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BOTH LUKE and Walker said they now understand that the Department of the Interior intends to keep some of the fire roads and bridges open to fight every fire. Luke said he had learned in the past week that the wilderness restrictions were not a “lock out” of local residents. He added that since his reported opposition to the wilderness designation, some of the neighboring property owners to the park told him they wanted the restrictions because too many people were using the park fire roads and endangering them from uncontrolled campfires.
Walker’s basic argument against the wilderness area was a bit confusing. First, he reported that the Old Rag and Weakley Hollow sections of the park are not controlled well enough by the Park Service. He said that the previous Saturday night approximately 80 people were camping overnight on Old Rag without required camping permits. Then he argued that if the strict wilderness zone restrictions were enforced, which would limit the amount of camping and hiking traffic in the park, neighboring private land would be inundated. Walker argued that Madison wanted these swarms of people for its tourist business, but disliked both the lack of control and too much control.
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