Dave Harmon, PW editor
- Nov 11, 2019
- 1 min read

On east side of Sierra, some tourist towns want to take over responsibility for NF recreation sites

Just west of this Sierra Nevada town, thousands of people trundle out to boulders as big as billboards, carrying climbing gear and foam pads to break their inevitable falls.

They park haphazardly along dirt roads, litter and smash vegetation with their crash pads. On a recent morning, there were no rangers in sight at the Buttermilk Country climbing site, and only one functioning toilet.

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-11-08/eastern-sierra-towns-recreation-tourism-forest-service

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