Re: [at-l] Poll results - Still time to vote

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wdaniels@bestweb.net (Walt Daniels) Writes

<<False - uses under those circumstances are always permitted>>

Sorry but I disagree. In particular with the always and that was my point 
about the substance of the question being too narrow i.e. To Ban or Not To 
Ban.
I am in no way challenging the circumstances you mentioned but you are 
referring to things as they are now or were sometime in the past. If in fact 
the NPS is considering a ban on OHV's that means they are thinking of making 
changes.
Perhaps the change would result in rules like the ones that resulted in the 
following.
[these concern the non use of "motorized" in wilderness areas]

I was returning to the Trailhead from a hike to Harney Peak in the Black 
Hills, South Dakota in a wilderness area.  I met a fellow hiking up the trail 
with what appeared to be a very heavy pack. We stopped and chatted a bit; his 
pack was 90# of gravel that he was carrying 1 1/2 miles to do trail 
maintenance. He was on his 5th trip of day and he would spend his summer 
being paid to repair a section of the trail. The section being repaired was 
alongside a creek. He had to carry the gravel the mile and a half because 
motorized use is forbidden in the WA and because he couldn't use gravel from 
the creek because it didn't meet "Standard" for trail use. 

Case 2) I was discussing case 1 with a NFS Ranger in Ky and he related how 
much Tax $$ was spent in his Forest, WA to remove [I forget what] that 
required removal due to the declaration of the area as a WA. The expense and 
many, many man hours were expended because they were prohibited from using a 
helicopter to make one trip in to airlift out the offending [whatever].
My point was and is that the law of unintended consequences is alive and 
well. We should move very slowly before using Never & Always.
This has gotten too long. I must be off.
Justakahike
Plum'Crazy



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