I worked as a camp host at the worst spot for trouble on Barren back in 03 Beaver Creek Ramp and campground seems to draw the worst on this lake. As far as rangers go the ones who do the most work are interns and are there for the summer only. They get delegated with all of the crap work while the seasoned!? rangers work the hard stuff as in politicing for the next promotion, or checking butterfly traps. As far as security goes the Camp attendant and host do 9 tenths of the work and with a average response time by law enforcement of about 30 minutes to an hour. Well you get the picture, and the Corp has a rule that host are not allowed to keep or carry any type of firearm, baton, or spray. A rule that meant very little most of the time because if they would not chase a bad guy they were not about to check on a good guy. All of the Rangers that I worked with that summer knew very little about the lake. nor did they seem to care. Someone even stole the batteries out of the corp chase boat. So If you out there you are definitly on your own, during the winter months when the rangers have even shorter hours, you are really SOL for security. most sheriff offices have a contract on the lakes to provide at least one patrol a day, but they are almost always at the same time and very predictable. So good luck and stay close to your ramp and if you are going to drive by in the boat to a new location stretch your legs and check the lots. On Beaver Creek if there is a truck parked at the far end of the ramp with no trailer and one or two guys in it pack your rig and move they are just waiting to see where you head so they have time to strike and if you have a boat shadowing yours I head back to the ramp with cell phones these guys can set you up quick.