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Show Hew regulations will protect forest visitors New regulations recently issued is-sued by Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Orville Freeman are designed de-signed to protect National For-et For-et users against the annoying acts of thoughtless people. These controls concern sanitation sanita-tion within the area, public conduct, noise-making devices (fom radios to motor-driven equipment), and fire control. Regulations apply to all developed de-veloped recreation sites on National Na-tional Forest lands, and to those posted areas of concentrated concen-trated public recreation use. Pets and vehicles will be placed under strict limitations. Dogs, cats, and other pets must be kept caged or on leash. Motor Mo-tor vehicles either cars or motorbikes are restricted to areas provided for their entry, exit or parking. Secretary Freeman reports that, until the last 3 or 4 years, little need for enforcement of recreation area regulations was Beef cattle on range will eat up to one and one-half ounces of salt a day if it is available to them. seen. But with the rapid increase in-crease in use and public demand, de-mand, that picture has changed. chan-ged. The new regulations go into effect immediately on all developed de-veloped recreation sites in the Uinta National Forest, The Uinta Forest has experienced problems similar to other forests for-ests in the country, Thornock stated, especially by inconsiderate inconsider-ate bike-users. |