Schade aan het Joshua Tree NP.

[Kimdum]

Er is blijkbaar veel schade aangebracht tijdens de shutdown in het Joshua Tree NP.

Nieuwe wegen gecreëerd, Joshua Tree's die zijn afgebroken, graffiti en trails die beschadigd zijn.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... t-shutdown

Toch jammer dat mensen daar zo misbruik van maken. Ik vond het alvast een supermooi park.

The park reopened Monday after the record 35-day shutdown, and park workers returned to a state of chaos, including damaged trees, graffiti and ruined trails. The reduced ranger supervision during the shutdown saw increased vandalism at the park, causing officials to announce on 8 January that Joshua Tree would temporarily close. It was announced a day later that officials were able to use recreation fee revenue to avoid the closure.

There are about a dozen instances of extensive vehicle traffic off roads and in some cases into wilderness,” David Smith, the current Joshua Tree national park superintendent, told National Parks Traveler after announcing the need to close. “We have two new roads that were created inside the park. We had destruction of government property with the cutting of chains and locks for people to access campgrounds. We’ve never seen this level of out-of-bounds camping. Everyday use area was occupied every evening.”

“Joshua trees were actually cut down in order to make new roads,” he added.

[MichelH]

Ze hebben ook huis gehouden in Death Valley NP:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... s-shutdown

[covri]

In het Nederlands
https://joop.bnnvara.nl/nieuws/eeuwen-h ... a-shutdown

[TotosDawn]

Belachelijk... Waarom zijn mensen zo.. Vreselijk! Ik snap gewoon niet waarom het nodig is...

[Markstaal]

Onbegrijpelijk inderdaad. Dan mag je al gratis het park in en dan je zo misdragen. Zonde.