Show THOUSANDS E ENJOY NATIONAL fORESTS ol olOver Over 1 half a million people enjoyed enjoy enjoy- ed outings upon the National Forests Forests For For- ests eats of the intermountain region last year according to a report compiled compiled com com- piled by the Intermountain District office of the Forest Service at O Og- Og den Practically half of these were transient tourists who passed thru National Forests only but the other half halt consisting of campers camp camp- ers era hunters huntera fishermen summer home owners and guests at hotels and resorts upon the National Forests Foresta may be counted as having really spent some time in recreation upon the National t Forest Foret areas of this region Visitors to the National Forests are not registered in any way and these figures represent merel merely the best estimates of the ran rangers ers on the ground There Is a fair increase in I numbers over those reported last year Tho The most popular forests still remain those which are most accessible ble as the Wasatch close by Salt Lake Valley with its Ita total campers and the near the Yellowstone Park which has a heavy travel of tourists tour fists through it and the Fishlake Forest which attracts unusual num numbers bers of campers campers' who enjoy the fishing fishing fishing fish fish- ing there Nevertheless the forests which have been previously rather inaccessible and slightly used for recreation reo re- re recreation creation have shown remarkable increases during the past year year owing to the development of forest roads into the previously inaccessible back country which has hal brought many automobilists These roads roada are built primarily for the protection and better better bet bt ter utilization of the National Forest resources or to connect up isolated settlements Their use by automobilists automobilists automo- automo bent on oJ Is h purely Incidental to their major values The hotel and resort business has grown vel very notably during the past year especially on the Powell Nat hat at ional tonal Forest where the establishment of of accommodations at Bryce Canyon has developed a large use of this kind The automobile i ie is by far the factor in the recreational use of the National Nation Nation- al Forest 90 80 per cent of the estimated ed number coming by this means o nl |