National Parks Traveler

I cannot believe the callousness of that statement. Apparently if a puppy pees on the floor, your nose must be rubbed in it before you "believe". 

You don't cut down, burn, scratch your name in rock, destroy anything in a park.  Unbelievable.

@Submitted by Rick B. on January 9, 2019 - 3:19pm. "Cutting down a tree for firewood? In what park would that be legal?" That would be ANY park. Joshua Trees are not firewood. They don't grow fast and they are yucca. That was probably a 150 year old Joshua tree. Sadly I can believe so many tools do things like this. Human nature to do irrational acts of destruction.

y_p_w-- I was trying to add facts to the thread.  That last comment was pointing out to Luke & others that while you can't go out and dig one up, Joshua Trees can and are used for landscaping in Las Vegas and Phoenix as well as across the Mojave Desert, where they're much more appropriate than a lawn.

Agreed. And even after it's dead, it continues to be a shelter for smaller animals.

i don't see any evidence of being "cut".  It wasn't a chainsaw because it's so ragged and no chips on the ground or axe marks on the trunk.  Looks like it blew over and fell like dead trees eventually will do.

Professional Joshua "tree" logger? That's actually hilarious.

tomp2: You can't take one from the park, or from most of the BLM California Desert Protected Area, but you can buy them legally in many nurseries, and collect seeds in areas around Las Vegas.

Bryan and all the other "experts" who think there should be sawdust or wood chips or that's a dead decayed trunk--

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ReeseGee: Perhaps in a park where the trees are an endangered species? The trees themselves are a protected national landmark.  That means anyone desecrating any of the trees has committed a federal crime.

Does it really look like that tree was cut for firewood? No.  

Does the park (or any of the CA Natl Parks) need more volunteers to help with clean-up? If so, how do I get involved? I live in Los Angeles and would be up for helping over the 3-day weekend.

Those trees are really old as old as the park. Have a little respect.

sorry sir but this tree fell over due to natural decay or as we call it dry rot

....    Umm....    All of them.

Not wood chips? No saw marks, no ax marks? Pushed over?

For those remarking about how tidy the campsite looks in the photo and that that somehow makes it okay to camp anywhere within park boundaries, I ask you:

So the park is operating witth open borders? There shouldn't be any problem with that. All are welcome. 

How bout pushed over by a vehicle ? Thats what I see here. As per the campsite : It doenst matter how 'nice' it looks ,  it is in an out of bounds area where it is illegal to camp. There have been many instances of people driving into designated Wilderness areas and camping trashing the area i.e leaving garbage etc .

It says Joshua trees (plural) were cut down to make roads (plural). Dismissing the story because one picture of one tree (appearing "dead" to some) is ridiculous. Making new roads into protected areas is not excusable either.