Fury as 'entitled' tourists trample on national park despite preservation signs
Furious Reddit users bemoaned the family of tourists, and one wrote: "This is why we can't have nice things."
Outrage has been sparked by photos of tourists ignoring a preservation sign in a Colorado park. The area is part of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness and features two peaks, plus several hiking trails and a lake.
The grass and lake are roped off as the park is undergoing revegetation, with a sign reading "closed for revegetation".
But this didn't stop one family from hopping over the rope and paddling in the lake in pictures shared to Reddit.
The poster wrote on the sharing site: "This family completely ignored the ‘closed for revegetation’ signs, hopped over the rope and even got into the water at the Maroon Bells today.”
They added: "This is why we can't have nice things."
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One angry Reddit user wrote: “It’s times like these that I wish I had the nerve to tell people off."
Another said: “Tell them, make them feel ashamed and observed. You are doing nothing wrong pointing out that what they are doing is bad.”
Some, though, defended the family. They wrote: “I mean these people suck. But the sign isn’t exactly super visible and obvious. Make it bigger and put several of them around the fence."
Some said they had seen similar behavior at other sites. “Don’t get me started. I was at Bryce Canyon last week and the most popular short hikes have so many similarly ignored signs,” one person commented.
Revegetation is a complex process that involves redeveloping the soil quality of an area and replanting native plants to protect ecosystems and biodiversity.
