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>The introduction to this forum asked if there was a >compromise possible between the two sides on this >contentious issue. Yes there is. And it has been >going on for years. In the larger parks, designate >the wilderness areas and the motorized access areas. >The solitude/silence folks can go in to their areas >for their type of experience. And those less >fortunate due to time constraints, or physical >handicaps, or the elderly, or those with small >children, or those who simply choose to drive a >station wagon versus hike, can experience areas in the >same park in their own way. Some of these parks are >huge and can accommodate everyone if managed correctly. > >The smaller parks can probably do the same thing on a >smaller scale. Or in a few cases can be all motorized >access or all walk-in access. > >The key to all this is balance and management that >passes the common sense or reasonable test. When >things get out of whack on either side people know it >and there is a reaction and the pendulum swings back >the other way. Its the NPS's unenviable challenge to >strike the balance and keep things reasonable.

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