Read through most of the comments. Many are well thought out, others are incoherent spittle. I'm not sure how these might influence final alternatives. I'm hopeful that getting slammed on their incoherent zone system is enough to get them to change. Same with any attempts at quota beyond controlling totals from trailheads and group size when traveling cross country.

Of course, my main concern is stock impacts on meadows and I was happy to see thoughtful comments there.

My favorite:
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Beautiful mountain meadows. Clean running streams. Great views. All contaminated with horse shit, flies, & dangerously torn up trails.


Has almost a Haiku quality about it... .

Steve, of course, was coherent (Correspondence ID 84). Mine is #148 and another NPS person I greatly respect is #47.

None of the views expressed here in any way represent those of the unidentified agency that I work for or, often, reality. It's just me, fired up by coffee and powerful prose.