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Show of our National Forest visitors before they throw out that chewing gum wrapper, or walk away from a campsite littered with tin cans, paper bags and other trash will save many dollars. dol-lars. Trash costs money. "A growing cost is cleanup. Last year seasonal Forest Service Ser-vice employees spent thousands of man hours maintaining sanitation sani-tation facilities and picking up after visitors in the Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Region." Forest Service campgrounds are provided with toilet facilities, facili-ties, grills ,tent space, garbage gar-bage cans and camp tables. Picnic sites provide the same facilities, but do not provide space for overnight camping. In many a war it has been the vanquished not the victor who has carried off the finest spoils. Havelock Ellis. Fcrests readied fcr summer use In spite of recent harsh weather, visitors will find many campgrounds and picnic sites ready for use. Forest Service crews have been preparing these sites since snows receded re-ceded far enough for access. "Our annual problem regarding regard-ing these sites," the Regional Forester, reports, "is not so much use by the many, but abuse by a few. So far, we have not been able to get the point across that the dollars which must be diverted to replace re-place damaged and misused facilities fa-cilities could be put into construction con-struction of additional tables, grills and interpretive material. mater-ial. "Recreationists are traveling travel-ing through this Region in increasing in-creasing numbers each year. This season with Century 21 in Seattle, we anticipate more tourist visits to National Forests For-ests of the Intermountain Region Re-gion than in any previous summer sum-mer season. "This means more use of campgrounds, picnic sites and scenic overlooks. It means that our workload in "policing up the area," to borrow a military term, will be heavier. "A little thought on the part |