Quote Originally Posted by jtwo View Post
It'd be cool if they handed out fines to the people that leave their ratty junk up there, I bet all it would take is one or two examples. That and posting up signs for others....
you'd think "they" would jump all over the chance for a revenue stream from fines...

but the question is- who is "they"?

it's on US forestry land, so who would have jurisdiction to collect fines? you can search for incidents that have occurred up that way, and many of them result in confusion about jurisdiction...

apparently the US forestry service has put out for bid several times for someone to manage the site, but there have been no takers, based on liability insurance costs...
probably the least slanted article I've found about the problem up there:
http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=3345
according to that article, it says the US forestry service contracts El Paso County Sheriff's office to patrol the area...

but the other question that comes to mind- is confronting & writing citations to people that you KNOW are armed a comfortable situation for many officers?