National Forest visitors down, no one knows why
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081129/capt.1caee9ca795c45bcb318662869e6c523.emptying_national_forests_gtp101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vEAWYBKClgQc24qvCf_lTA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this file photo taken Dec. 7, 2005, Erik Fernandez of the conservation group OregonWild crosses Roaring River on the Mount Hood National Forest near Estacada, Ore. After enjoying rising numbers of visitors in the decades following World War II, national forests are seeing a decline in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_on_re_us/emptying_national_forests)AP - In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish, and hike. Going to the woods was part of what it meant to be an American.</p><br clear="all"/>
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