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Show U.S.FOREST SERVICE Management of Recreation There is an overriding need for the following: - funding and staff for improving and adequately main earning recreation campgrounds, campsites, trails, wilderness area use, horse corrals and horse trails. - pull-in parking sites on many campgrounds are too narrow and on sloping ground and do not accommodate contemporary outdoor vehicles. HOWEVER, this does not mean that all-facility campgrounds ought to be provided on National' Forests, such as are provided at private campgrounds. Objectives and limitations ought to be determined which are integrated with the Forest Resources and their protection. What exists today is frequently in need of better maintenance, better design, and more modern methods of garbage and sanitary disposal. Research needs to be carried out on disposal of human wastes utilizing concepts and methods incorporated in space travel. (Astronaut solutions) - funding and staff for monitoring National Forests for the protection of resources - from off-road vehicular use on fragile land and vegetation9 on desert and tundra land. - from destructive practices in the use of public lands, I.e., cutting trees and branches for firewood, building fires outside designated fireplaces. - from littering - from harrassing wildlife - from noise harrassment - planning for the recreation diversity which causes conflicts in use of public lands. - some people like and want other people_around where they camp. Noise, kids, motor bikes, radios, TV, guitar playing are acceptable. - some people want solitude, even in shared campgrounds. Music and partying silenced at a curfew time. ^ |
