Lemme let you all in a little secret. I have been working with my congressman to get the US Forest Service to become self sustaining or the lands go back to the counties they are in.
He approached the interior dept and the head told him-his words not mine, that, “we are not in this business to make money.” So we have a dept that sells a resource and it isnt in the business to make money. So the USFS draws funds from the general fund to operate. And there are a lot of them who make 6 figures in salary.
He (the congressman)is working on legislation to take care of the problem. Time will tell what happens.
Why would your congressman approach the Interior Department when the USFS is in the Dept of Ag?