[at-l] Bush opens forest roads

[Slyatpct at aol.com (Slyatpct@aol.com)]

In a message dated 7/17/2004 8:40:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Bror8588@aol.com writes:

> A national license to hike.  Come on 
> -- let us hear what your gut is telling you. 
> 

My gut is telling me you're on drugs or alcohol.  

There are already places where you need a paid permit to hike, Mt Whitney, Mt 
Shasta and Mt Rainier come to mind.  Other areas you need a permit to hike.  
Except for the Smokies, National Parks already charge an entrance fee, some 
charge to walk through.  Then, there's a thing call taxes.

Tha land of the free, as long as you pay.

Sly



Just think of the impact that 
might have on legislation regarding wild land (wilderness).  There could even 
be 
different levels of membership/license divided by geographical areas (East 
Coast license or Western License or such).  Why there could even be time 
limited 
licenses such as a Day license or a Month license or a three month license, 
etc., and it could be worked out that the Government (National Park/Forest) 
gets 1/3 of the fee, the States (where people reside get one-third and the 
various hiking organizations (designated by the hiker who applies) gets 
one-third.  
Shall we all write our representatives and ask for this?