[at-l] The Cost Of Removing One Blowdown From The AT

[yumitori@montana.com (Ron Martino)]

RoksnRoots@aol.com wrote:

> > Also, this section of trail is in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness, where
> > no motorized or power tools can be used for trail work.  Only hand tools
> > may be used.
> 
>      ***  I often wonder what the purpose of this is other than making life
> miserable for hard-working volunteers? I suppose they are trying to keep
> man-made machinery sounds away from natural refuges so wildlife can find a
> sanctuary away from the stress of the ever grinding machine. Somehow I can't
> see the justification because chainsaw sounds can hardly be heard from just a
> few hundred yards away.

	Because it's a wilderness area, of course.

	You might want to read the numerous documents addressing wilderness
management available at 

		http://www.wilderness.net/	

>     Thought I should mention that while the government allows
> wilderness-marring snowmobiles into Yellowstone it prevents volunteers from
> using a quick chainsaw cut to open a trail. And while NPS seeks to cut costs
> by closing a vital crew facility it overpays a greedy developer on Saddleback
> while failing to adequately defend the Trail Project...

	Um, you /do/ realize that the snowmobiles are restricted to those same
areas that are open to other vehicles in the summer, don't you? The
wilderness areas in Yellowstone are closed to vehicles regardless of the
season.

	Ron
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