camping bans

[carmen]

Is this going on in other areas too? A friend of ours does not live far from here and he said the local papers are going crazy since his small town is full of hikers and camping folk.

[dinosaur]

What's the reasoning?

[rayne]

Sloppy campers!!! Folks leaving trash behind and not taking care of the campgrounds. If you've ever cleaned up behind some of these folks, you would know why there are camping bans in some areas. Not to mention the drunk and disorderly and lack of safety practices.

[CozInCowtown]

On the Brazos river around Lake Whitney the Corps of Idiots....er....Engineers has closed most of the parks to day campers. If you wanna go to the lake for a family picknick your are S.O.L.!!

[Barney]

This kinda defeats the purpose and those people are ruining the thing for us who are responsible, so to say. I sensed this would happen in some places.

[Hikenhunter]

You are all off track here. The article is talking about public places that are not camp grounds. The article states that the town is trying to stop people from camping in places like the city park, and plaza. Camping in these areas interferes with the rest of the public not being able to use the park as it was intended.

[CozInCowtown]

What article??

[eyebp]

Originally Posted by CozInCowtown

What article??

Ashland Makes Camping Ban Changes | KDRV

[CozInCowtown]

The goal is to make a law more clear and make the message clear that camping on public property like Lithia Park and the Plaza is against the law. But some say it unfairly targets the homeless based on how they look

So this is more directed at cleaning up city parks than running people out of campgrounds?

There is a very distinct difference between a park and a campground IMO.

Coz

[Sagebrusher]

Originally Posted by eyebp

Ashland Makes Camping Ban Changes | KDRV

How do we know that is where Carmen is referring to?