Comments on: Forest closure

By: chrispy

chrispy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:22:35 +0000

Consider this! The 5,000 logging roads the Government allowed and allows to exist in the Eldo contribute a heck of a lot more to erosion than a few thousand off roaders a year.

By: chrispy

chrispy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:07:51 +0000

Make no mistake our rights are being impinged upon more and more. After 100 years of forestry mis-management, we are now told to believe Kathy and her overpaid staff have the right to tell us how and when to access our National Forest? I see a locked gate, I open it on site. Problem solved.

By: cookie65

cookie65 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:48:59 +0000

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law.
Winston Churchill

By: M. Schumann

M. Schumann — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:17:45 +0000

They closed the 40 plus roads because of meadows, they said by putting tire tracks across the meadow that it would allow the moisture to dissipate faster than if left pristine. Instead of closing the roads and instead of filling and repairing the meadows all they needed to do was to lay bleeder mats and raise the road a few inches above the meadow grade. That would have stopped the evaporation process and left the roads open to the public. This shows me that they have no intentions of leaving our forest for the citizens; they never want to try an alternative method because there way is the only way; which is a fallacy. They always try to make you believe that they are working with you, but they always turn a deaf ear when it comes to alternatives, we lose they win. The decision to close the roads to full size 4x4s is not a bad decision but they could leave them open to ATV’s

By: Darrin

Darrin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:34:39 +0000

Well with the amount of rain we have had here locally, I think it was the right decision and not asinine of the USFS. The dirt roads on hills end up being impassable with ruts and tire tracks. More and more damage can be done in the wet season. Yes, you will make some angry but others will be glad to be able to use those areas with no threat of yahoos flying along in their 4x’s ( I am sure they are all flatlanders, as no local would do that).

By: Foaming at the Mouth

Foaming at the Mouth — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:28:19 +0000

Yeah, I wanted to go mudding last weekend, and mean Kathy spoiled my fun. Nothing like 2-foot ruts and mud up to your eyeballs – it’s the American way.