[pct-l] PCT industrial, agricultural and urban development

[Brick Robbins <brick@fastpack.com>]

I spoke to the PCTA today and learned something.

The PCT National Scenic Trail Comprehensive Plan (USDA Forest Service 1982) 
is the document that the Gov't uses for setting use policies along the PCT

It says (in part):

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It (the PCT) is a linear interpretive facility that displays throughout 
it's length a changing landscape reflecting a diversity of land and 
resource management objectives from preservation "national parks and 
wilderness" to industrial, agricultural and urban development; and affords 
opportunities to reflect on the history of development and growth of the 
Nation and its people by identifying and interpreting nationally 
significant cultural and historic sites.
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Bet you didn't think the PCT was a trail through "industrial, agricultural 
and urban development" did you?

Well, the Forest Service does.

Food for thought.

Also, if anyone can help in finding copies of this document for sale 
anywhere in the vast halls of da Gub'mnet I'd appreciate it. The only copy 
I know of belongs to the PCTA. I'd like to read it cover to cover.

Thanks.

-Brick

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