By regular telephone or cellular phone, call 911 for police, fire department or ambulance. Speak to uniformed Park staff or volunteer island hosts Send a note in the pay box or by regular mail send an e-mail message. I'm sure you'll agree there is nothing quite like sitting in front of a campfire as the sun goes down over the river. For many people the smell of wood smoke and the flickering light from the flames are favourite memories of their trip. But let us think about the campfire for a moment.
Some people grab deadfall that's lying on the ground.
By itself nothing, but when you realize that many docks and campsites are occupied for most nights of the summer and that many visitors have a campfire, the cumulative effect of using deadfall can be quite dramatic. When people forage for wood the effects range from areas becoming denuded of vegetation to other impacts on the natural world. Standing dead trees and branches provide habitat for insects and the woodpeckers that eat them, as well as providing nesting cavities for wildlife. As the wood decomposes it recycles nutrients into the soil that are then taken up by living plants. As you can see, natural decomposition of dead wood plays a very important role in the continuing health of the entire forest community.