Government shut down killing our vacation!!!!
Looks like our Shenendoah vacation might not happen ... We were headed to luray va to do the Skyline drive and then to Gettysburg!!!! Oh well
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U.S. Forest Service workers head home; national forests remain open
The article relates to Montana, but would assume it to be similar for other states.
From the article:
As long as a ranger or contracting officer isn’t needed nearby, the public can continue to play and work in national forests during the federal government shutdown.
“As long as they don’t need a contracting officer to do the work they’re doing, they can continue operating,” Forest Service Region 1 spokesman Brandan Schulze said on Tuesday morning. “People using undeveloped campgrounds that don’t have a ranger present can still stay there. The trails will still be open. I don’t imagine people are going to get trapped behind gates.”
That should be a relief for hunters scouting national forest lands as Montana’s big-game archery and upland game bird seasons get underway. But it leaves workers on Forest Service logging projects, prescribed burns and road maintenance in limbo.
Please link to the article for more information.
The article relates to Montana, but would assume it to be similar for other states.
From the article:
As long as a ranger or contracting officer isn’t needed nearby, the public can continue to play and work in national forests during the federal government shutdown.
“As long as they don’t need a contracting officer to do the work they’re doing, they can continue operating,” Forest Service Region 1 spokesman Brandan Schulze said on Tuesday morning. “People using undeveloped campgrounds that don’t have a ranger present can still stay there. The trails will still be open. I don’t imagine people are going to get trapped behind gates.”
That should be a relief for hunters scouting national forest lands as Montana’s big-game archery and upland game bird seasons get underway. But it leaves workers on Forest Service logging projects, prescribed burns and road maintenance in limbo.
Please link to the article for more information.
