The LA Times has an article on efforts by local towns to help finance national forest recreation services that have been severely cut by the federal government.
In the shadow of Mt. Whitney, local officials frustrated by U.S. Forest Service budget cuts want to take charge of recreation facilities in the Eastern Sierra. Some conservationists are wary.
Read full article that discusses the positive and negative aspects of local funding of national forest recreation areas at Towns like Mammoth want control of Forest Service recreation – Los Angeles Times
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