In this thought-provoking article, the author examines the impact on camping that the population explosion in her home state of Utah has had. With more people, more of those people camping, and growing concern for the environment, she has seen places where she has camped in the past closed as wildlife areas. She calls for a balance between stewarding the natural environment and enjoying interacting with it. “By allowing us to see our beautiful country,” Ms. Christiansen asks, “won’t we learn to respect it more? Somehow there needs to be a balance between the environment and us.”