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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1962 A 3 Nation's Outdoor Areas Expected To Get Progressively Overcrowded Editor'i not: On paper, iht United Slates hai plenty oi recreational land. But the na tion's parks are becoming as crowded as Times Square. In the following dispatch, the head of a new government agency designed to solve the problem says the trouble is that most of the land is where the people are not. He ex plains how his agency hopes to overcome this "people pressure" on the parks. By LOUIS CASSELS Washington - lUPIi - Ameri ca's outdoor playgrounds are desperately overcrowded this summer. The situation will get pro gressively ..se in the years ahead unless the nation moves swiftly to provide more parks, picnic grounds and swimming holes for a growing popula tion with a growing amount of leisure time. So says Dr. Edward C. Crafts, director of the U. S. government's new Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. Crafts' bureau was estab lished in the Interior Depart ment for the express purpose of promoting more and better facilities for camping, hiking, fishing, swimming, boating, and other outdoor recreation, including pleasure driving along scenic highways. Crafts said in an interview that Americans, who now live mostly in cities, are becom ing more avid every year in their pursuit of a patch of nature in which to picnic swim, take a walk or just look at the scenery. During the 1950 s, while the U.S. popula tion grew 15 per cent, visits to national parks rose 86 per cent. Increased mobility because of better cars and highways, and the additional leisure time provided by a shorter average work week, have con tributed to the mounting dp mand for outdoor recreation facilities. Parks Crowded The result, said Crafts, Is that "some of our more popu lar parks now look like Times Square at the peak of the tourist season.'' Moreover, projections of present trends show that the "people pressure" on recrea tion facilities is likely to tri ple by the end of this century. On paper it looks as though America should have abun dant space for outdoor recre ation. More than 250 million acres are publicly designated for that purpose, including 25 million acres of national parks, 6 million acres of state parks, and 180 million acres of national forests. But, Crafts pointed out, "most of this land is where the people are not." Specifi cally, 72 per cent of the pub lic rPI-rPt IQnal 1 ritanf ic in Western states, where 15 per cent of the population lives. park lands. The northeastern states, with Providing more outdoor ree ls per cent of the people, reation opportunities within have only 2 per cent of the easy reach of major popula- r. it ,V- : Outdoor Recreation Director Hopeful of Dunes Agreement Washington - flJNi - Dr. Ed ward C. Crafts, director of (he new U.S. Bureau of Out door Recreation, said today he is "hopeful that some agreement can be worked out soon" to resolve the contro versy over the future of the Oregon Dunes. But he declined in an in ferview lo speculate about the possible nature of the agreement. "It would be premature at this time for me to express a view except to say that we're working on it," he said. Acceptable Plan Sought He said tun secretaries of Interior and agriculture, and members of the Oregon con gressional delegation, are en paged in "consultations" on the matter, with a view to arriving at a plan that "will be acceptable to all sides, in cluding 1 1" e local people of the Dunes area." The Oregon Dunes, on the central coastline of Oregon nortn ot coos Bay, are an area of natural beauty whose preservation for outdoor rec reational use has been the subject of wide concern. Two different approaches to the problem are repre sented in bills which have been introduced in Congress by Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore) and Rep. Edwin R. Durno (R-Ore.). The Neuberger bill would create an Oregon Dunes Na tional Seashore, under the administration of the interi or department's national pane service. It would embrace land now included in a nation al forest, plus additional lands owned by state and lo cal governments and private property holders, including some inland lakes. The Durno bill would cre ate a national shoreline area, to be administered by the ag riculture department's forest service, and including mainly lands already in public ownership. '' ' v:'7:' f 'V''"'?? :'..' '. -:: : .'V : ' v-'-:i:: ' ,Vl l I." I Mfr'VW' v -.y wi, $ f ' H.t I SHAVING'' t.1lr.- f 6:.- r2aer tion centers in the east is a major goal ot the new bur eau. It will not build or operate any facilities itself. Its main jobs are (1) to coordinate the activities of the ZO or more federal agencies which are already involved directly or incidentally in the manage ment of lands which can be used for outdoor recreation; and (2) to stimuate greater efforts by state and local gov ernments, and private enter prise, to meet the rising de mand for open-air play grounds. Several pieces of legislation now pending in Congress are needed for furthering this pro gram. Crafts said. He expressed hope that Con gress will complete action soon on a bill authorizing his bureau to distribute $50 mil lion in matching grants to en courage states to develop t - - ' a f". W i$ i3j sBsn" TFT 1 ? v . -7,1 x t. " T- -ii. r -w. 1 i --"J' 1 BOUNTY EXHIBIT The H. M. S. Bounty, a Hollywood reproduction of tue fnnied sail ing ship, passes the Space Needle at the Seattle World's Fair as she enters Elliott Bay. The Bounty arrived in Seattle last week from Vancouver, B. C, and will be on public display for one week. Metro Goldwirt Mayer is sailing the Bounty around the world as part of the buildup for their new movie, "Mutiny on the Bounty," starring Marian Brando. The movie will be released in the fall. (UP1) Log Shift Causes Accident Friday A shifting load on a log ging truck on an S curve Fri day resulted in a power pole being knocked down, falling telephone lines and starting a small fire in a pear orchard on Modoc rd. and Table Rock rd., state police said. Gerrel Norman Kirklin, 35, or Iliz bast Main St., was carrying one large log on his truck when the log slipped caused the truck to turn over and the log hit a power pole. The power pole broke off and fell across telephone lines and knocked the lines Into pear trees which started a small fire, which was quickly extinguished. A crew from Pa cific Power and Light com pany repaired the power pole. state police said. The driver was uninjured, but there was some damage to the truck and trailer own ed by R. A, Ross, Medford. A rear-end collision occur red on the Crater Lake high way five miles out of Medford Friday afternoon, state police said. No injuries resulted. Vehicles involved were op erated by William Herbert Milhoan, 44, ot 3043 Delta Waters rd., and Victor Adolph Royston, 2093 College Way, Medford. plans for outdoor recreation programs. A few states, such New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Michigan, already are moving ahead in this area. But many are dragging their feet. Crafts said private enter prise also can and should play a big part in providing out door recreation facilities. His bureau plans to stimulate such action by pointing out that such undertakings have proved highly profitable. "There is a great opportu nity here for some of the na tion's rural depressed areas," he said. "Development of their na tural scenic assets could give a tremendous economic boost to many areas, northern Minn esota and West Virginia, for example." Another bill before Con gress would set up a land ac quisition fund to be financed by proceeds from admission fees at federal recreation areas, motorboat gasoline tax es and other charges. This money would be used to buy new lands for national parks and seashores. Expenditures for new recre ation facilities ; e not frivo lous, Crafts said, but an ov erdue national investment in assuring all Americans "perm anent access to their outdoor heritage." The opportunity to spend a few hours or days among the beauties of nature, he said, "is essential to the cul tural, physical, moral and spiritual well-being of the American people." C I if , HAWAII Only $23267 ROUND TRIP AIR TICKET from PORTLAND GO ANY DAY BIG BOEING 707 JETS 15-DAY EXCURSION FARE MAKE RESERVATIONS TODAY See George Lewis ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE Ask About Our New "Ticket by Mail" Service 1 1 1 East 8th St. 772-6779 I I confidentially We LOVE to Loan! 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