Covid-19 And Recreation: Too Much Poop, Too Many People

A group of anglers try their luck on the Squamish river in BC, Canada.

With some light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, one can only imagine what this scenario will look like when those who have stayed locked down start to venture out.

Todd Wilkinson on the current state of affairs on our rivers, trails and backcountry.

Mark DeOpsomer of Bozeman, Montana, is a backpacker with lots of miles on his soles. For almost four decades he’s gone to the remotest corners of the Northern Rockies.

On a recent trek 24 miles into the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana, he was relaxing along the banks of a creek, when out of nowhere a pack-rafter floated by. “I’d never seen any rafters before in The Bob but now they’re all over the place,” he said.

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