Interesting post, I applaud
@jdog for the work at the park. Even more I applaud his efforts at marketing trail conditions at Six Mile. It seems to be the only park people really get up tight about when people abuse the trail system.
As for rangers, they are staffed thin in the State, they are hardly there in a situation when you actually need them. Several years ago I took pictures of a plated enduro bike riding the trails at Allaire, when the rider asked what I was doing he tried to steal my camera and punch me while his buddy tried to ram me with his bike. When I called the park they told me it could take four to five hours to get a ranger over to me as they were covering multiple parks and were not in the area. I left my contact info to report a case and they never called me back. That is assault with no call back, I doubt they will pursue a ticket for riding wet trails.
Blocking the trails: I encourage you to ride into the pine barrens where ATV riding is illegal; the woodlands are blocked off and signs posted everywhere. Yet people still ride ATV's all over the place down there.
Over the past few years it seems the situation has only become worse. When people want to ride, they ride. At this point people are brazen enough to post their rides up after riding in unfavorable conditions and will argue they are in the right. I have seen several people who are usually advocates for not damaging trails riding in muddy conditions with the F-It attitude, yet join the "support for six mile" band wagon the next day.
Make wet trail riding illegal........well night riding all ready is at most parks yet we have a fight club thread on this bored.
Unfortunately the community as a whole needs to change, otherwise the same ruts will be there year after year. Fewer and fewer qualified people show up to maintenance days and more and more people breach etiquette. If you turn that around the results would be tremendous.......and almost free.