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Noticing, Neglected, and New: Neglected

Neglected

Sequoia National Park appears to be seriously understaffed, particularly when it comes to Mineral King.

These are a few things in Mineral King that I noticed.

Falling apart sign
Abandoned pack station
Falling apart sign
Trail Guy picked it off the ground and used a rock to get it back in place
Someone did a makeshift repair at the ranger station
Propping up a sign rather than actually setting it in place is sort of a repair.
Campground closed??
Cold Springs bridge
If the campground ever reopens, I bet it won’t be $12 per site.

But wait—there’s more! A trail crew has done a bit of work on the Nature Trail.

The signs on the nature trail have never been replaced.
Looks brushy but it has actually been cleared a bit.
A trail crew placed a warning on this bridge. Are we suppsed to wade
alongside rather than walk across?

Along the road, oh my goodness. I shot these photos through the windshield one morning while heading down.

This poor little cabin belongs to the Park.

HOWEVER, someone has worked on the water troughs and Redwood is now flowing.

Understaffed. Definitely understaffed.

1 Comment

  1. Remember the days when there were at least 4-5 Rangers on staff? Fire, enforcement, interpretive, campfire, trailhead . . . . Now we’re lucky if we see one Ranger inside the station. And yes, signage, bridges, and road are in terrible shape. *sigh*

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