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Though the revenue generated from the fees paid by visitors to U.S. National Forest campgrounds is welcomed by the under-funded U.S. Forest Service, the financial benefits do not justify the Service’s overemphasis on the maintenance of these campgrounds. In concentrating on generating revenue from campground visitors, the Forest Service runs the risk of losing sight of its intended purpose: to preserve our precious National Forests.

Which one of the following statements, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?

A. Only a small number of the camping facilities in the National Forests turned a profit last year.

B. The U.S. Forest Service spends a smaller proportion of its annual budget on facilities maintenance than does the Bureau of National Parks.

C. Many National Forests lack camping facilities.

D. Managing access to the forest by maintaining camping facilities is one way of preserving the forest as a whole.

E. The camping facilities in question offer only minimal accommodations.

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Prompt: visitors allowed>risk- forest preservation becomes secondary
Assumption: maintenance activities for visitors are not part of forest preservation

Only Option D weakens the assumption(considering which argument concludes its point) of the argument, hence Answer is option D
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it is only option D that explains that visitors are not responsible
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