The unauthorized trails at KVSP will soon be blocked off and posted as such, per Rocky the park superintendent. To say that he's p***** off would be an understatement. God help the people responsible if he ever catches them in the act.
I don't think Rocky will ever catch the folks responsible unless he gets out of his vehicle once in a while and walks around the trail system. I don't think I have ever seen him or any other ranger on any of the trails there.
And honestly I think part of the problem state wide is the lack of rangers on the trails and lack of a presence in the parks. I have been riding in Allamuchy for 7 years, Mahlon for 13 years and Kittatinny for about 11 years. I saw a ranger in Allamuchy once (and he was lost), Kittatinny never (other than the parking lot), I've never seen one in Mahlon except at the parking lot and I have never seen a ranger in Deer Park. There is little fear of getting caught.
If the reason for this is lack of manpower, perhaps it would be in our community's interest to remind them that we can act as "eyes and ears" for them as well. Maybe JORBA should ask them if they want our input into unofficial reports (phone calls) from the trails if we see something not right so they have a better idea of the state of the park. I think this would make us a valuable resource outside of TM.
We don't want to be a pain in the ass calling them all the time if a rock is out of place, but if they want unofficial trail reports we can definitely give them what they want (dumping, illegal trails, party fire pits in the middle of the woods, quad usage, paintball, etc). Also, I would say "unofficial" because no one wants to call them and have to give all your information everytime to fill out those official detailed complaint reports. Perhaps it might be enough to let them know that a JORBA person is calling and noticed evidence of dumping at Location X or an illegal fire pit at Location Y, etc.