Reply #2: close permanently (as in sell to developers) or close this year for budget reasons? [View All]

[pitohui]

there's a big difference between the two, in one scenario the park is still there and the wildlife can still use it (as can the quiet and surreptitious backpacker who knows how to leave a minimal trace of her visit) -- presumably what enforcement remains will be going after poachers rather than those who use the land lightly -- i just saw a note from a guy in new york state who says he was chased out of a "closed" park but he was not arrested or ticketed, he was just told to leave, and he says he simply was polite, departed, and returned the next day to finish his photo session

in the other scenario, the land passes into private hands and, at some time, during a better economy, it becomes just another ugly shopping mall and/or subdivision or tree farm and is lost forever to nature and wildlife