[If they want to discourage people coming into the forests due to exploitation of the forest’s beauty, why sponsor a $25,000 contest?]
They want names.
And, I might add, is the government ponying up $25,000 of MY money to do this at all??????
The Village :)
Why BOTHER protecting the forests, when the border is wide open to anyone with a book of matches and who hates the US? I mean... c’mon!!
None of this makes sense any more!
Thanks for posting the poster pic.
Yes, they do appear to be trying to mitigate the backlash over their recent unconstitutional limitation on the right to access public lands.
Ironically the real reason is, they want to limit negative perceptions of their public lands management.
The forests here in the Northwest are full of foreigners picking salal (greenery)for the florist industry. You see their vans parked everywhere.
Kneel! Kneel before your masters! All hail the government employees!
Oops - we took pictures in a wilderness area: Editorial
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/09/oops_-_we_took_pictures_in_a_w.html
The FS's take, while wrong, is that the news crews are there for "commercial purposes". Unfortunately for the FS, the First Amendment trumps them in this area.