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Joshua Tree national park 'may take 300 years to recover' from shutdown
The former superintendent of Joshua Tree national park has said it could take hundreds of years to recover from damage caused by visitors during the longest-ever government shutdown.
"What's happened to our park in the last 34 days is irreparable for the next 200 to 300 years," Curt Sauer said at a rally over the weekend, according to a report from the Desert Sun. Sauer retired in 2010 after running the park for seven years.
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.
"While the vast majority of those who visit Joshua Tree do so in a responsible manner, there have been incidents of new roads being created by motorists and the destruction of Joshua trees in recent days that have precipitated the closure," said park spokesman George Land in the news release.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday January 31 2019, @01:11AM (1 child)
I'm a Builder. The best Builder. And the most environmental, I've won many awards for environmental. So I know, the biggest headache for our Builders is burdensome regulations. On regulations, while I've reduced regulations terrifically. It would take, as an example, to build a highway -- it would take 17 to 20 years to get approvals. And at the end of 20th year, in many cases, they voted it down. Do you approve? No. So they wasted tens of millions of dollars. There's a highway in Maryland where it took exactly 17 years. And the original numbers were very little, and it ended up costing hundreds of millions of dollars for a very small, short highway. And we can't have that. Our National Parks, so many of them -- not enough roads. We need many more roads. But, tremendous amount of regulations to get through. Otherwise known as Red Tape. We've cut a tremendous amount of it. But our smart & hard working Road Builders saw, no Enforcement. While our Government, very proudly, was closed. Shut down. So they moved very strongly, very quickly. They built the new roads we need. Something that is going to last hundreds of years. These are people that are Making America Great Again. And we love them. We love them, right? Guys -- or ladies -- you're always welcome at the White House. Where we have the best chefs. They make a mean burger -- and the most incredible pizza you've seen in your entire life. Which, I assume, are your favorite foods. And we can talk about building our Southern Wall. Supreme Court gave us a mulligan on that one -- ZERO environmental for that one. No regulations. So when we get the money, and it won't be long, that one's going up very very fast. And we'd love to have you build it. MAGA!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 31 2019, @03:53AM
yeah, you should watch the damage done by oil and mining companies on USA invaded countries