(2023-02-25, 07:27 PM)Brice Wrote:(2023-02-24, 09:34 PM)Daymoth Wrote: Oh feel free to detail.
WHAT????? Not even take a report?
(I cant agree more with you on wishing they let Scotty's Castle alone and spent the money on the actual park)
Ok, here are the deets...
I'm camping in DV wilderness study area 17, at the south end of the park to ride out this storm front. I start hearing a lot of shooting and wonder if recreational shooting is allowed in wilderness areas. Beardilocks alerted me to a nearby cabin where he suspected they were located. I grabbed my spy binoculars and went on a covert operation. I scurried up a nearby hill and sure enough that's where they were.
(...)
Anyway, it took several phone calls to various numbers, both BLM and NPS to finally get a hold of someone in NPS death valley. They said they'd alert a ranger but that it's outside the park bounday and generally seemed unconcerned. I also left a message with the California BLM resources crime number and haven't heard back. No surprise there.
Glad the operation was a success and you were exfiltrated safely!
I didnt appreciate WSA17 is not part of the NPS but BLM, I can then understand better if its not their jurisdiction. I had good luck with the Ridgecrest BLM office people, they have allways answered my emails within a week.
Edit: so it is within the park?? Sound like a beurocratic no mans land going on.