Comments on: Let’s blow the whistle on public-land abusers https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:45:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Brandon Sigfried https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-516 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:45:06 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-516 In reply to Ben Perry.

This is not surprising. There is often an agenda over the truth with some authors. It’s easy to bash motorized users but I have seen little evidence of illegal motorized trails on federal lands over the past 25 years. I have seen more evidence of mountain bikers breaking the rules than any other user group.

]]> By: Brandon Sigfried https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-515 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:39:54 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-515 If you did not submit a FOIA you don’t know if any complaints were filed. I have filed complaints for 3 years in a row regarding an illegal ATV trail system near Grand Junction, CO. The BLM ignores my complaints year after year.

]]> By: Bob https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-417 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 22:33:47 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-417 The Left Hand Canyon story had bits and pieces of truth.

]]> By: Earl Noe https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-416 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:43:53 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-416 It was great to see the name Rob Pudim in today’s Camera Obscura, with a link to this site. He was one of the mainstays of the Colorado Daily in ancient times when I wrote a column there. Carry on, Rob.

]]> By: Ben Perry https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-415 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:08:48 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-415 The “no one complained” framing of this article is a wonderful rhetorical device that really brings home the author’s call for citizen action at the end. There’s only one problem: it’s 100% false. Local residents complained to the Forest Service for YEARS about Carnage Canyon and what was happening there. Traffic, noise, trash, random gunfire, and more than two dozen calls to the local fire department for out of control campfires did not somehow go unnoticed by neighbors. The Forest Service responded that motorized vehicle and firearm usage was consistent with their land use policies for the area. Had the flood not permanently altered the landscape, I’m sure that’s the reality we’d still be dealing with today DESPITE public opposition. So while I applaud the author for encouraging citizen action in support of our public lands, I would urge him to get his facts straight and avoid unfairly demonizing anyone in that effort.

]]> By: Sharon https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-414 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:06:08 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-414 We have to be actively involved in caring for our public lands. If you don’t document the problem and let the Federal Agencies know, it will only get worse. Unfortunately, even with the documentation, there are shortages in federal employees in the forest service and Park Service. So, maybe in addition to documenting and complaining about the abuse , we need to make sure federal programs are funded to employ workers to do the work!!!

]]> By: Rosemary Lucero https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-413 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:07:43 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-413 A big problem. I believe the earth needs a good lawyer which is the motto of Earth Justice.

Not just sad, but also disgusting and enraging that this sort of thing happens continuously.

]]> By: Christine Mallaband-Brown https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-412 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:05:17 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-412 Very interesting article. We are suffering in the UK with raw sewerage getting into rivers and the sea. Humans need to learn land management. So sad.

]]> By: Martha Kennedy https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-411 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:53:21 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-411 People are selfish and oblivious. Many see nature as a commodity. I see this during the season when the cranes are here. Just to get a photo of a crane people will do all kinds of thoughtless irresponsible things. Life was very different for me and the cranes in 2021 when the hordes did not come. MOST people are responsible, but those who are not have a greater effect on wildlife and nature than they know.

]]> By: I Have Pretty Strong Feelings about This… – “Summer is the season of inferior sledding” – Inuit proverb https://writersontherange.org/lets-blow-the-whistle-on-public-land-abusers/#comment-410 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:47:45 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=6864#comment-410 […] Let’s blow the whistle on public-land abusers […]

]]>