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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://slate.com/business/2022/07/rock-creek-park-cars-bicycles-beach-drive-national-park-service.html
[i]Too many pesky people are walking through the woods, creating “desire paths” ....[/i][/quote]
That is not too many park users. It is too many people breaking the rules and causing negative impacts. If a growing number of people starting littering, it would not be that there were too many park users. It would be that there would be too many people littering. I cannot believe that there are so many idiots.[/quote]

Then the answer is to limit the amount of people allowed to use the park.

I mean, just because a patch of woods exists, that doesn’t mean that people should by default be allowed to go traipsing through it as they please. Nature lives there. That’s a home to various creatures. Respect it and keep out.

Far better to allow documentarians and photographers get pictures or film of it that you can enjoy from your home rather than feel like you have to go there in person.

Let wild places be wild. Stay out of them!   [/quote]

This. If they are going to treat it like a park instead of a road, start treating it like a park complete with rangers charging admissions and entry fees [/quote]
Shenandoah NP charges $15 for walk-up or bicycle users. I think that is a fair price for NPS to charge those same users of Rock Creek Park.[/quote]

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