Wild

LETTERS

[Letter of the Issue]

BROTHERLY LOVE

(Re: Georgia Doherty’s article in Wild #191 ‘Are Boardwalks Disconnecting Us from Wild Places?) Dear Editor,

While I agree that the little nip and tucks on our national parks may result in death by a thousand cuts, largely infrastructure in our national parks is a direct result of conservation efforts. Royal National Park is going to have a lot more infrastructure than the Budawangs, because more people use it.

Boardwalks and infrastructure keep our national parks wild. It’s just

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