Sometimes, the people that visit us are more wild and bizarre than the animals. He recalled incidents of people pulling out live flowers, cutting down trees and loading up their trucks with rocks from the park. One man berated him because he could not find a parking spot wherever he wanted to in the park. He was screaming about all the empty space we have and how we should pave it in order to make more parking lots. Then there are the bears.
Rangers regularly get calls regarding bears taking food from campers.
We explain how to secure food at the campground so that it does not attract the bears. The elk-mating season is another serious problem. While the elk heard lives high in the mountains, they migrate to the lower levels of the park in the fall where they are easily seen. Thousands of visitor flick to the park each evening attempting to see the dramatic interaction of the elk and to hear their eerie bugling. The visitors clog traffic, stop in the middle of the road, and park wherever they wish.