[pct-l] Problems on the PCT

Boris Trgovcich btrgovcich at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 30 17:00:33 CDT 2012


Inga,

Thank you for understanding what I am trying to say.  I am writing because I care about the environment and the PCT.  It is a beautiful place for which many people fought very hard to establish for our enjoyment.  It is OUR DUTY to leave it a better place than we found it.  

I simply want the Forest Service and the National Park service to enforce their own regulations applicable to National Parks and the designated Wilderness areas.  I welcome horses on the PCT and their droppings from the recreational PCT horse riders.  However, what I have seen on the JMT is mostly the result of commercial, for profit operations.  I am also fine with their presence (they do often provide a vital service) but something has to be done about manure overload on that section of the trail. 

Cows do not belong in the National Parks or the designated Wilderness areas and government regulations are quite clear about that. 




________________________________
 From: Inga Aksamit <iaksamit at aol.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Problems on the PCT
 
Wow, I'm surprised at all the negative energy directed at Boris, who was just expressing an opinion and providing a suggestion of officials that can be contacted if people so desire, which I personally appreciated. I am completely at peace with the *wild* animals on the trails, who leave interesting droppings every now and then that allow us to try an identify them and what they are eating. That's very different from the numerous piles of stinking, fly-ridden piles of manure that line the JMT and HST. I've hiked on trails throughout the Western U.S., BC, Alaska and the Yukon, and never have my husband and I been so put off as we were when confronted several times a day by such a volume of manure. I've never minded sharing the trail with horses and mules and appreciate their beauty and usefulness, but it's a matter of volume. These are not wild animals, and you must admit that it's ironic that humans have to use wagbags in the Whitney Zone while stepping
 over large amounts poo
p from animals who are there with humans.




Inga






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