National Parks Getting Trashed During Government Shutdown

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/national-parks-trashed-in-government-shutdown_us_5c2aeee2e4b08aaf7a931f9c


Some National Parks are being overwhelmed by trash, vandalism, human feces and destructive off-roading while most personnel are gone during the government shutdown, according to reports from remaining workers and visitors.

“It’s so heartbreaking. There is more trash and human waste and disregard for the rules than I’ve seen in my four years living here,” Dakota Snider, 24, who works in California’s Yosemite National Park, told The Associated Press. “It’s a free-for-all.”

Some visitors were seen dumping bags of garbage from their cars at Yosemite. Two campgrounds and a redwood grove were closed because of “human waste issues and lack of staffing,” a park statement said. People were using the spots as open-air bathrooms after overused restrooms were closed, the Los Angeles Times reported.

“With restrooms closed, some visitors are opting to deposit their waste in natural areas adjacent to high traffic areas, which creates a health hazard for other visitors,” National Parks Service spokesman Andrew Munoz told the Times.

[Guilded Lilly]

1. A lot of people really make me disgusted to live among them.

[BlueWI]

2. Horrible.

Regulating our own behavior is a duty in a situation like this.

[Totally Tunsie]

3. Humans...another reason we can't have nice things.

[liberal N proud]

4. People most likely to do this

I would put them in the same group as trumpkins.

Lowest among us.

[Useless in FL]

5. OMIGOD!

What is wrong with people????? Are we devolving as humans or have we always been like this?