I couldn’t agree more.
The USFS like the BLM have been infiltrated over many years with environmentalists that no longer manage the lands for the public good. They’re interested in furthering the radical enviros causes including stopping the use of natural resources and basically keeping everyone other than hikers off the lands.
"The USFS like the BLM have been infiltrated over many years with environmentalists that no longer manage the lands for the public good. They’re interested in furthering the radical enviros causes including stopping the use of natural resources and basically keeping everyone other than hikers off the lands."
And in fact, they don't really like hikers going in on THEIR land. Anyone who is 'the public' is an intruder in THEIR forest.
I worked for some months for the USFS...in the late 70s. Back then, rangers DID talk about opening up land for easy access, about logging, about grazing, about creating firebreaks and cutting areas at risk for fire. But THAT Forest Service is long, long gone.
Now the enviro-weenies have moved in, and the Gaia-worshippers control the USFS & BLM.
The Endangered Species Act has become a classic case of unintended consequences, although in truth there were people back then who warned what the outcome would be. It ought to be repealed today, but I can promise you both of my REPUBLICAN senators would fight tooth & nail to keep it!