Originally Posted By: Goose
I'm old enough to remember when people lamented being able to see satellites from wilderness areas.


But still young enough to have missed out on large scale mining, grazing, and forestry operations.

Muir was in the minority. The majority of people saw the Sierra as simply another natural resource to be exploited for commercial gain.

Even 50 years ago, bears were purposely being fed to entertain park guests. Before permits & quotas, there was a sh!t ton of people doing whatever they wanted.

In this context, over the last 30 years we've been enjoying perhaps the most pristine, quiet & private wilderness experiences than ever before in history.

Not a drone advocate - personally, they annoy me - but context is key to understand just how good we have it right now.