The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office sent out a press release this morning to remind Humboldt County residents that neither Kneeland nor its bountiful piles of white joy belong to them. Also, be really careful wherever non-Kneeland place you fools end up.
The entire press release follows. Read it now:
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office has been receiving complaints from private property owners in the Kneeland-Greenwood Heights area due to low snow levels. The Sheriffs Office and property owners would like to remind snow seekers that Kneeland is primarily all private property, and deputies are issuing misdemeanor citations for trespassing.
Snow seekers should utilize the Horse Mountain, Six Rivers National Forest areas for recreational activity. If you do plan to recreate in the snow remember wet and cold weather can cause hypothermia. A cell phone, map or GPS is also very helpful. Keep in mind not all rural areas have cell phone coverage and cell phone batteries need to be fully charged.
In closing, we’re not gonna remind you how crazy fun it is to play in the snow at Kneeland School. Because that would be mean.
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UPDATE 1/15 12:01 p.m.: Oh, so the Journal were curious about how many citations had been handed out to local snow thiefs. Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Knight says that deputies warned some folks who were trespassing on Sunday afternoon, and another batch on Monday morning, but so far haven’t actually cited anyone for misdemeanor trespass. So why put out a press release saying deputies “are issuing misdemeanor citations”?
“Because we will. And we can. And we have in the past,” says Knight.
So there.
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It’s really all one land owner…she’s a real grinch.
I appreciate private property rights but you’d think there would be some consideration for folks that want to go enjoy the snow. Maybe set aside one area on their property for public snow use?
I suppose it’s easy for me to say, but I can’t imagine being a property owner up there and being mean hearted enough to go chase people off the property cause they want to fool in the snow a little bit.
When you set aside a portion of your land for public use, you open yourself up to a range of potential lawsuits. Considering the activity is sledding, there’s an even better chance of a lawsuit when someone gets injured.
“When you set aside a portion of your land for public use, you open yourself up to a range of potential lawsuits.”.
That’s something that needs to be changed. Not likely to be changed in California, though.
Welcome, once again, to California.
I hope all of you community-minded folks have posted a sign in your front yard that Your yard is available for public recreation use (by the Good, the Bad & the Ugly), including 4WD fun!
Let’s not forget why Korbel shut down it’s park to the public…one idiot ruined it for everybody.
As a selfish land owner in Kneeland, what non-residence don’t seem to grasp is that the owner of the property that is being used had to clean up when your gone. You leave diapers, sweaters, broken sleds… In the past at the school, the outside tables have been burned, the radio antennae on the roof has been torn out of the roof, causing it to leak in the computer room, windows broken, etc. On one Sunday, after the area had been without power for more than 4 days, there were so many people at the school that locals could not get out to get supplies, and PG&E and emergency vehicles could not get in. While gridlock on the road was happening, one pleasant man took his toddler out of his car seat and allowed the child to crap on the snow pile in front of the school. (Great fun, everyone in the car laughed and laughed). Three vans blocked the entire road out to the airport. When the snow melted the road for two miles was littered with other peoples trash. It gets to be like a rock concert at the Oakland Coliseum! People come up in their two wheel drive cars and get stuck.
Its not mean hearted to want to protect your livestock, and your property. When the fence is torn down the cows will roam, and they are a danger on the road. Some people are not there to play, but to case the area and break in because of the isolation.
No one from town comes up to clean up the mess from the party. We don’t go to your house and whoop it up and burn your furniture, tear down your fence and crap on your porch. Twenty cars is about the limit, but cars for two miles is dangerous and abusive.
Just spray salt on the grass, or a bear repellent – burning sensation as the kids sled down the hill. Make the kids cry and wailing that they can’t go there any more.
By any chance are you on the rag?
“Comment / By Hate Kids / Today, 8:46 a.m.
Just spray salt on the grass, or a bear repellent – burning sensation as the kids sled down the hill. Make the kids cry and wailing that they can’t go there any more.”