Comments on: Forest Service May Close Recreation Sites http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/forest_service_.html Dispatches from a Small Business Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Akarsian http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/forest_service_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1093 Akarsian Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:33:10 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/forest_service_.html #comment-1093 <p>Does anyone have a link or info for a map of which sites USFS is planning on closing?</p> Does anyone have a link or info for a map of which sites USFS is planning on closing?

]]> By: markm http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/forest_service_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1092 markm Sun, 24 Apr 2005 02:22:16 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/forest_service_.html #comment-1092 <p>Doug: Probably the salary for an employee to collect the fees comes out of one budget, and the money collected goes into another budget. That is, you can't use the fees to pay for the collector. Absurd, but it's how the government works...</p> Doug: Probably the salary for an employee to collect the fees comes out of one budget, and the money collected goes into another budget. That is, you can’t use the fees to pay for the collector. Absurd, but it’s how the government works…

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/forest_service_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1091 Dave Schuler Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:47:32 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/forest_service_.html #comment-1091 <p>It's not just labor laws that have reduced volunteerism. 50 years ago a significantly smaller proportion of the population had full-time employment. And full-time employees worked fewer hours.</p> <p>Stagnant growth in median family income has a long-term corrosive effect on the society. I wish I had a solution for it but I don't.</p> It’s not just labor laws that have reduced volunteerism. 50 years ago a significantly smaller proportion of the population had full-time employment. And full-time employees worked fewer hours.

Stagnant growth in median family income has a long-term corrosive effect on the society. I wish I had a solution for it but I don’t.

]]> By: Doug Murray http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/04/forest_service_.html/comment-page-1#comment-1090 Doug Murray Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:39:05 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/04/forest_service_.html #comment-1090 <p>Some months ago, Neal Boortz told of visiting Yellowstone in a camper. Entry fees were posted, but the collector's booth was unoccupied and visitors were streaming through the open gate. When he asked the forest service about it, they said there was not enough money in the budget to man the booth. Seems to me the fees from two or three of those vehicles per hour should suffice and the rest would be gravy.</p> <p>Admittedly, Boortz can exagerate and I might not remember it exactly right, but it sounded believable to me. Is it?</p> Some months ago, Neal Boortz told of visiting Yellowstone in a camper. Entry fees were posted, but the collector’s booth was unoccupied and visitors were streaming through the open gate. When he asked the forest service about it, they said there was not enough money in the budget to man the booth. Seems to me the fees from two or three of those vehicles per hour should suffice and the rest would be gravy.

Admittedly, Boortz can exagerate and I might not remember it exactly right, but it sounded believable to me. Is it?

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