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West's Recreation Warning |
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Written by Scott Silver
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Thursday, 12 November 1998 |
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The LA Times has just published a very important article describing the threats associated with intensively managed public lands recreation and resort development.
The article, which appears below, is titled: "West's Recreation Areas Face Dilemma."
And here's the take home message, in a nutshell.
"The prospect [of Industrial Strength Recreation] poses a major dilemma both for the environmental movement, which has long backed recreation as a more benign use of the land than mining, logging or other traditional activities, and the residents of the communities of the West."
Scott
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