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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Forest Service Closing Campgrounds Despite Soaring Demand

Above, a campsite in the Cibola National Forest of New Mexico. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The national forests belong to the American people. But by the way the U.S. Forest Service is running them, you'd think the otherwise were true.

More people are going out camping in RVs and tents, but the Forest Service is causing more campground crowding by closing more campgrounds.

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What is the U.S. Forest Service doing to meet the increasing demand for more camping opportunities?

Your tax dollars (not) at work? I doubt there’s a better example of bureaucratic disconnect than the tone-deaf U.S. Forest Service’s cutting the number of campgrounds while demand soars. It’s contributing to “campground crowding” on a national scale, perpetrated by folks who, ostensibly, work for us.

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