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- From: tucker@shiva.edsg.hac.com (George Tucker)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: USFS Backcountry Fees
- Message-ID: <24066@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 03:21:20 GMT
- References: <1ebq45INNm42@morrow.stanford.edu>
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- In article <1ebq45INNm42@morrow.stanford.edu> AS.MSW@forsythe.stanford.edu (Marc Whitney) writes:
- >I have just seen a news report on a proposal to charge user fees for
- >backpacking and hiking use of the National Forests. My first
- >response was negative. However, to say that the money collected
- >would be used to replace logging revenues. The implication was that
- >for every $1 collected from backpackers there would be $1 less in
- >timber sales. If this is true I would be inclined to change my
- >view.
- >
- >Does anyone have more information on this proposal? If it would
- >really reduce logging and new logging roads, I think a lot of people
- >would be very interested.
-
- Chuckle.
- If that were the purpose they could simply double the timber fees,
- especially since they sell timber for much less than the damage caused
- by logging. Sounds like a timber industry ploy to reduce their fees.
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- If you believe them, perhaps you would be interested in a really
- fine bridge I have for sale in New York?
-
- I have no opinion on small user fees. If they provide self-service
- 24-hour sign-in, unlike a lot of their permits, I would even pay them.
-
- George Tucker tucker@shiva.hac.com
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