This sucks, I have never been over there, but i can see both sides of the argument. NWRs have specific objectives, Sabine is probably waterfowl. The refuge is there for wintering waterfowl. Public use on an NWR is just a secondary objective. Places like Rockefeller which is a refuge but is state owned, were put there with waterfowl as an objective but public use as an objective as major objective as well. State gets money from public use, NWR does not, and if letting the public onto Sabine and they trash the place costs more or takes up too much time for refuge staff, they simply do away with it without any repurcussions
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