Trekkers to world’s tallest tree in Northern California forest to face fine & possible jail time; know why
India TV NewsTree enthusiasts who make the trek to the world’s tallest tree deep in a Northern California forest will face a fine and possible jail time after park officials declared the remote area off-limits because of damage done by trampling visitors to the tree and surrounding forest, a park official said Monday. But that hasn’t stopped scores of visitors from hiking to the tree, said Leonel Arguello, the park’s manager for natural resources. Read: Shark Tank India's Ashneer Grover reacts to viral video of his doppelganger dancing at temple “The social trails have grown in number, the amount of garbage has increased, there’s human waste that has been seen and as more people go up to this tree, they create more social trails and all of that is having damage impacts to the vegetation, to the soils and, and all of the garbage just sits out there,” he said. You don’t have to scramble and bushwhack up to this tall, skinny tree that isn’t that impressive,” Arguello said.
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