Barry & Ed, It's the same here in the forests of Western North Carolina. You meet all types. Genuine nature lovers/environmentalists or people at least trying to learn about or enjoy the forests in a civilized way. Yep, you find a lot of drunks and partiers too. They are loud, obnoxious and annoy the piss outta me. And along with that they are the ones who tear up the roads and trails with offroad vehicles and motorcycles. Fortunantly the National Forest System has made this illegal in many areas.
Mentioning drunks. Many think you have to get drunk to fish. I just don't get it. Barry, I am in group one too. James P. 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
