USFS Travel Management Bill
If you want to help keep USFS roads open to boondocking and general year round access contact your representatives to voice your support for HR 1555: linky
Forum Discussion
profdant139 wrote:
Dave54, I have to admit you are right -- if you have ever visited the Cal Fire Demonstration forests (Jackson, or Mtn Home), they are in great shape -- the forests are thinned, and the trees are healthy. The Calif State Parks? Not so much.
I read the CA state forests not only pay for themselves, they actually have a ROI of around 8% -- making a profit for the state treasury. The Forest Service used to. The FS at one time was considered one of the best run government agencies, returned a profit to the US Treasury, and the forests were healthier. Then the so-called 'environmentalists' started taking over, running to friendly federal judges, inflaming public opinion with false propaganda. Now the agency is a mess and the forests are a slow motion train wreck. I know, I retired from the FS.
CA intentionally unfunded their state parks when the depression hit and the state was teetering on bankruptcy. Still playing catch up with the budget.
