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National Park or Disneyland there are times of the year and day that they will be 

 more crowded. Using this knowledge, we plan our trips to make it possible for us 

 to have maximum enjojmient. However, we also have to consider when the kids 

 are out of school and when I can get off work. We go knowing that there will be 

 other people there and that this will cause us to do some waiting at popular sites, 

 but this is preferred greatly to not going at all. If the Forest Service had asked 

 the question in their survey, "Do you wish you had not floated the river today 

 because of the number of other people you encountered?", they would not have had 

 anyone who would have preferred to stay home. 



There are three other river trips available in our local area (Split Mountain, 

 Yampa and Gates of LaDore) with strict limitations as to the nvunber of people 

 allowed on each day. If a person wants to enjoy a wilderness experience they can 

 apply well ahead and attempt to draw out on a private trip or pay a guide service 

 and float one of these sections of river. The section of the Green River in this 

 proposal is the only section that a person can take their family on a trip of a life 

 time without costing a lot of money or having to make arrangements months in 

 advance. 



Are we going to limit the number of people who are allowed to visit the 

 Washington Monument or view the Grand Canyon because some people feel they 

 would have a better experience if there were no one else around? Please let 

 supply and demand work in regard to how many people are allowed to enjoy our 

 public land and it's beauty. If families feel they didn't have a good time word will 

 spread and the nximber of users will drop accordingly. We don't need a 

 government agency regulating who can have fun and who can't. 



avid Feltch 



