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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
There are no utility hook-ups like water, sewer, or electricity in any of these Forest Service campgrounds so you can become one with nature.
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And that's exactly the problem: lack of sanitation at WMNF campgrounds. They basically have third-world hygiene. Most have dry toilets with no running water in them. At the best of times you take your life in your hands when you go in them. By August they stink to high heaven a hundred feet around. There's no way for campground staff to safely clean those toilets without running water, which also puts staff at risk. Many hosts are low-income elderly people. Without running water, campers are also unshowered. A campground could have 200 unclean people, many of them from Massachusetts, using a couple of toilets.
Those campgrounds should remain closed. If lodging remains closed, the White Mountain campgrounds will be overflowing with people even worse than usual.