FS supports developing piblic land

[whatnot]

Forest Service looks to public land, local tax dollars to house its workers - WyoFile

Proponents see Bridger-Teton National Forest project as a novel approach to keep vital forest workers close to the lands they manage. Critics see a “slippery slope.”

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[wytex]

Several sites around the Snowies that the FS already has cabins on could be great housing if families want to live pretty remote.
Work stations too for that matter.
They already have private leases for cabins why not build housing for workers?

 

[44hunter45]

My sister spent years in USFS housing in Alaska and Idaho. Seasonal and field personnel should have housing close to the SO or their reporting point. My only question is who will be in this housing.

If they are going to say that a GS-14/GS-15 or SES Forest Supervisor can't afford a house, I will throw the BS flag.

 

[whatnot]

Several sites around the Snowies that the FS already has cabins on could be great housing if families want to live pretty remote.
Work stations too for that matter.
They already have private leases for cabins why not build housing for workers?

i dont work in gov, so i havent lost all common sense, but maybe NOT have offices in one of the most expensive zip codes in the country?

Further, explain how this would be different than what Miike Lee is pushig for?

 

[Straight Arrow]

Several sites around the Snowies that the FS already has cabins on could be great housing if families want to live pretty remote.
Work stations too for that matter.
They already have private leases for cabins why not build housing for workers?

Someone from Wyoming should have a better realization of the difficulty in residing in the snowy, oft inaccessible backcountry where most USFS cabins are located. It's a tough trip through paradise to Walmart! Even fed workers have to eat.

 

[wytex]

The sites I'm talking about are along the highway, just get in and drive to town.
Many folks live very remotely in Wyoming, getting to the store twice a month maybe.
I understand well the challenges to living remotely, maybe you do not??
Where did I say backcountry cabins? Many of the leases around here have highway access as well.

 

[BuzzH]

i dont work in gov, so i havent lost all common sense, but maybe NOT have offices in one of the most expensive zip codes in the country?

Further, explain how this would be different than what Miike Lee is pushig for?

So, where do you want USFS managers to live on the BT? It makes no sense to have an S.O. in the middle of nowhere, not effective or efficient for the workers or the public.

Its been discussed ad nauseum to move the SO out of Jackson, not many alternatives and all are still expensive.

Sometimes you just have to suck it up, the work still needs to be done and providing housing is the only way it will work. That is, unless you're good with paying seasonal trail crews 300K a year.

 

[whatnot]

So, where do you want USFS managers to live on the BT? It makes no sense to have an S.O. in the middle of nowhere, not effective or efficient for the workers or the public.

Its been discussed ad nauseum to move the SO out of Jackson, not many alternatives and all are still expensive.

Sometimes you just have to suck it up, the work still needs to be done and providing housing is the only way it will work. That is, unless you're good with paying seasonal trail crews 300K a year.

your inventory guys seem to be fine in trailers,

in the real world, when we've worked up there, we dont house dudes in Jackson, but mainly because we have forethought.

And no. No one believes Freedom costs tge same as Jackson. Thats usual Gov mismanagement at its finest.

I was told public land in public hands was tge goal.....

 

[WyoCoalMiner]

So, where do you want USFS managers to live on the BT? It makes no sense to have an S.O. in the middle of nowhere, not effective or efficient for the workers or the public.

Its been discussed ad nauseum to move the SO out of Jackson, not many alternatives and all are still expensive.

Just buy some of the dirt cheap land in Alpine or Pinedale.