Dear HCN,


I have studied the Fee Demo program thoroughly as well as kept myself well-informed since its inception (HCN, 9/10/01: Congress may agree on fees). I am president of Seniors Outdoors!,


a very active club of 430 members; we use the


trails and parks for recreation at least three


times a week year round for hiking, biking, llama trekking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and camping. I also belong to 4 Corners Backcountry Horsemen, Trails 2000 and San Juan Mountain Association. All of these organizations build,


repair and maintain trails,... with hundreds of


volunteers.


Trail users are generally very responsible in their use of natural resources. Many of us use the outdoors for free recreation since we can't afford and don't like commercial encroachment into pristine natural environments. Charging fees for the use of public land is unethical and excludes the


poor from an important resource.


Please, become informed of the real reason


why this program was created. ...There is a hidden agenda. ... I solicit your support in putting a permanent stop to the fee demo program and returning our taxes to the funding of the Forest Service,


BLM and DOW....


Please give your generous support to free


public lands. There are better ways to maintain these lands, and plenty of volunteers are available.





Dell Manners


Durango, Colorad