[pct-l] Park Rangers

[Rachel Dysart]

Hello Mikey.  I'm sorry to hear that your friends had a bad experience.  I grew up in the Sierra National Forest just outside of Yosemite and my mother worked for the NPS in Yosemite and my Dad was USFS.  I think in any profession you will find over zealous people who like to exercise their power in a way that's not too kind or fair.  In general though I think the park has many caring and passionate people who want to protect the park and the wildlife.  Personally I'm glad that the fine is that high for not containing your food properly.  Too many times my Mom would come home from work in tears with stories of park bears being put-down.  It's really important to keep the bears safe and wild and the people who walk in their land safe.  Every time I read of someone saying they don't pack their food in a canister (where it's required) my heart aches because it's the wildlife that suffers from their ego and ignorance.  I appreciate that we have
 advocates for the last few precious wild spaces and wildlife.  Peace.

- Rachel

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Message: 22
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:08:55 -0800
From: mikey chapman <petergrubbfan at gmail.com>
Subject: [pct-l] Park Rangers
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Hello All, Ive been to Yosemite at least 30 times,and 3 of those
times,friends who were with me were flat out abused by authority.
Theres a history of overzealous Rangers there,google it.  Im sure it
has something to do with the amount of idiots who are careless and
lawless,but id say theres also a few bad apple Rangers(like any part
of society,pct).  One thing that is crazy smart,they have there own
courthouse and jail,which makes getting fined a hard thing to overcome
for the unaware. They like to hold you untill your fines are paid,or
untill you bond out,or you sit it out(hope for an O.R.,which are slim
to none there). That includes all the goodies of real jail,strip
search,bad food,and my buddy tells me you are caged like an
animal,small cage like cells. Id hate to think that money,quotas,or
advancement are related but........  Anyhow,be careful out there. Has
anyone ever been given the $5000 fine for the no bear container? How
was that handled? Oh,and alot of these offences mean lifetime bans to
the park and maybe other parks. A little food for thought,hope you
enjoyed.


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