Recreation Uses on 



A camping party in the Uncompahgre National Forest. Forest Service fire tool box under tree on rigid 



delightful streams and amidst surroundings well adapted to 

 camping and all the more rigorous forms of outdoor exploration. 



Yet this is merely a sample. Similar trails by hundreds of 

 miles are found in the Forests of Colorado, California, Oregon, 

 Washington, Montana, and indeed wherever the Forest Service 

 has established its administration. 



Besides these trails, suitable for foot passengers and pack 

 animals, there are within the Forests other hundreds of miles of 

 roadway fit for wagon traffic and for automobiling. Much of 

 this mileage has been built by the Forest Service, usually in 

 cooperation with local (county or State) authorities. But, 

 however financed, the finished roads lie far and tempting through 

 the Forests. Thither the camper in his wagon and the tourist in 

 his automobile take their way, and here they linger for days and 

 weeks at a time. The mountains, streams, and woodlands are 

 laid open to thousands of persons in this way, and no one counting 



