[pct-l] Dogs in National Parks/horses/mules/llamas

[giniajim]

No one would confuse Yosemite Valley with a wilderness area.  It never has 
been and never was intended to be (at least since the arrival of the white 
man).
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Williams" <charlesnolie at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Dogs in National Parks/horses/mules/llamas


Commercial Enterprises in wildlands are a bad thing? Ever been to Yosemitee? 
Did you visit the Awanee or the grocery? How about a resteraunt or 
campground? The Ansel Adams Gallery or anywhere else in the valley?

Commercial enterprises in Forest Service or Park Service lands are a 
necessarry service if people are to be in those places. Maybe not people 
that think and feel the way you do, but people with other viewpoints. I 
think that's a good thing.

--- On Thu, 12/15/11, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:


From: Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Dogs in National Parks/horses/mules/llamas
To: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 12:47 PM


On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Charles Williams
<charlesnolie at yahoo.com> wrote:
> And this too, I'd just asoon that horses did less damage to the trail too. 
> Some people think that horsemen, by virtue of the fact that they ride and 
> lead horses and mules, care less about our wildlands than hikers do.<

IMHO, the amount of damage done by individual horsemen is negligible.

HOWEVER I have a beef with the damage done by the pack trains run by
the commercial pack outfits. I object to over use of public lands,
especially wilderness areas, by commercial concerns.

There is nothing wrong with stock on the trails. There IS something
wrong with overuse of the trails by commercial enterprises using
stock.

YMMV
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