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I personally have seen snowmobilers in there in the winter chase and harass wintering elk, so closing this down will help those animals a lot IMO. While yes, its an inconvenience for many hunters who have hunted and camped up there, it will add a large roadless area to a lower shrub steppe environment, something we have very little of in this state. I think this could be a very good thing for people willing to work a little. Some great ground up that valley.
Well, here's a question nobody here has addressed:How much is the USFS spending on this "decommissioning" project? They're taking out two bridges, recycling asphalt from the road they are tearing up, pulling out a bunch of culverts, yada yadaYou think that's cheap? Doesn't anybody understand they could likely fix the road with the same money?This is just another lockout of the public from public land. We own that land! For people who are concerned about snowmobilers harassing elk... turn the b@$tard$ in. Harassing wildlife is a crime. I am fed up with the small fortunes being spent to "decommission" roads. It's ACCESS people.
Good point Dave!!!!! The road is not that bad was up there a couple weeks ago.
The little rattlesnake is a useless road as it is. Why fix it if you don't need it? I will be happy to hike in. The fishing will only get better.I think the wildcat 1306 rd should be higher priority to open back up. That is where they log the most and it provides acsess to the se part of 356.
We all are entitled to our own opinions. If I want to access the top half, I will drive around to the top. It doesn't matter to me. The little rattlesnake is fun to bike and hike right now as it is. I love being with no other traffic on the road. It is useless to the forest service so they are loosing money if the fix it and loosing money if they tear it apart. I sure hope I draw a bethel tag. It will keep the lazy people out and make the hunting that much better.
Quote from: Naches Sportsman on October 02, 2013, 12:22:05 PMWe all are entitled to our own opinions. If I want to access the top half, I will drive around to the top. It doesn't matter to me. The little rattlesnake is fun to bike and hike right now as it is. I love being with no other traffic on the road. It is useless to the forest service so they are loosing money if the fix it and loosing money if they tear it apart. I sure hope I draw a bethel tag. It will keep the lazy people out and make the hunting that much better.So it's all about you huh? How about we close all roads by your mentality?I did draw a big bull Bethel tag last year and the little rattlesnake road was great. In and out in 15 min to camp and if you have a trailer in there and it snows, it's the best safe way out. We were really wishing it was doable with a trailer but it was trucks only. It's barely even bad, the only thing bad was the dirt pile the *censored*es built. I will continue to drive that road until they decommission it to satisfy the greenies...
Quote from: turbo on October 03, 2013, 09:00:30 AMQuote from: Naches Sportsman on October 02, 2013, 12:22:05 PMWe all are entitled to our own opinions. If I want to access the top half, I will drive around to the top. It doesn't matter to me. The little rattlesnake is fun to bike and hike right now as it is. I love being with no other traffic on the road. It is useless to the forest service so they are loosing money if the fix it and loosing money if they tear it apart. I sure hope I draw a bethel tag. It will keep the lazy people out and make the hunting that much better.So it's all about you huh? How about we close all roads by your mentality?I did draw a big bull Bethel tag last year and the little rattlesnake road was great. In and out in 15 min to camp and if you have a trailer in there and it snows, it's the best safe way out. We were really wishing it was doable with a trailer but it was trucks only. It's barely even bad, the only thing bad was the dirt pile the *censored*es built. I will continue to drive that road until they decommission it to satisfy the greenies...I came down 1501 Saturday, 2 rock slides now. One kinda big. Probably 4wd only now.
Don't be angry with him, guys. He's not the one who decided to shut it down. Besides, if it makes sense economically I really don't blame the Forest service. We complain all the time about wasted money and excessive government spending, yet when they do something like this to save money in the long run, people still complain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free
This is just another lockout of the public from public land. We own that land!