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If the amount of usage keeps going up, and we have limited space.  Why do we not permit the trails like we do our rivers?  Allow a set amount of permits per season and allow people to apply for use of public lands in a lottery.

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As resources get more scarce and our impact on the environment gets greater, are extraordinary means of conception subverting nature trying to find a ballance?  Our global population has exploded over the past few generations and this continued growth is not sustainable.

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