MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1962
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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-
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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.
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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
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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."
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