Exactly some of my questions....
it is very similiar to the Dreamtime appeal, they had to consult with all these groups such as Women's Coalitions and Indian Tribes for Civil Rights Violations??..
I found it very disturbing to read in the report that they also considered the monetary value of losing prospecting as a whole because they can't tax it or see it bringing in enough money to the state to justify the activity?.....
If they haven't driven us out of our activity for the last 60 years we would be flourishing quite well and have the industries associated with manufacturing backing us up.....
I also found it appaling that camping in a campground with anything short of a Motorhome was found to be discouraged on.....Camping is just that CAMPING....the use of a tent, a cook stove, split wood, Lawn Chairs, water jugs, and a 3 wheeled VW bug dragging a bumper.......heck it is not uncommon to see clothes lines between trees in Oregon due to the frequent rains and the need to dry your clothes.
I'm a firm believer in Non-modern camping and actually look for places that I can't drive up to and have a tent next to a car on a 3 foot patch of grass that was just mowed...
I don't want to hear the RV generator running all night, I don't want to have to have a Satellite dish blocking my view, and I don't want to see a pop out RV dumping its waste into a collection basin right near the very entrance where the ranger is telling me I have to be quiet by 10pm....
Give me open un-obstructed camping where I can stumble drunk to the river at 6 am pour gasoline on my dirty beer can to wash it off and puke in a bush without hitting a RV bumper.
YEAH now thats a Camping Trip !!....( any TAKERS ?)
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