It's the same, here, Paul. Where there's access to national forests,
the places have been gutted =96
a kind of wild west "it's-my-right-as-an-American" idiocy that
infects some parts of this
potentially spectacular geography.
Question is: how to improve the sensibilities from a profound case of
Nature Deficit
Disorder to one of responsibility, respect, and care.
Bernie
On Aug 16, 2007, at 4:51 AM, Paul Jacobson wrote:
>
> On 15/08/2007, at 12:12 AM, Bernie Krause wrote:
>
> > recording at any time of year, probably. As for the rest of the
> area,
> > checking all of the jeep trails and dirt roads off the main
> arteries,
> > every gate was locked. Every other access blocked, even for serious
> > off-road vehicles. Apparently, Mendocino County and residents are
> >
>
> Not sure of the situation in the US but here in Australia, the
> serious off-road vehicles bring with them a subculture - hopefully
> minority - that manifests as pure environmental vandalism. A number
> of remnants of indigenous plant communities close to Melbourne have
> been closed to all vehicle traffic due to the damage inflicted by
> 4x4's and trail bikes turning every incline into a rutted wasteland.
>
> I visited one such area on the weekend and while the vandals had been
> effectively locked out of the public reserve, they had moved across
> the road and had pretty much destroyed the hillside leading from
> creek to road. The sad thing is the people doing these things are
> proud of their exploits as evidenced by youtube videos:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DJojcXSRhGzU
>
> While we were at the reserve adjoining this location there was a
> fantastic variety of birds calling, but the continual wail of trail
> bikes and a couple of 4x4's doing circuits made any attempt at
> recording quite futile.
>
> cheers
> Paul
>
>
>
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