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Will Rice, Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management, University of Montana

You’re not going to be alone in national parks this summer – enjoy the company

Are there too many people here? It depends on your perspective. Michael Quinn/National Park Service

On a summer morning a couple of years ago, we went for a hike on the fabled Bright Angel Trail, one of the most popular trails in Grand Canyon National Park.

As scholars of tourism and outdoor recreation, our conversation inevitably turned to the visitor experience at the Grand Canyon and a question that has plagued the parks since their inception: Are the national parks overcrowded?

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