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( 2 ) We are not prepared, at this time , to list all our thoughts on Ranch usage . That will remain for the Master Plan ' s completion . we will say, though , that some appropriate recreational usesinre- clude nature walks , bird-watching , picnics , and playing in the stored family playground. Inappropriate uses are creating a base- ball diamond, riding dirt bikes through the woods, and sectioning off a portion of the Ranch to create a "Dog Park . " For another example: appropriate environmental uses would include restoring the original gardens , using part of the acreage to dem- onstrate farming techniques of 50 years ago, and cataloguing the native plant species of this unique urban forest . Inappropriate uses are apparently already taking place, according to a Feb. 11 , 1992 "Opinion" article in the Register-Guard by Robert and Virginia Freeman of the Morse Ranch Off Leash Asso. The Freemans report that dog owners have been planting a variety of bulbs in order to "brighten up" the place . This is just one more instance of people negatively impacting the Ranch through ignorance - in this case, contaminating the proposed botanical survey. We ask that the Com- mission direct these people to locate and remove any such plantings . If there is any confusion over a proposed Ranch activity, the method to determining its appropriateness is to consider the element pre- ceding it. Does a recreational activity fit with the environment? If there is still confusion , ask if the activity provides an edu- cational opportunity? And even if the activity does fit at that point, the ultimate deciding factor is that the activity should fall within the historical context. As mentioned before, in the case of a historical property, the uses of such a property should never be determined by sheer numbers of people who wish to impose their will upon it. The property itself shapes its own use and majority does not rule. Whether one person per day or fifty per day deided e to oovisitmtthe egRanch is not a consideration. A historic prope y c ed in the manner of usage and amount of return per square foot. The actual value of such a property does not lie in its relative popularity. Thus , the arguement that, with a Dog Park ,more people will visit the Ranch,should not be taken into account. We of the Wayne Morse Historical Park Corp. believe that there will be an increase in visitations when the programs we propose are enacted. These programs will not happen instantly and there will be many who will point to the Ranch and say that no one is using it again . But we believe that instant and uncontrolled use sdetrimental - the Ranch and the surrounding neighborhood. By gradually incorpor- ating programs such as 4-J schoolchildren visiting , horticultural exhibitions , an old-time farming event, a return of the annual Easter Egg Hunt , etc. , the usage of the Ranch will be increased, but in a structured manner necessary to the property ' s integrity. The current parking problem is proof that othstructue re dismaldesperately needed, as is seen in many other par