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USFS Website Changes
dwils233:
--- Quote from: Buckhunter24 on May 14, 2025, 07:23:20 PM ---USFS website info has been undependable for many years in my experience.
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I think that's a use case question, more than anything. USFS as an extension of USDA is fundamentally a bureaucratic extension of the federal government- it's never going to be everything to everyone or on the cutting edge of design and accessibility for ease of use- but the core competency is going to be there.
official press releases- absolutely. Project announcements, forest plans, scoping letters and other stuff required by the federal registry or the legislature- definitely. Might be hard to find or navigate, but that's not particularly uncommon for any federal website. It's also not where I would look for any definitive information that isn't legally required though- plenty of better/efficient places to find that - either online or in direct dialogue with a ranger station.
NOCK NOCK:
"direct dialogue with a ranger station" LOLOLOLOL
My "attempt" to purchase a firewood permit last fall.......
call Entiat RS=closed, call Chelan RS=no answer, call Ltown RS=clueless gal knew nothing, call Wen headquarters=closed for construction, call Chelan again=told to drive to Cle Elum RS for one.
Next day drive to Wen RS=door locked with young gal sitin at front desk. After 5 minutes of me standing there staring at her she finally let me in....said she couldnt sell me one cause they were low on help. huh? you are here at front desk/no other customers. She had to ask a guy in back if it was OK.
finally she came back and did it, super quick, much faster than normal
All done spent about 2 hours on the above ordeal.
OWNF web road conditions are and have always been 4-8 months out of date. When you are lucky to actually speak to a person, they no little to nothing about the actual forest.
Forest CIRCUS is a fitting name.
Ghost Hunter:
Firewood permit Stevens Co. Stop by any hour, any day. Pick up your free 12 cord permit out of the box on the wall. :dunno: :tup:
deerlick:
that website has always been terrible
milldozer:
Agreed the websites have never been great or even that reliable, but it used to be at least some source of information on closures and access. Not having anything is not an acceptable solution. I'd hate to plan on a trip and drive across the state just to find out a road is gated.
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