State officials alleged that security cameras captured the two men spraying herbicide in the Chinquapin Rookery Nature Preserve. They executed search warrants for two Facebook accounts of Hufhand, including a site for the “Fort Harrison Mountain Bikers.”
The officials show how the men destroyed the soil and plants of the preserve for their bike path — damage that will be very difficult reverse and will reportedly cause $50,000 to address.
As probably would not surprise members of this blog given my love for hiking, I have no sympathy for these men if they are guilty and view the charges as an important development in defending our natural areas. Anyone who would go into a park to spray herbicide deserves a jail stint. An actual sentence to jail may be unlikely for these crimes but such a sentence would in my view serve the public interest.
Do you think the men should be sentenced to jail time?