[pct-l] Forests to Close Until Rainfall

[tahoe.cat at verizon.net (Cathy)]

Hi I just spoke to a USDA Forest Service Ranger at Mill Creek Station.
1600hrs. on Sunday the 26th of September. He said that they did not know of
any closer of the PCT from (where I want to hike) Mission Creek to Crab
Flats. He did not know of any total closer through out Southern California.
He would have been told on Friday if it were going to take place tonight.
Ground Pounder Bill     Murrieta, Ca.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Yakel" <eyakel@earthlink.net>
To: <dsaufley@sprynet.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Forests to Close Until Rainfall


> Opine all you want.  I think it is a travesty.  I am trying to figure out
> how I can start a fire dayhiking.  I don't have any matches, so that's not
> it.  I don't have a stove or any other fire making equipment, so that's
not
> it.  Oh, I know, it must be the sparks flying off my new balance trail
> running shoes.  Yeah, that's it.
> A typical knee jerk reaction by bureaucracy.  On a less sarcastic note:  I
> will be thru-hiking the trail in 2005 (if the forest service lets me).  I
am
> looking forward to partaking of your hospitality at that time.  Eric Yakel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <dsaufley@sprynet.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:56 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Forests to Close Until Rainfall
>
>
> > The National Forests (all of them in So. Cal) will close at midnight
> tonight.  Interestingly, the word is a "state of emergency" is being
> declared in the Forests, which if true would be unprecedented when there
are
> no major fires occurring (to the best of my knowledge anyway, corrections
> welcome).  Residents in the San Gabriel Nat'l are being evicted and
> businesses will close, which poses for some a devastating hardship.  IMHO,
> counties in Florida are in a "state of emergency."  So. Cal forests are in
a
> "precarious position."  But then, I digress from my self-imposed policy of
> not opining.
> >
> > On a related topic, Scott Williamson is on his way South, having reached
> the Canadian border on 8/9, and stands a very good chance of making it
> through the Sierras if good weather prevails.  In his last note he
indicated
> he was in Cascade Locks on 8/23 and anticipated being in the Sierras in
> early October, and here in Agua Dulce toward the end of the month.  Should
> the planets and the weather finally align for Scott's first ever yo-yo of
> the PCT, having hiked over 4,500 miles to reach the affected forests, what
a
> shame it would be if arbitrary government policies stop him from this
> monumental accomplishment.
> >
> > Scott mentioned passing three other south bounders.  For the last two
> years, and it looks like this one may be a third, south bounders have not
> been able to complete the PCT due to forest closures.  I for one would
like
> a pro-rated refund on my Nat'l Forest passes, which I have purchased for
> years without complaint.
> >
> > There is a silver lining in all of this though.  The forests are closing
> just as hunting season opened for another year.  Rack one up for the
> critters.
> >
> > -=Donna Saufley=-
> >
> >
> >
> >
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