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Article: The Unknown Wilds Of the Southeast
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- The Washington Post
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- June 12, 1988
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Southeastern Utah, that most archetypal chunk of lonesome Wild
West, has-believe it or not-an overpopulation problem.
Over the past couple of decades, outdoors people from all over
the country have discovered the place. And in the peak seasons of
spring and autumn they appear by the thousands in the most accessible
beauty spots, like Squaw Flat Campground, Arches National Park and
the Land's End area northwest of Moab. Even the back country is not
immune: I know one primitive canyon that saw less than 200 visitors a
year 20 years ago and now gets close to that many on a single prime
April or October weekend.
Luckily, there is still plenty of terra incognita out there, if
you know where ...