Parks as they Ought to be
- People who were active when they were young ordinarily continue to be as active as they can when they get older, and those who are reluctant to leave thier card range widely across age groups.
- Management committed to contemplative recreation should be just that, whether for the young and handy or the old and infirm.
- Places that are accessible to people that do not deprive natural qualities can be shown for all.
- National Audubon Society's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in FL
- Everglades National Park FL
- Lodging in remote places can cause issues for those who do not want to camp
- Mount LeConte Lodge in the Smokies
- Willingness to trade quantity for quality of experience
- limited number of back county permits
- rationed overnight access to places like Point Reyes or Ano Nuevo
- people wait years for a big game permit
- Many natural seashore lines are cut up by private development, preventing isolation that has traditional allowed parks to create their own ambiance.
- New closer-to-home parks provide an opportunity to show the urbanite what it means to be without distractions.
- Avoiding conditioned responses that get in the way of freshness of experience.
- Amenities interfering with interacting with natural setting.
At the Core of All this Wilderness and Luxury
- Public attention began to be focused more sharply on wilderness in years leading up to the Wilderness Act of 1964
Conclusion
- The parks are public institutions which belong to everyone, not just the wilderness hikers.
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