Something to think about . . .

[Optimistic Paranoid]

http://www.diyphotography.net/how-social-media-is-destroying-our-national-parks/#more-36216How social media is destroying our national parks

"... [font=Arial, sans-serif] it broke my heart when I saw a photo with over 10,000 likes on instagram of a person camping, [/font][font=Arial, sans-serif]with a fire[/font][font=Arial, sans-serif], right there at water’s edge of my favorite place. It broke my heart even more when I went back to the specific spot I recognized from the photo and saw the telling black scar on the ground. A scar that will be there for months, if not years, to come. The beautiful landscape that is supposed to be protected, marred.  Ruined for anyone else who comes to enjoy it. For what? For a photo? For likes?  It hardly makes sense..."[/font]

Regards
John




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[Canine]

OP,I have mixed emotions on this.On one hand people should have enough sense to not destroy what can't be replaced.On the other hand,some of our government employees would like to put OUR public land in a glass container and seal it off from the public.

 

[gcal]

There's plenty of BLM land that people are free to abuse, and I see plenty of people abusing it? So, why does anyone need to be free to abuse the national parks? I  would like to see the pics traced back and the offenders fined or prosecuted. Just my opinion.

 

[OpenSpaceman]

I understand. The inner conflict I feel is that I love seeing all the great photos of nature and all the cool places, but I feel a lot of blogs are just "Look at ME", look where I'm at.

*A picture of a bison is cool but unfortunately a fat guy kissing a bison is going to get more clicks.

 

[jimindenver]

The only thing people sense anymore is just how much they think they can get away with it seems. That means with no accountability, there are no boundaries.

 

[karl]

Couple months ago we were camped along the northern coast of Maine near Machiasport and made a day trip to see the reversing falls. It is a spot where as the tide reverses the river feeding it flows backward and creates a falls in each direction.
It is a spot frequented by both travelers and locals.
On our hike along the trail we came to two different spots where human feces and TP were "proudly" displayed on rocks in the center of the trail...
We found a spot to seat ourselves and watch the eagles that come to fish as the tide reverses and soon began to smell smoke- it wasn't hard to find the source- some fools had built a fire in the peat that is common in the area and it was going underground....Thankfully they had left a number of empty cans and beer bottles that we were able to use to dig and extinguish what could have become a major forest fire in a few hours.

Some people!