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Some applications are, sure.

The cameras themselves are useful for catching remote area | rural thieves on mine leases, rural properties, etc. They're great for spotting and counting rare and endangered species to better direct conservation efforts.

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Quite a few people dumping their trash in the woods illegally have been caught in my area with them.

They just need to outlaw private citizens putting them on public property without a permit. Big fines could be a deterrant. Maybe USFS/BLM/NPS employees need some sniffing devices. The upshot is that if it's got a cellular modem, someone's paying a bill and they can usually be found pretty easily if you have the modem.

With fire seasons going the way they are west of the Rockies, I'd be a little concerned about a bunch of lion batteries scattered through the woods. Just takes one of them to blow up in late summer (say it gets crushed by a tree) and there's a good chance it'll be a multi-billion dollar problem that kills people.

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Pretty much all the C and D rate state forests, nature preserves, etc, etc, in my state were only ever having their trails maintained by the "nominally illegal but nobody actually cares" SxS and ATV riders because the dog walkers and the hunters are much less averse to going off trail and even if they weren't they aren't packing a 15lb cordless chainsaw around to clear whatever fell on the trail.

Karens with game cams have done a lot to curtail this.