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"TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. - Near a rock formation twisting into the Arizona sky, the desert floor has been torn up by off-road vehicles. A tattered VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further scar the landscape. Tonto is one of many national forests that suffer environmental damage caused by thoughtless, even unscrupulous, visitors. And the U.S. Forest Service doesn't have the cash or manpower to tackle the problem.
The agency's spending this year has yet to be calculated, but its proposed budget represented a 2.5 percent drop in funding, said spokeswoman Angela Coleman."
Leave nothing unspoiled seems to be where we are headed.And its hard to imagine why the budgets of such things are cut.I guess low tax rates on the upper incomes and losing wars are better priorities.
"TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. - Near a rock formation twisting into the Arizona sky, the desert floor has been torn up by off-road vehicles. A tattered VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further scar the landscape. Tonto is one of many national forests that suffer environmental damage caused by thoughtless, even unscrupulous, visitors. And the U.S. Forest Service doesn't have the cash or manpower to tackle the problem.
The agency's spending this year has yet to be calculated, but its proposed budget represented a 2.5 percent drop in funding, said spokeswoman Angela Coleman."
Leave nothing unspoiled seems to be where we are headed.And its hard to imagine why the budgets of such things are cut.I guess low tax rates on the upper incomes and losing wars are better priorities.