Anza Borrego Desert State Park - California State Parks - State of ...

Final Report – October 2001
nature. God knows it's going fast!
Lovely trail and habitat. Wish we could have seen the sheep.
Love the place. Don't change anything!
Limit access. Too many people ruin the natural experience.
Level of difficulty of trail should be marked @ trailhead.
It's beautiful keep it natural. Spread as much as you need to keep it ecologically healthy and
natural. Thanks!
It's a great park. I have been coming here for 30 years. Keep it as it is.
It would be wonderful if more can be made accessible to the disabled.
Issues 20 on: We think the trail should be as intensively managed as necessary (e.g. photo 6)
but only as necessary to protect the park. For example, even intrusive signs would seem to be
appropriate at the palm canyon oasis. In the backcountry, traits should be minimal consistent
with environmental protection e.g. picture 2.
***note this maybe more clear, if I (m.kern)note that the 2nd photo (qu. 22) the surveyor chose 1
and 2.
I really enjoyed my stay in Anza-Borrego. Thank you for keeping this an enjoyable place. Loved
the trails, they have every natural look and makes you feel like your hiking in the jungle, that's
cool. We also went to the waterfall and enjoyed the freezing water falling on my hair, but my
pager, radio and wallet got wet (which is cool).
Felipe Ilbescas 562-908-9875
I loved living where I could explore all over the desert not just @ trails But I understand need to
contain. As a "desert rat" I understand how to protect myself, but I know these are idiots who'd
get lost and you'd have to find them = expensive.
I love this place. Born and raised in San Diego, I have appreciated Anza-Borrego as a natural
wonder all my life.
I love the park and the way it is maintained. I use my 4x4 but only to access areas such as rock
horse canyon to get back pacing places. Don't allow any RV camping. EVIL!
I love coming here!
I like a marked trail that is not too "perfect." I've hiked most parks in the west. Anza Borrego is
very nicely kept.
I enjoyed the hike. The right length for a family of 5.
Hiking is one thing and fairly nondestructive and also not noise producing. Bird/flower watching
is great. Mountain bikes on trails are not acceptable; They should stay on roads -
paved/unpaved. ORV's are horrible. It makes me sick to see the destruction around Octotillo
Wells. The noise is horrendous, too.
My opinion is that ORV's (and their drivers) are just too noisy and destructive to be anywhere in
the park. They refuse to stay on established roads and continue to destroy more areas.
I come to Anza-Borrego for the peace and solitude of the desert and to see the flowers, birds,
and geology - and the desert in general. To me that is recreation, but I fear that it is not that of
some. On the whole I think most visitors really appreciate its ecology. Those who don't should
go elsewhere.
Hard-working volunteers should be better compensated ($and other "perks).
Great and beautiful trails.
Good so far, thanks.
Generally I am very happy with how the park is managed -- the park should be "accessible
wilderness" which is an oxymoron, requiring skill in achieving necessary trade-offs. It's very
important not to let the park become commercialized or over-developed or over-published and
marketed as a "tourist destination."
Some guidance on what to do if we observe others violating important park rules would be
welcomed. e.g. I saw a man walking a (unleashed) dog along walking trails near Bow Willow - I
mentioned the rule and how dogs scare off wildlife; he was polite but not particularly concerned.
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