It's been awhile since the kids are all grown up, but at Rocky Neck State Campground they used to have a community fire ring and at Hammonassot I seem to recall no fires allowed.

You have a problem.

Spend a hot summer weekend with us at one of the parks overflowing with people from NYC and other inner city areas that have no regard for the law, each other or people who just want to be left alone to enjoy the park. Then add alcohol to the mix and deal with crowds of 1000 to 2000+ people with one or two officers. Then let me know how sad you think it is.

I spent 2 weeks last year at Hammonasset as I have for close to 40 years. I don't frequent the beech on the weekends nor do I like the "inner city people" wrecking the bathrooms when they camp. But I don't think I should be punished when I am at my campsite for something that happens on the beech, or we're ever it happens!! If you need more police then the state should add some state police to assist or even do all the policing. You guys could spend your time on the jetty checking licenses of the non English speaking fishermen I'm fight for space with, who are filling there pales with shorts. Not looking for a fight, just getting tired of my rights being taken away because of people not following the same rules most of us do.

Unfortunately, that is the way our society looks at things. Note the gun laws in our state.