[pct-l] PCT Wilderness

[james8313 at dslextreme.com]

Well lets see ---- Please let me know if I'm wrong but what about all the
back county Ranger Cabins -- Are they also going to be removed?

Now Lets see --  That means the following would need to be removed
along with the Bear Boxes....between Mt Whitney and Tuolumne Meadows.....

Crabtree Meadow
Tyndall Creek
Charlotte Lake
Rae Lakes
Le Conte Canyon
Evolution Valley

SirJames

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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:09:44 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [pct-l] Why remove Bear Lockers
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Well, here is the text of the Wilderness Act, the law of the land.  It
doesn't appear to have much wiggle room:

Definition of Wilderness
(c) A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where
man and his works dominate the landscape, is
hereby recognized as an area where the earth and
its community of life are untrammeled by man,
where man himself is a visitor who does not
remain. An area of wilderness is further defined
to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped
Federal land retaining its primeval character and
influence, without permanent improvements or
human habitation, which is protected and
managed so as to preserve its natural conditions
and which generally appears to have been
affected primarily by the forces of nature, with
the imprint of man?s work substantially
unnoticeable;

I can't really imagine sitting at a campsite with a bear box, and honestly
thinking that it met that definition.  I'm not sure who you would call in
the gov't who you could convince to ignore the law.

C'est la vie