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" It's the sysfemthat's fouled up : ' abused area that looks like hillclimb areas for 4-wheel drive vehicles, judging from the width of the lanes, and a big sandy erosion area that's spilled out like an ava lanche delta at the bottom of th e thing. When you see that it j ust gravels you. You know the wind's go nna blow , it's alrea dy widened it. You can see area s that if they had been managed, if you coul d find concrete kind of landscape where you could hillclimb and not tear the thing apart r: or where you could restore it for that matter if you had a management system to where you could put the thi ng back in sha pe .. . CN : T here are hills that have bee n used since the turn of th e cen tury in Michiga n and Pen n sylvan ia where they do manage it, sow it with rye and so forth. RC : You could avoid that though. It 's an almost impossible thing to manage on a wide open basis , yet that's one of " the big values of it and I know that value. I'm into the wide open spaces myself, both on foot and on vehicles as well , but it's almost impossible to manage and it requires a heck of a lot of self-discipline. CN : I n Hollister Hills there's a very high management factor. I n fact so h igh they had a scandal over it about the fint of this year . But what's the " ifferen ce between a pa rk and a d ,r ecreation area? RC : A park has more of a preservation image, but certain kinds of recreation , 'let 's say tra ditional ra ther than allowed, because t he statute's not completely clear in California as to what you can do in a park and what you can't. Some of that's up to the commission. A recreation area is for 'm o re participatory games , tra ils , active use trails, I'd say more volume ;would be the philosophical difference ,between the two. CN: Still, not to the long term de trimen t of the facility. RC: Certainly not . I don't think even in the most intensive use facility we should be doing anything more than sustained yield . Somebody ought to be able to do the same thing or some other use 100 years from now without us having to close it down for 40 years for restoration purposes . Bu t that doesn't bother me. This department has been able to do a good job of preservation of historical and natural things . It led the country. We were in there doing it before the federal government was. I don't see why we can't take that same expe rtise and apply it to the revolving recreation nee ds of the people, motorized and non-motorized , and even get into the urban areas an d try to solve some of the landscaping recreational pro blems we have in Californ ia's urban areas. CN: Boy, do we n eed some open a reas around here l But getting back to the green sti die program, wh ich we backed all the wa y. Motorcyclis u (Continue d on page J6) How do people know that you love your motorcycle when you're not on your bike? This sloga'n is our coat of arms. J., Bumper st/c~erIs silk-screened 2. 2-post metal battle 3. Posters 20"x35", vinyl, 3"xJ.4", blue & white ribbon or tie clip with blue & w~/te, -lasts 3 years. slogan, 9/J. 6"x2-3IS", $J..25 each $J..OOeach 3 or more. Nice Christmas gifts for brothers or friends $2.25 each. $J..50 each. Send check or money order to: C." J "F. Ventures, P,O, Box 554, Ad dison, Illinois 60101 . Dealer Inquiri es Invit ed 11