about Mexican drug gangs growing marijuana fields and really trashing the environment

My family has timber property. The dope growers include neighbors who rent nearby and plant on our property. One guy went so far as to steal some lumber that we had milled from culls after the last harvest and used it (pretty nice heart redwood) for retaining walls for his garden. He also tapped another neighbors water system for the plot. After the sheriff and choppers (both types) finished, I recovered the lumber for my deck.