'Nearly 50 companies specializing in outdoor recreation sent letters to the U.S. Forest Service on Friday requesting that roadless wildlands in America's national forests be protected from logging and other development. The companies, among them such industry leaders as Patagonia and The North Face, argued in the joint letter that their businesses depend on customer participation in a wide variety of outdoor activities and that any losses to America's roadless areas would "constrain our customers' activities and diminish our business opportunities." The outdoor recreation industry currently brings in $33 billion each year...' More
