It is clear that we should not sacrifice the wildness and integrity of our forests simply to insure that all people can access all areas all the time. As the saying says, not everybody was intended to reach the top of Everest or the bottom of the Grand Canyon. This section stresses using market research techniques to assess the needs of people in regard to recreation. This section should also stress the need to research the ecological effects of recreation and methods to mitigate these impacts. We concur that the agency has remarkable potential to educate people about the land and a land ethic.
Communities Promote connections for community sustainability.
Although it is a nice idea to work with local communities on insuring their economic well-being, it is certainly not a responsibility of the agency to promote economic opportunities such as ecotourism. The agency should in no way sacrifice the ecological health of forest lands in order to establish forest-dependent industries. Promote stakeholder collaboration. We certainly support efforts to communicate with those who use or who care about the forests. However, such collaborations should not create an expectation that the desires of participants will be accommodated in planning documents.