- Joined
- Apr 18, 2005
- Location
- Greensboro, NC
Paving Tellico?
After attending the SFWDA 2nd Quarter Meeting in Blairsville, GA, I decided to take the long way home. Since I was only 20 miles from Murphy, NC, I thought I would drive through the Tellico OHV area on Trail 1 then take FS217 up to the Cherrohala Skyway to Robbinsville, NC and back home.
As I made my way across the trail I never saw another vehicle. As I approached the lower entrance to the Tipton community I began to notice a lot of flagging on the trees along the road. When I got to the bridge at the entrance to Lower 2, there were orange flags everywhere and orange dashes and red flags on each side of the road all the way to State Line Pay station!
When I reached State Live pay station I found this paving machine and roller, ready to roll! In fact it looks like the paver has already ripped some foliage off of some trees!
Also a dozier that has obviously had little regard for the trees around it?
It appears that despite their refusal to meet or compromise on the trail closure situation at the OHV area, the Forest Service is prepared to continue with their, set in stone agenda, which includes the literal paving of Trail 1, before even releasing the Final Plan! Is this a precursor or forewarning of what their decision will be? Who knows?
All I know for sure is that the Forest Service, as an arm of the U.S. Department Of Agriculture, which is an arm of MY federal government, which is supposed to represent ME, is refusing to talk, listen or compromise in their agenda of denying access to public lands to the very citizens they are supposed to serve!
After attending the SFWDA 2nd Quarter Meeting in Blairsville, GA, I decided to take the long way home. Since I was only 20 miles from Murphy, NC, I thought I would drive through the Tellico OHV area on Trail 1 then take FS217 up to the Cherrohala Skyway to Robbinsville, NC and back home.
As I made my way across the trail I never saw another vehicle. As I approached the lower entrance to the Tipton community I began to notice a lot of flagging on the trees along the road. When I got to the bridge at the entrance to Lower 2, there were orange flags everywhere and orange dashes and red flags on each side of the road all the way to State Line Pay station!
When I reached State Live pay station I found this paving machine and roller, ready to roll! In fact it looks like the paver has already ripped some foliage off of some trees!
Also a dozier that has obviously had little regard for the trees around it?
It appears that despite their refusal to meet or compromise on the trail closure situation at the OHV area, the Forest Service is prepared to continue with their, set in stone agenda, which includes the literal paving of Trail 1, before even releasing the Final Plan! Is this a precursor or forewarning of what their decision will be? Who knows?
All I know for sure is that the Forest Service, as an arm of the U.S. Department Of Agriculture, which is an arm of MY federal government, which is supposed to represent ME, is refusing to talk, listen or compromise in their agenda of denying access to public lands to the very citizens they are supposed to serve!
