Agreed that California state laws - alongside federal laws - help to protect Yosemite. However, most national parks aren’t located in California, so they don’t necessarily benefit from state laws to protect their wildlife and environment. Developers and state legislators may also want to nibble around the edges of national parks for housing, mining, and the like.
Not sure I agree. Feds are certainly a bloated problem but the State of California is unreliable. I recently visited the California state park on Mt. Palomar in San Diego County. No state ranger or other employee was there. They had an unmanned kiosk that required $15 stuffed in an envelope to proceed into the park. The park was in a deteriorating condition with no services or facilities other than a bathroom. California is spending its taxpayer funds on benefits, etc., not on its state parks. I appreciate your perspective but here is mine: I'd rather have Yosemite overstaffed than abandoned. Jeff Hudson jeffreidhudson@gmail.com
Agreed that California state laws - alongside federal laws - help to protect Yosemite. However, most national parks aren’t located in California, so they don’t necessarily benefit from state laws to protect their wildlife and environment. Developers and state legislators may also want to nibble around the edges of national parks for housing, mining, and the like.
Not sure I agree. Feds are certainly a bloated problem but the State of California is unreliable. I recently visited the California state park on Mt. Palomar in San Diego County. No state ranger or other employee was there. They had an unmanned kiosk that required $15 stuffed in an envelope to proceed into the park. The park was in a deteriorating condition with no services or facilities other than a bathroom. California is spending its taxpayer funds on benefits, etc., not on its state parks. I appreciate your perspective but here is mine: I'd rather have Yosemite overstaffed than abandoned. Jeff Hudson jeffreidhudson@gmail.com