Dirt Dawg
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Just saw this posting on the JORBA Site
Another "wire across the trail" incident at Jungle Habitat
Perhaps you've heard the saying "idle hands become the devil's playground". In Jungle Habitat, since we still have a lot of fencing, wiring and remnants of the safari theme park scattered about, and apparently people with too much free time around, we have another act of vandalism to report and a troublemaker in the area.
Sometime on Sunday the 18th of December, about mid-afternoon, someone removed some electric wire from the baboon enclosure and wound both ends around the base of 2 birches and stretched it across the trail. It was about mid calf high this time so it wasn't as treacherous as a previous occurrence in Jan 2011 (where an ATVer was clothes-lined), but its an event that has the attention of the Park Police and the Superintendent of Ringwood.
The location of the wire was at the top of "Boon" as you start climbing around to the right towards the summit. As you go towards an cut in the baboon enclosure, you will see some tight birches. The wire was tied there about 10-15 feet before the cut in the fence.
As of today, JORBA volunteers have removed the wire and cleared the area of any other wire.
This was a dangerous and a criminal act. If anyone has any information on the person who did this, please call the NJ State Park Police at 877-927-6337 or http://www.nj.gov/dep/njstateparkpolice/index.htm. Any help you can provide may prevent these incidents in the future and allow our users to enjoy the park.
Our parks are public recreation and should be safe. This behavior will not be tolerated and I am assured if persons responsible are found, they'll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
As always, you can contact a JORBA Representative if you're unsure or just want to report a problem with a trail we maintain. Park contacts can be found on each park page here on www.JORBA.org.
Another "wire across the trail" incident at Jungle Habitat
Perhaps you've heard the saying "idle hands become the devil's playground". In Jungle Habitat, since we still have a lot of fencing, wiring and remnants of the safari theme park scattered about, and apparently people with too much free time around, we have another act of vandalism to report and a troublemaker in the area.
Sometime on Sunday the 18th of December, about mid-afternoon, someone removed some electric wire from the baboon enclosure and wound both ends around the base of 2 birches and stretched it across the trail. It was about mid calf high this time so it wasn't as treacherous as a previous occurrence in Jan 2011 (where an ATVer was clothes-lined), but its an event that has the attention of the Park Police and the Superintendent of Ringwood.
The location of the wire was at the top of "Boon" as you start climbing around to the right towards the summit. As you go towards an cut in the baboon enclosure, you will see some tight birches. The wire was tied there about 10-15 feet before the cut in the fence.
As of today, JORBA volunteers have removed the wire and cleared the area of any other wire.
This was a dangerous and a criminal act. If anyone has any information on the person who did this, please call the NJ State Park Police at 877-927-6337 or http://www.nj.gov/dep/njstateparkpolice/index.htm. Any help you can provide may prevent these incidents in the future and allow our users to enjoy the park.
Our parks are public recreation and should be safe. This behavior will not be tolerated and I am assured if persons responsible are found, they'll be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
As always, you can contact a JORBA Representative if you're unsure or just want to report a problem with a trail we maintain. Park contacts can be found on each park page here on www.JORBA.org.
