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MiamiC70

Rank VI
Launch Member

Influencer I

3,545
Miami, FL, USA
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MiamiC70
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19849

Honestly, I agree with a lot of what you say. Unfortunately, the National Forest only gets about $44/acre to take care of all of the national forests and national grasslands. The chances of them getting a higher budget to include trash pickup is slim to none. They barely have enough people to manage the forests, much less clean up behind everyone who pitches a wrapper or can out the window. So the rest of us, who enjoy nature and spending time in the woods, have a choice to make. We can help, or we can lose access to the areas. Of the hundreds of hours I spend in my local national forest every year, I spend a few hours picking up trash. I keep a roll of bags and a grabber in the truck and if I stop, I spend a couple of minutes picking up any trash around me. Yes, it's irritating to do so but it's better than riding around looking at it and it's better than having the forest management close access. It's a fairly small price to pay for a beautiful place to spend time.
We give the DOD $1.5 Trillion a year
 

Jhop567

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Off-Road Ranger I

1,146
Sagle, Idaho
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Jim
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Hopkins
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15959

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Grubworm, good idea, except, I can see some of the couch slugs getting injured (or putting on an Academy Award presentation) and some low life attorney suing the deep pocket government for a lifetime award. Like the idea tho.
 

gonzoy5

Rank V
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Builder I

1,730
Miami, Fl
First Name
Eric
Last Name
Gonzalez
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3748

I live in NW Florida about 5.5 hours away from the Ocala National Forrest, that is sad to see. If any large group cleanup is ever organized through the forum I would be interested in helping out if I could, watching this thread!



You’ll need to lol around the local Ocala and off road groups for cleanup events.
 

Flipper

Rank V
Launch Member

Member III

2,865
Florida
First Name
John
Last Name
F
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5021

UPDATE: They ARRESTED THE ASSHOLES! Ocala Police arrested 2 local men. Fined and banned from Ocala National Forest for a year…………gee how harsh! Should have been 1 year community service picking up litter in the forest every weekend and banned for life.
 

CR-Venturer

Rank VI
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Traveler III

3,372
Ardrossan, AB, Canada
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Jas
Last Name
Spr
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16340

UPDATE: They ARRESTED THE ASSHOLES! Ocala Police arrested 2 local men. Fined and banned from Ocala National Forest for a year…………gee how harsh! Should have been 1 year community service picking up litter in the forest every weekend and banned for life.
I agree that a more severe/fitting punishment as you suggest would be better, but considering how often jerks like this just get off scot free, I'm calling this a win.
 

Flipper

Rank V
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Member III

2,865
Florida
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John
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5021

More pix of Ocala from yesterday. Don’t know why we waste the gas to see this sh!t. The Dumbass even left their Fl registration numbers on the boat. Shouldn’t be hard for the Cops to trace.829A9CA3-F673-470E-AF70-95644E503EF6.jpegB79CB3F6-6931-4610-9E64-D41990155D1D.jpeg
 
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