On holiday weekends thousands of people picnic in state parks.Some picnic areas become so overcrowded the benefit or value of picnicking diminishes to zero.An overcrowded picnic area is an example of

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An overcrowded picnic area is an example of Tragedy of the Commons, which occurs when individuals consume a shared resource without considering the costs of resource depletion, eventually leading to the depletion of the resource. In this case, the shared resource is the picnic area, and the overconsumption leads to overcrowding, decrease in the benefit or value of picnicking and environmental degradation.

On Holiday Weekends Thousands of People Picnic in State Parks