Barry, That is hilarious! Not the environmental damage, but the categories of vehicle drivers. Have you ever encountered people who are totally lost?
Jenny On Mar 29, 11:35 am, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > I was trying to think of short subject line for this post that conveys what > I'm about to discuss, and that was the best I could come up with. > I live just south of the vast Wharton State Forest, the largest unit in New > Jersey's state parks and forests system, at 114,000+ acres. Surrounding > Wharton there are other state parks and forests- Bass River, Penn, and > Brendan T. Byrn (formerly Lebanon). Besides that there are the state Wildlife > Management Areas, some of them quite large also. And then there are Nature > Conservancy preserves, New Jersey Natural Lands Trust preserves, etc. And > this is just the north-central part of the Pine Barrens. > Wharton State Forest, all by itself, has between 400 and 500 miles of dirt or > sand roads within it. > Okay, that's the background. Since I've lived here for 24 years, and have > driven my truck on sand and dirt roads in the woods for over 20 years, I've > gotten to know what kinds of people drive in the woods. I've come up with a > list of 5 types of people that drive their cars or trucks into the woods (or > ATVs). In no particular order: > > 1) Those with a genuine interest in nature or local history, and those who > want to commune with nature. (This is me.) > > 2) Those who may, or may not, have an interest in nature or local history, > but are really just curious about where the road goes, or what they might > find at the end of it. They see cool things and have no idea of what they > are, and probably don't have enough interest to learn about them later. This > type may turn into type #1 or type #3 at a later date. > > 3) Those who drive out there just to have fun with their truck (or SUV or > ATV), and beat the heck out of it, with not a thought or care in the world, > about what they are doing to the sand roads or the environment out there. It > is of no concern to them. This type has no interest in nature, the > environment or local history. > > 4) Those who drive out there just to get rid of some trash, construction > debris, old furniture or appliances, or what have you (illegal dumping). This > type may or may not participate in the activities of type #3 as well. > > 5) Those who go out there just to party, i.e. drink beer and have a good > time. When they go home afterwards they invariably leave their trash behind. > This type may or may not participate in the activities of type #3 as well. > > Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
