Chief Marshall S. Porter announced the decision on Facebook and Instagram this week. He cited cliff jumpers, litterbugs and wear-and-tear from a recent increase in visitors as the reasons.
“Police, fire, and medical crews have [been] responding to several emergency calls whereby cliff jumpers have been injured… Besides the inherent dangers of cliff jumping, we have seen an increase in trash left behind. Of particular concern is broken glass along the trails and possibly in the water,” Porter wrote.
In August, a 12-year-old boy was seriously injured when he fell 25 feet at the preserve.