Chip, chip, chip, and soon the trees fall, the lakes and rivers get polluted, the fish die, and everyone gets giardia, as intended.
If they ever succeed, their double bust on Mt. Rushmore will be a constant reminder of exactly how craven they are. Hopefully the mountain’s rotten granite will continue to degrade and their busts will end up as broken rubble in the gully of shame at the bottom.
MuskyTrumpy will not be remembered except in infamy.
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools.”
Yosemite National Park barred daytime access without a reservation the last five years: an 1,100 square mile park. No wonder they have no funding. They could have just restricted cars on the valley floor, a tiny fraction of the park, but instead blocked it all. This is unprecedented in the parks history, and obviously part of a plan to separate citizens from their national heritage. It’s criminal is what it is.
Your concerns are valid. The parks are struggling to balance overcrowding with conservation, and too often, the solutions feel more like barriers than real fixes. Last year, I wrote extensively about campsites becoming increasingly reservation-only—turning what should be a shared public resource into an exclusive experience for wealthier travelers who can plan nearly a year in advance and chance non-refundable deposits. (https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-growing-problem-with-americas)
Thank you very much for the response. I will read your piece with pleasure. One more thing: climbers, peakbaggers, day hikers, fishermen, backpackers. those who actually appreciate and take care of the backcountry are more or less dependent on good weather, which can’t be had with a reservation, and they often camp outside the park’s borders and come in during the day.
It’s true. Campsites used to be first-come, first-served, giving the adventurous a fair shot if they showed up early. Now, getting a spot requires planning nearly a year in advance or obsessively refreshing recreation.gov, hoping for a rare cancellation. What was once a rite of passage for ordinary Americans has been turned into a privilege for wealthy retired folks and international travelers. It's a real problem.
Wait 3-4 months. This isn't the end of the world as we know it. Word on the street is those who protest too much are the problems. If you're taking flak, you must be over the target.
We have an out of control spending problem that neither the crazy party, nor the Republicans, have even tried to rein in. Quit advertising for 6 months - save money, and discourage visitors. Works in other places, try it here.
So the solution to gutting public lands is... advertising less? Right. While we're at it, maybe firefighters should stop reporting wildfires to save water. We can pretend this isn’t a big deal, but starving parks of funding and staff doesn’t magically fix government spending, it just guarantees their destruction. And that’s the point. The worse things get, the easier it is for them to claim that ‘government mismanagement’ is the problem and start selling off our public lands to the highest bidder. That’s the plan: break it, blame it, and cash in.
Jim, Settle down. It's been a long time since the Fed Govt has had a RIF (reduction in force). Anyone interviewed (by USA TODAY) who was fired, are apoplectic - their lifestyle has imploded, what can we do, what can we do?
Well, take a hint from all of the small businesses that shutdown due to the Wuhan Virus scare of 2020. Take a hint from those who were fired from their jobs because they wouldn't take an inoculation with an unapproved vaccine. It took around 2 years before the vaccine was finally given official approval for use.
Earth abides. The public lands, according to my sources, have been here AT LEAST 20 years prior to humans arriving in North America. So roughly before 15,000BC. they will be here long after we're (humans) are gone from earth.
As to firefighters not fighting wildfires to save water - you so soon have forgotten the idiots, sorry, those smart folks governing the city/county of LA during the January "unexpected" wildfires due to Santa Ana winds from the NE, spilling over the mountains. Which happens every year, and probably happened annually AT LEAST 20 years before humans arrived in North America. The one fact that humans do not learn from history is that humans do not learn from history. Go figure. Must be our educational system at fault.
Hey Jim, Thanks for your well-thought-out reply describing where I am wrong in my analysis. Really helps for keeping up a discussion.
Unlike the 3 folks mentioned in your reply, I make up up my own mind on problems facing humans; been doing that since AT LEAST 20 years before humans arrived in North America.
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
Chip, chip, chip, and soon the trees fall, the lakes and rivers get polluted, the fish die, and everyone gets giardia, as intended.
