Is there even any USFS enforcement in the field presently?
Yes they are “essential personnel”
Wait a second…. You mean attending all the “No Kings” rallies wasn’t enough?
Ground delays everywhere already
Yup, can confirm most my flights this weekend were delayed. Worst was 3 hours due to atc issues
You can buy permits on-line in some places.
It’s a start. I encourage a shutdown until the voices of complaints are overwhelming the snark.
Its weird. The BLM district I get my firewood in doesnt have e-permits. The adjacent ones do.
Thats called winning, regardless of where you stand.
I find it odd all of them aren't online in 2025.
I have to get a permit but it's been free for 10 cords since the last couple years. Wallowa- Whitman NF. Is it that way everywhere?
Odd, right? Harvesting fire wood is the literal tip of the iceberg. Interestingly, the Inflation Reduction Act had $1B allocated to Federal permitting reform and speeding up environmental review. But the IRA was "wasteful spending!!!", so after election Trump signed an executive order called "Updating Permitting Technology for the 21st Century" that did basically the same thing as the IRA was allocating money to, just so he could take credit for it I presume. Welcome to politics. If you can't take credit for the good thing, it's bad. One of the positives from DOGE may be the automation of a lot of stuff that the two sides would fight over endlessly for years. It would be nice to buy a firewood harvest or Christmas tree permit online and just go do your thing. I remain resolute in saying any inefficiency in government is the monster we created. It doesn't have to be this way.
Not too sure, that's a good question.
You don't need to pray about it. Just get your chainsaw out.
Two of them, because my POS Stihl never runs very long.You don't need to pray about it. Just get your chainsaw out.
Funny, recently had a " discussion" with a friend about which saws were most reliable. He had just bought a Stihl.
I've been pretty disappointed in my Stihl as well. My father in law has a couple Husqvarna's that will out do it all day long.
