Using a host directory of the areas you plan to visit, you can contact a farmer in Italy, a carpenter in Oregon, a teacher in Tanzania all of whom have a strong commitment to international friendship and hospitality as a cornerstone of world peace. For details contact Peace House at 482-9625. We are losing a basic civil liberty. We are no longer free to walk on our public lands without purchasing a federal permit. If you don t buy the permit, you will be ticketed.
Fees are reasonable for improved sites such as campgrounds, snow parks, and boat ramps.
Fee Demo goes too far. It imposes fees to access vast tracts of undeveloped nature our own heritage and birthright. They justify the fees by claiming revenues have not kept pace with maintenance costs. They neglect to mention that Congress inflicted an artificial maintenance crisis by slashing recreation budgets. Fee Demo is the tip of an iceberg.