At 02:31 PM 2/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>I was originally thinking that we'd "just do it", but in light of the 
>article I wonder if we shouldn't contact one of the NFS personnel named in 
>the story, let them know what we're doing (and when

I think it is a fine idea, but you will want to contact the Forest 
Service.  You won't believe this, but there have been a number of cases 
where the Forest Service has cited people for "unauthorized cleanup" of 
national forests.  Apparently you need a permit to remove trash.

When the Forest Service was getting ready to impose a special use tax (fee 
demonstration project) down here in the Coronado National Forest I did a 
lot of research about how they do things and was shocked at some of the 
things I came across.

I haven't read the story yet, but that is one of the ploys they used down 
here to get the $5 per car per day.  They claimed that the forest was a 
mess and that they needed the money to clean it up, and at the same time 
were not allowing volunteers to go in and clean up on their own.


In liberty,

Scott

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