From: Robert Knudson (rgknudson@mac.com)
Date: Sun Feb 03 2002 - 20:16:49 CST
on 2/3/02 18:28, Signe Rogers at HikinMama@iglide.net wrote:
> And an added note that is just as important is that the
> animals depend upon these water sources and if every person who passes
> through Philmont were to bathe their feet, (or play in it) the water would
> become very polluted with body oils & salts. Leave no trace.... & be kind
> to the animals.
Uhhh...
Certainly, bathing should take place well away from water sources. Where
water is scarce, I would agree that human visitors should refrain from
swimming or MAYBE even cooling their feet (depending on the relative
significance of impact versus abundance of resource). But I feel its
important to note that these same animals and fish that we all want to be
kind to have no qualms about using the stream as a latrine.
Maybe Philmont is in this condition, but it would take a very scarce water
supply for foot cooling to be a major impact, all other impacts
considered....
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