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Recreation Interests 



There have been pressures to exclude timber cutting 

 from areas considered by recreational or conservation 

 groups to be most valuable for recreation or scenery. 

 One of the most extreme among such protagonists has 

 been Justice Douglas of the Supreme Court. He has 

 in effect advocated building no more roads in the 

 national forests, either in the high country or in the 

 timbered areas where timber sales would result. He 

 would apparently like to keep all roadless areas in a 

 wilderness status, and he has often been intemperate 

 in his demands and his criticisms. 



Others have advocated inclusion in wilderness areas 

 of large tracts of commercial timber land, going beyond 

 the boundaries felt by the Forest Service to be adequate 

 for wilderness area dedications. While some of such 

 advocates are extreme in their demands, others have 

 been more moderate and their views have been fully 

 considered. 



Some years ago the Forest Service undertook a 

 revision of schedules of fees for special uses on the 

 national forests such as for resorts, stores, ski lifts 

 and similar commercial enterprises. The purpose was to 



