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December 23, 2006
Happy Holidays! Grand Teton National Park
Pennsylvania: Mechanical pheasant busts “hunter”
MEYERSDALE — A Meyersdale hunter jumped out of his vehicle to take a shot at a pheasant – but in the end, it was his feathers that were ruffled.
Bryan Harris spotted, or thought he spotted, the bird meandering along the road.
Wyoming: Hunter bullied by “property owners”
Chad Heiser feels vindicated, but the few days he spent worrying about the six-point bull elk he shot still gnaws at him. And his experience serves as a warning to all hunters, as well as private landowners.
Oregon: Cost of entering Crater Lake National Park to double
CRATER LAKE, Ore. (AP) - The government plans to double the cost of getting into Crater Lake National Park.
Utah: Skiers and snowmobilers fight over Wasatch-Cache National Forest canyon
On a snowy road near Tony Grove Lake, skiers and snowmobilers alike said they had experienced ill feelings, which became so intense at times that last year the Forest Service hired a professional mediator to meet with representatives from the two sides, without success.
Utah: Camping fees to rise in Uinta National Forest
PROVO — For the first time in five years, fees will increase for some camping grounds in the Uinta National Forest.
At the beginning of the new year, single family camping fees will increase from $11 to $12 or $14 in the Heber and Spanish Fork Ranger Districts, according to a statement released Monday by the U.S. Forest Service. In the Pleasant Grove Ranger District, the price to camp will increase from $11 to $13.
Minnesota: Superior National Forest saloon to be made into BWCAW access
DULUTH, Minn.The Chainsaw Sisters Saloon, the last bit of civilization for canoeists and anglers heading into the BWCA toward Mudro Lake and beyond, is slated for demolition in the wake of a real estate deal completed this week.
Colorado: Paper provides some details on proposed campground closures
DENVER - Half of the 59 campgrounds in Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest could be closed or their services changed under proposed cutbacks by the Forest Service.
Bush administration exempts forest plans from NEPA
Another new low.
On December 12, 2006, the Bush Administration announced that it will categorically exclude forest management plans from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The announcement amounts to nothing less than the most radical overhaul of forest policy in the last 30 years. The new rule rewrites the 1976 National Forest Management Act (NFMA), which has governed federal forest management on all of this country’s 192 million acres of forest land for several decades.