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- From: AS.MSW@forsythe.stanford.edu (Marc Whitney)
- Newsgroups: rec.climbing
- Subject: Re: USFS Backcountry Fees
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 12:20:09 -0800
- Organization: Stanford University
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- In article <1992Nov19.175348.26245@samba.oit.unc.edu>,
- Doug.Hemken@launchpad.unc.edu (Doug Hemken) writes:
- >
- >Fees for use should be proportional to the maintenance and facilities in
- >an area. You shouldn't have to pay (an individual user fee) for a simple walk
- >in a public woods.
- >
- A reasonable attitude, however, the shareholders of lumber companies
- are also part of the public. (You may be one if you have an
- interest in a mutual fund, a retirement plan or a pension fund,
- etc.) The sharholders may take the position as members of the
- public they should have the right to cut timber on public lands or
- at least buy the right at auction.
-
- While I'm sympathetic to your feelings on this, sometimes right and
- fairness get in the way of effectiveness. I would rather pay a $25
- (or even $100) per year fee "unfairly" with the result that logging
- on public lands is significantly reduced, than to stand on principle
- while listening to the sound of the chainsaw.
-
- The concern I have is would the fees be implemented in a way that
- would require the FS to reduce timber sales? AND* if so, in what
- proportion the backcountry fees collected?
-
- -- Marc Whitney
- as.msw@forsythe.stanford.edu
-
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