[at-l] Policing the trail...

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

In a message dated 5/20/2005 9:15:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
AThiker@smithville.net writes:

Well,  I'm thinking more in terms of...wouldn't you like to be able to go  
someplace once in a while where you're sure to not have to hear a  
chainsaw, or weedeater, or mower, or truck...or, anything?  Noise  
pollution.  there probably isn't anyplace left in America where you  can 
go and not hear/see an airplane go over. Now, these things really  don't 
bother me. But, I can certainly see how some folx would like to be  able 
to get away from it (noise pollution) for a little while.  And,  I agree 
with it seeming senseless to not use a chainsaw at times. Perhaps  it 
could be set up that the first day of every month is 'power tool day'  in 
wilderness areas and crews/maintainers could attack the big stuff then.  
And, use axes/saws for the smaller jobs other times. Just a thought, I  
think.



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LOL!
 
There wasn't anywhere on the AT in 2003 that I didn't hear a lawn  mower
(or so it seemed). I swear, people were packing them into wilderness  
areas... 
No matter where I was, I could hear a lawn mower in the distance, and 
sometimes, from a mountain top, I could see the critter, way off across the 
valley, zig zagging back and forth across a little green patch of  grass.
 
hotdog AT 03