Just a few things I'll throw out here, I can't really figure out what people support sometimes on here. One day there is a thread bitching about 1/4 mile and how its a disaster and something needs to be done and the next day the same people are upset because access was closed off to a spot that was getting beat up. From the perspective of people making decisions I would think they would not know how to satisfy all the back and forth makes your head spin. I know one thing from dealing with park police, the Wharton Super and other state run agencies, they have ZERO money, none, nothing. Fish and game doesn't have money to buy trail cams to prevent illegal activity, I use to lend mine to them, they have no funds. I would love for there be a large force patrolling these places getting torn up but its not possible. Drive around Wharton, you see the same park police folks over and over, there isn't a lot of them for a large area constantly getting dopes being dopes. Take fixing roads and the upkeep, they have no money for that, so then people complain the roads are beat up, then they fix them and they complain the sand is the wrong color. Its just a lot to keep up with, so they closed a few because that was their best solution given limited funds. They are trying to implement a plan that meets all users functions, they should have consulted more before doing I suppose but again this takes money that they don't have. I was amongst a few people who got the friendship foundations block off with sticks a few years ago. We talked to Rob about what could be done, we wanted telephone poles with chains, they had no money for that. So we went with the brown blockade signs and trees, it was a decent compromise eventhough it looks like hell. It works though ,the snakes using it still do without getting run over, but the nest still get dug up because there isn't enough park police, can't solve everthing. My point is I think they are probably executing the most cost efficient plan given the resources they have, is it the best for all? no. Does it suck roads are closed yup. I have limited time and not having access and having to walk sucks, but its what happens when I few dopes ruin it for others, I've just accepted this aspect. This is unfortunately how stuff goes, a few dopes ruin something for everyone, this is the way of the pines from my days of being out there. 20 people can enjoy a pine nesting site, but one loser digs it up, boom done. 20 people enjoy driving a road a night at dusk, 1 dope decides to wreck the road and drive thru the woods, In my opinion all the folks wanting to protect just have to work together as adults, only way things get accomplished, once state gets involved everyone gets their wrist slapped and nobody is happy. Not sure what pissing matches on here will solve though, seems best for like minded folks to work together. Just my thoughts from reading through.
