I was backpacking in the Sierras this weekend with a couple of friends, and on the way out we met a US Forest Service guy who was heading out onto the trail to check up on backpackers and clean up their mess (with a huge poop shovel tied to his backpack). He checked our permit (which we of course had) and chatted a bit with us about where we camped and which trails we took.
We are nature-conscious and enjoy the nature, so we backpack and camp by the book. But let's say this Forest Service guy meets a group out in the desolation, and they don't have a permit. What is he going to do? Call a helicopter to pick them up? Write them out a ticket? What if they don't have a driving license on them?
We are nature-conscious and enjoy the nature, so we backpack and camp by the book. But let's say this Forest Service guy meets a group out in the desolation, and they don't have a permit. What is he going to do? Call a helicopter to pick them up? Write them out a ticket? What if they don't have a driving license on them?