Steve, I think you fall prey to the American concept of "I want what I want, period."
Wilderness preservation is FAR more complex than how many people you can stuff into a meadow at a time.
Take, for example, the case of Mirror Lake, on the MMWT. It has been closed to camping for FORTY YEARS. And yet, even today, it is easy to see the damage and erosion, even in photographs taken from high on the mountain above. That also gives you an idea of how long it takes for such things to heal----decades and decades---if ever.
You appear to look at capacity in terms of how many people can physically fit into a space, but I hope you see that it is more involved.
