Entiat Hunts - GMU 244 and 246 (Closure)

[MtnMuley]

More power to those who do! This is about as bullchit  as it gets.

[huntnphool]

I'm in but need someone to pay that fine they threaten u with. 

 Fine? They slapped the hand of the idiot in the jeep for doing something far worse than walking into a closed area, go for it!

[PlateauNDN]

I'm in oh wait......nevermind

[UBA]

I'm in but need someone to pay that fine they threaten u with. 

 Fine? They slapped the hand of the idiot in the jeep for doing something far worse than walking into a closed area, go for it!

So your saying I need to get a new jeep and just smash thru the gate?   

[muleracks]

Closure order 917 says the fine for an individual is up to $5000 and $10,000 for an organization and up to 6 months in prison.  (link)
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3814358.pdf

I bet someone at the Entiat Ranger District knows about trail cams.  and how to run auto license tabs.   The gate is 12 miles from the Wilderness Boundary.  Wilderness is open but there is almost no way to get there.  Even the trail out of Lucerne (Lake Chelan) is closed because of the Wolverine fire.

[westsidehntr]

Let's all go in and divvy up the 10 grand fine. Someone volunteer to serve the prison time.

[crabcreekhunter]

Leave the gate closed or open it the heck up, but atleast give us access... It's our property, I don't need someone protecting me!!  These last few years have been bs, low intensity fire on Duncan not a big deal, lady needs to figure it out, and I suppose that after five years Muleracks not a chance in h2:: that the FS will clear any trails! That closure is hurting the valley.

[muleracks]

Free health care and meals for 6 months; what a deal.

A Chelan County Commissioner wrote "The recent closures in the Entiat have gone beyond historical actions."  On required collaboration with the local goverment; "We do not feel that an after action open house meets the criteria of Collaboration."  (message to Forest Deputy Supervisor Kuiken).
Local residents, fishers, campers, hikers and hunters are not the only ones upset about Range Flanagan's handling of the burn.

[jeffitz]

Unfreakingbelievable,whose pocket is this crack in?

[muleracks]

The Access Entiat committee and Entiat Watershed Planning Unit plans to let the Wolverine fire settle down before pushing for the Duncan burn to be reopened.  The entire burn including the Entiat North Fork and the burn itself.  This deer season, it is likely that everything from Shady Pass (FS 5900) from Entiat to 25 mile Creek, will be closed at least through October.  Hopefully things will open up for the November permit holders in GMU 246 (Slide Ridge) and for the goat permit holder.