If they ever succeed, their double bust on Mt. Rushmore will be a constant reminder of exactly how craven they are. Hopefully the mountain’s rotten granite will continue to degrade and their busts will end up as broken rubble in the gully of shame at the bottom.
MuskyTrumpy will not be remembered except in infamy.
“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools.”
Muir's words seem to ring more true than ever today
Really sad to read this 😭 we so value our open spaces and National Parks here in Australia
It is sad Christine. On a more positive note, I've been to a few of Australia's parks. Absolutely stunning.
Yosemite National Park barred daytime access without a reservation the last five years: an 1,100 square mile park. No wonder they have no funding. They could have just restricted cars on the valley floor, a tiny fraction of the park, but instead blocked it all. This is unprecedented in the parks history, and obviously part of a plan to separate citizens from their national heritage. It’s criminal is what it is.
Your concerns are valid. The parks are struggling to balance overcrowding with conservation, and too often, the solutions feel more like barriers than real fixes. Last year, I wrote extensively about campsites becoming increasingly reservation-only—turning what should be a shared public resource into an exclusive experience for wealthier travelers who can plan nearly a year in advance and chance non-refundable deposits. (https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-growing-problem-with-americas)
Thank you very much for the response. I will read your piece with pleasure. One more thing: climbers, peakbaggers, day hikers, fishermen, backpackers. those who actually appreciate and take care of the backcountry are more or less dependent on good weather, which can’t be had with a reservation, and they often camp outside the park’s borders and come in during the day.
It’s true. Campsites used to be first-come, first-served, giving the adventurous a fair shot if they showed up early. Now, getting a spot requires planning nearly a year in advance or obsessively refreshing recreation.gov, hoping for a rare cancellation. What was once a rite of passage for ordinary Americans has been turned into a privilege for wealthy retired folks and international travelers. It's a real problem.
Wait 3-4 months. This isn't the end of the world as we know it. Word on the street is those who protest too much are the problems. If you're taking flak, you must be over the target.
We have an out of control spending problem that neither the crazy party, nor the Republicans, have even tried to rein in. Quit advertising for 6 months - save money, and discourage visitors. Works in other places, try it here.
So the solution to gutting public lands is... advertising less? Right. While we're at it, maybe firefighters should stop reporting wildfires to save water. We can pretend this isn’t a big deal, but starving parks of funding and staff doesn’t magically fix government spending, it just guarantees their destruction. And that’s the point. The worse things get, the easier it is for them to claim that ‘government mismanagement’ is the problem and start selling off our public lands to the highest bidder. That’s the plan: break it, blame it, and cash in.
Jim, Settle down. It's been a long time since the Fed Govt has had a RIF (reduction in force). Anyone interviewed (by USA TODAY) who was fired, are apoplectic - their lifestyle has imploded, what can we do, what can we do?
Well, take a hint from all of the small businesses that shutdown due to the Wuhan Virus scare of 2020. Take a hint from those who were fired from their jobs because they wouldn't take an inoculation with an unapproved vaccine. It took around 2 years before the vaccine was finally given official approval for use.
Earth abides. The public lands, according to my sources, have been here AT LEAST 20 years prior to humans arriving in North America. So roughly before 15,000BC. they will be here long after we're (humans) are gone from earth.
As to firefighters not fighting wildfires to save water - you so soon have forgotten the idiots, sorry, those smart folks governing the city/county of LA during the January "unexpected" wildfires due to Santa Ana winds from the NE, spilling over the mountains. Which happens every year, and probably happened annually AT LEAST 20 years before humans arrived in North America. The one fact that humans do not learn from history is that humans do not learn from history. Go figure. Must be our educational system at fault.
Hope that helps.
What a trip! This comment reads like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alex Jones tried to co-write a history textbook over a case of Monster Energy.
Hey Jim, Thanks for your well-thought-out reply describing where I am wrong in my analysis. Really helps for keeping up a discussion.
Unlike the 3 folks mentioned in your reply, I make up up my own mind on problems facing humans; been doing that since AT LEAST 20 years before humans arrived in North America.
Breathe, everything will be okay!
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
All a matter of perspective I suppose.