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When you venture in to the wilderness, do you seek nature and solitude or ticket lines and two-stroke engines? If recreation industry heavyweights have their way, your next walk in the woods will start at a toll booth and end in a gift shop with canned entertainment along the way.
Why? Because cash-strapped federal land managers have turned to corporate America to fill gaping budget holes. So the public must now pay private concessionaires to take a walk on public lands. Tent campsites are being paved over to build more lucrative RV parks. And hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands are being auctioned off.
As a user group that appreciates the value of wildness, Wild Wilderness opposes these efforts to commercialize our National Heritage by privatizing public lands. We are hunters, backcountry skiers, hikers, anglers, mountaineers and birdwatchers who want to enjoy nature, au naturel.
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