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- From: maarrrk@seidel.ucsb.edu (Mark Erickson)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: USFS Backcountry Fees
- Message-ID: <maarrrk.722279971@seidel>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 17:19:31 GMT
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- AS.MSW@forsythe.stanford.edu (Marc Whitney) writes:
-
- > [cut, snip] 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.
-
- My immediate reaction to this kind of proposal is quite
- negative; using a "timber sales vs. backpacker fees"
- argument seems like _extortion_ to me. We shouldn't have
- to pay extra to protect _our_ land.
-
- --maarrrk
-