Uinta Campground rules

[tlspyder13]

My family has been camping in the Uintas for over thirty years now. This was year twenty in the same campgrounds. When we pulled in on Tuesday we were greeted by new signs saying that you could have 8 people in a camp but only one tent, one vehicle, one trailer. Who can take eight people camping for a week and only use one tent, one vehicle, one trailer? We only had twelve people but four tents and three trailers. Two couples in trailers, one Great grandfather in a trailer, Two couples in tents along with a boys and girls tent for grandchildren. The camp host came in saying it wasn’t his rules but the forest service and it was to protect the camp grounds. Of course after we paid for a third camp ground we weren’t using then the camp grounds were safe and our group had no impact. By paying for a site we were not using and they could sell again each night the forest was somehow saved. So we used two, paid for three and technically should have been in four. How many people can really take eight people out camping for a week with these types of rules?
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[albinotrout]

I would contact the national forest service ranger station for that area and ask them about it. I notice there are different rules for different areas.
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[Ponchik]

The Rock Cliff campground at Jordanelle is similar. 8 people per site, one tent per campsite, tent can only be setup in the designated area (which is big enough for a fourman tent only). I understand the desire to protect the campground, but it doesn't seem like there was much thought put into the rules.
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[tlspyder13]

My guess is someone in a office that has never ever been out to most of these places gets a little information and then writes a rule that just doesn't make any sense. They all look good on paper but just don't work in the real world.

The other thing is the beavers were cutting down all the trees around the camps so the forest service wrapped the trees with chicken wire to detour the beavers. The trees have continued to grow but the wire has not been increased and seems to be killing the trees even faster then the beavers were. It is just to see.
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