Show THOUSANDS ENJOY NATIONAL FORESTS F f fOgden Utah Feb eb 26 1926 Ogden o 1926 O 1926 half Q half a n million pe people people enjoyed ou upon the National Forests of th 1 region last year ear ing ac rd- rd ing to a report compiled compiled by the In- In Intermountain Intermountain In Dist District office of the Forest Service at Ogden Practically half of these were transient tourists who passed throw through h National Forests only but the other half consisting of c campers campers picnickers hunters fishermen fishermen n summer home homeowners homeowners homeowners owners and guests guests at hotels and re- re resorts resorts re resorts sorts upon the National Forests may maybe maybe maybe be counted as having having really and re resorts resorts resorts sorts upon the N National National Forests may maybe maybe maybe be counted as having really spent some time in recreation recreation upon the Na- Na National National Na National Forests areas areas of this region Visitors to the t the National Forests are not registe registered d in any way and these figures represent represent merely the best estimates of i the on the ground There Js s a fair increase in numbers over those reported last year The most popular r forests still remain those which ark ar are astI most accessible as the tIthe Wasatch close close tI by Salt Lake Val Val- Valley Val Valley ley with its t total rol of cam cam- campers campers campers pers and picnickers ers the I near the Yellowstone Park which has hasa a 1 very heavy hea travel travel of transient tour tour- tourists tourists tourists through it aped a id the Fishlake Forest which attracts unusual num num- numbers num- num numbers numbers bers of campers c aho who ho enjoy the fishing fish fish- fishing fish fishing ing there Nevertheless the forests which have been previously rather in- in inaccessible inaccessible in inaccessible accessible and slightly used for re- re recreation recreation re recreation creation have sh shown shown wn remarkable in- in increases increases in increases creases during the the past year owing to the development of forest roads in- in into into in into to the previously inaccessible back countr country which has as brought many manyI I automobilists These roads are built primarily for th this the protection and bet bet- better better bet better ter utilization ot of the National Forest resources or t to connect up isolated settlements Their use by autom automa- automa automa bent on recreation is purely incidental to their major values I IThe The hotel and resort business has grown ver very notably noTably during the pa past t year especially on the Powell Na- Na Nationally Nationally Na Nationally Forest where the establish establish- establishment establishment establishment ment of accommodations at Bryce Canyon has de developed eloped a large use of this kind The automobile is by far the chief factor in the recreational l recreational use of the National Forest Forest 90 O per cent of the estimated number number coming by thia means I |