The only thing soaking in this "wild pool" located in Tecopa's backcountry is police tape. Inyo County and the Bureau of Land Management have closed the four-decade-old concrete spring; both agencies cited public health concerns as a rationale. TECOPA, Calif. - It's hard to imagine, driving through the tiny town of Tecopa, that the place could have a backcountry. It practically is backcountry. But way out behind the handful of local hot springs businesses dotting the main thoroughfare, down a rutted desert road, next to one lonely, listing palm tree, sits a little 4-feet by 5-feet concrete hot springs tub...
