RPTR ENTERED PARK AREA BELOW RECOMMENDED ALT OF 2000 FT AND WAS SO LOW THAT A RANGER CITED HIM FOR BEING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE GND.

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AN OCCURRENCE HAPPENED NEAR HALO CANYON IN NEW MEXICO; IN WHICH I WAS ACCUSED OF PLTING AN ACFT DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE GND. THE ACCUSER; A MEMBER OF THE LCL PARK SVC STAFF; WHO DETERMINED MY ALT BY WATCHING THE AIRPLANE FROM THE GND HAS ALSO SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF WHO CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BTWN A FEW FT BELOW VERSUS A FEW FT ABOVE THE FAR PART 91 STATED MINIMUM DISTANCES. FURTHERMORE; I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE OFFICER WHO WROTE ME A TICKET IS NOT EVEN A PLT AND CLAIMS TO BE A MASTER OF FARS. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT; I WAS GETTING THE LAST ALTIMETER SETTING FROM THE CTR OF ALBUQUERQUE; AND IN COMBINATION WITH MY SECTIONAL CHART ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT I WAS MUCH HIGHER; EVEN IN LOW NUMBERS AT LEAST 800-1000 FT. HOWEVER; I DID SOMETHING WHICH ACTUALLY DOES NOT REPRESENT MY NATURE OF CHARACTER. I VIOLATED AND FLEW 1000 FT THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA AND THEN I FEEL NOT TOO HOT ABOUT MYSELF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD SUGGEST ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SIT. THE ONLY WAY I CAN THINK OF; IS TO STAY AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY MARGIN AWAY FROM THAT CANYON; SO THAT THE FOREST RANGERS CAN SAFELY DETERMINE THE DISTURBANCE OF THE WILD LIFE BY JUDGING AND ONLY FLY UP TO 30000 PEOPLE A MONTH WHO SLOW UP IN THEIR CARS AND APPARENTLY NOT LEARN THE WILDLIFE IN THAT AREA.