[pct-l] Fire danger may close forests

[matt maxon]

Judging from past closure  dates  and  the fact  the fire season has 
been  bumped up by 1-2 months , I'd guess there'd be a closure staring 
in July or August... (closed for July 4th?)

I just hope they don't wait to close the barn door until after the cows 
have gotten out, which seems to be the pattern.

Trail90

dsaufley at sprynet.com wrote:
> The forests (Cleveland, San Bernardino, and Angeles) have closed out here three times in recent years, and the PCT was closed right along with them.  I personally drove some sobo hikers down to the Angeles Nat'l Forest headquarters, to see if they could plead their case and get a pass to go through, and the answer was an unequivocal NO. The ranger went on to say that homes and business in the area were closed, causing loss of income and property use, and they couldn't make exceptions for those folks, so they would not make exceptions for PCT hikers. She also spoke about the fact that they'd lost 15% of the forest to fires, and could not afford to lose any more, so no exceptions were being granted whatsoever.  Thankfully, the two hikers took the news very well; they just made Plan B which involved traveling to a tropical island somewhere.  There was also another hiker (another year) that snuck through regardless of the closures. That's pretty risky since the fine for getting caught is up to $5000 for individuals, and $10,000 for groups that violate the closure.  
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> We can only hope that they don't close the forests in So Cal until the summer heat cranks up.  By then the nobos should all be through to the Sierras, and unaffected by the closures down here. 
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> L-Rod
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>> From: Marcia <gottawalk at pacbell.net>
>> Sent: Apr 10, 2007 11:53 AM
>> To: matt maxon <matt at mattmaxon.com>, PCT List <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fire danger may close forests
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>> Wouldn't be the first time to close forests due to fire danger.  Several New 
>> Mexico National Forests were closed in 2002 forcing CDT hikers onto roads. 
>> One forest Ranger gave permits to thru hikers so he could keep track of 
>> numbers and let hikers take an alternater route through Cibola NF. The 
>> permit was good for a dirt road walk, no stoves allowed and water drops on 
>> the road. The Ranger knew some thru hikers would ignore the closure but the 
>> special permits gave the FS some contol. I liked that system!
>>
>> I also hope that if the PCT runs through a forest closure that the PCTA 
>> could negotiate a special permit for thru hikers.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "matt maxon" <matt at mattmaxon.com>
>> To: "PCT List" <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:59 AM
>> Subject: [pct-l] Fire danger may close forests
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>> WHAAAAAA...... :'(
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