Wisdom Ranger District

Poor land management!! We have visited many national forests in the U.S. But, this forest seems to be managed the worst, by far. Twenty years ago, we loved camping and mountain biking here. But the utter decline of the forest health (acres and acres of dying trees, huge fires...) and lack of management is extremely disappointing and sad. Recently we hoped to mountain bike three trails off of... Poor land management!! We have visited many national forests in the U.S. But, this forest seems to be managed the worst, by far. Twenty years ago, we loved camping and mountain biking here. But the utter decline of the forest health (acres and acres of dying trees, huge fires...) and lack of management is extremely disappointing and sad. Recently we hoped to mountain bike three trails off of the Trail Creek Road: Hogan Creek trail, Elk Creek Trail and the Neemepoo Trail. Wow! There was no trailhead sign along the Trail Creek Road for either Hogan Creek or Neemepoo. And, the Elk Creek Trailhead sign was old and difficult to find. And the condition of the forest is appalling. As professional foresters, it appears to us that there is NO forest management here. And, obviously, the USFS is not too good at putting wildfires out! Terrible! Perhaps harvesting dying timber and aggresively addressing the insect problems would be beneficial! Perhaps the USFS is trying to discourage the tax-paying public from recreating in this once-beautiful area. Who really wants to camp in a charred, poorly managed and neglected forest anyways?

Poor land management!! We have visited many national forests in the U.S. But, this forest seems to be managed the worst, by far. Twenty years ago, we loved camping and mountain biking here. But the utter decline of the forest health (acres and acres of dying trees, huge fires...) and lack of management is extremely disappointing and sad. Recently we hoped to mountain bike three trails off of... Poor land management!! We have visited many national forests in the U.S. But, this forest seems to be managed the worst, by far. Twenty years ago, we loved camping and mountain biking here. But the utter decline of the forest health (acres and acres of dying trees, huge fires...) and lack of management is extremely disappointing and sad. Recently we hoped to mountain bike three trails off of the Trail Creek Road: Hogan Creek trail, Elk Creek Trail and the Neemepoo Trail. Wow! There was no trailhead sign along the Trail Creek Road for either Hogan Creek or Neemepoo. And, the Elk Creek Trailhead sign was old and difficult to find. And the condition of the forest is appalling. As professional foresters, it appears to us that there is NO forest management here. And, obviously, the USFS is not too good at putting wildfires out! Terrible! Perhaps harvesting dying timber and aggresively addressing the insect problems would be beneficial! Perhaps the USFS is trying to discourage the tax-paying public from recreating in this once-beautiful area. Who really wants to camp in a charred, poorly managed and neglected forest anyways?