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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 3

RECREATION TRAILS
            




Outdoor recreation is a fundamental means for maintaining physical and mental health which thereby profoundly influences the quality of our individual lives and the life of the nation as a whole.  There is a growing pressure on all public land for non-motorized, dispersed and primitive recreation through the use of trails.  Government agencies response to the recreation needs of Americans is not keeping pace with growth in recreation demand created by population growth and increased leisure time.


More than 40 percent of all trail mileage in the United States is on federal land.  Trails are an important investment requiring annual maintenance funds if increased reconstruction and restoration costs are to be avoided.  In the Pacific Northwest it costs $60 to $150 per mile annually to maintain an existing trail compared to thousands of dollars to restore or reconstruct a trail which has not been maintained for a number of years.  The construction of new trails costs even more.  Fiscal year 1982 maintenance dollars would protect past capital investment in trails.  Funds must be appropriated to bring inadequate existing trails up to standard.


Therefore, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs urges Congress and State legislatures to appropriate adequate funds for trail maintenance and reconstruction on federal and state lands.










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