Re: Web ruining remote DV spots ?
Posted by Curious: re Zombie on January 20, 2004 at 17:12:16:
In Reply to: Re: Web ruining remote DV spots ? posted by Zombie re:Curious on January 20, 2004 at 16:42:13:
Thanks! I feel the general disregard for our shared lands and resources has gotten worse. I think that when we removed civics classes from the curriculum in most public school systems it left us with a growing population of people who’ve little understanding of how our governments work and the general responsibilities of the people to the society in which we live. The de-emphasis on history has left people without connection to the locations they visit. Sure, we also import people with little care for our lands but part of the process of getting into the country should emphasize civics and history more. I think the percentage of people performing badly in society and in our shared lands has gone up considerably and as information has flowed more freely, disaster strikes over and over.
That is just my opinion . . .
As for Berdoo Canyon, I have not been up (or down) it for many months. There was still trash every place at the bottom including cars. The BLM has a proposed $12,000 set aside for disposal fees in relation to cleaning up illegal dump sites and using volunteer help.
http://www.dmg.gov/documents/FY%202004%20DMG%20Budget%20Proposal%20Cleanups.pdf
However, this covers a lot of places including Berdoo. $12,000 is not enough and clean up will not stop future dumping.
I thought about the BodyDumping.Com and giggled. I decided that a good body dumper would not use such a service because everyone would know were to go look. Body dumpers must share their locations via a secret network, passing on location usually by mouth and only to those that seem most trustworthy! OK, enough of my warped sense of humor.
Then looked to see if maybe Berdoo was listed someplace as a good place to dump trash on some odd site. Luckily I did not find one but I would not be surprised if HowToIllegalyDump.Com was created one day. You know the mouth of Berdoo is only a few miles from the actual real dump.
I was up in the Big Bear area a few weeks back and came out by Baldwin Lake, near the dump. People had hauled couches and stuff within one half mile of the dump and dumped them. I assume these are people who live up in the area because they love the natural beauty but oddly still find the time to dump their couch.
The whole thing bothers me very much. Obviously.