NPS Response To Visitors Trashing Parks, Cutting Down Trees - Forbid Park Superintendent Interviews
With trees razed and drivers making new roads on normally protected desert land, the damage at Joshua Tree National Park in California may be far worse than imagined, but Park Superintendent David Smith says he can't talk about it.
Faced with growing public outrage over the condition of parks across the country, the National Park Service has decided to muzzle its superintendents and other employees, at least during the partial government shutdown, now in its 19th day.
Joshua Tree will lock its gates at 8 a.m. tomorrow, but the park service says it may reopen by the end of the week after workers have a chance to pick up trash and clean the bathrooms. Smith said he could not discuss the situation in the park without getting clearance from his bosses in Washington. "As you may know, the Washington office has instructed all park service employees — whenever we talk to the national media — to remind you that you need to submit your questions in advance to the Washington office for review," he said.
At park service headquarters in Washington, reporters are getting a standard response to any such requests for interviews: No. Jeremy Barnum, chief spokesman for the park service, would not allow the Joshua Tree superintendent to be interviewed this morning, saying, "We are unable to accommodate interview requests" during the shutdown.
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?) Bird Sanctuary and trashed the hell out of it. Man got killed. But, were supposed to give a shit that theres trash left on the border on ranchers land?
