No wonder the parks are having problems. In addition, carloads of visitors are disruptive to the wildlife and can easily kill an unknowing or slow-moving creature. Our government is using the NP's money to reduce our national debt, but it is ignoring the needs of the system almost entirely. Our government obviously needs to reconsider their course of action and try to determine one that will actually help the parks, rather than harm them. Potholes are beginning to riddle the road systems of various parks.
Small parks are often the biggest losers in the competition for funds.
Officials don't realize, or choose to ignore, that the longer they let maintenance problems linger, the worse these problems will become. In many cases trouble is related directly to humans. 16,644 resource violations, ranging from purposely cutting live trees to defacing historic structures, have been investigated by park staff. Not all destruction that occurs in national parks is intentional, however. Park visitors unknowingly cause resource damage by doing things such as running their hands over monuments or walking on plants .