Well Doug I wouldn't say I know less than nothing about what I'm saying. As you can see in the post I mentioned that I didn't know if anything has been worked out with the grooming and keeping of trails on Potlatch land.
"potlatch is letting us ride in mccall areas. does not require a special sticker of any kind here."
I would like you to explain the exact boundaries where they are letting you ride. How is the "mccall area" defined? Why is the "McCall area" exempt.
Edit: I assume you are talking about all of the newly acquired land.
I don't think stickers are being recognized this year as the land transaction between Tim Blixesth (spelling) and Potlatch took place in Dec.-Jan. As you can imagine it would be very hard to mark areas and inform the public. What I mean is it would take quite an amount of time to inform, and I'm sure as they are in transition there is more to worry about than keeping us out of their forest. I'm only talking about this newly acquired land, up north "use stickers" are already required. But make no mistake it will come, I imagine this summer will be the earliest you may see anything. Now for those who don't know this is not a public company. It is in no way related to: FS, State, BLM, etc. It is private ground. And even when it was Boise Cascade owned it was still private land, it was just open to the public.
That said the great thing about Potlatch is it is unlikely they will close the land off completely. They are great because they still let us camp, hunt, fish, get wood, etc. That said, make no mistake that they are in the business of making money (as we all are). They charge for hiking, camping, driving, and even walking. This summer you will see some of the parcels of land that are close to McCall, New Meadows, and Cascade: Being logged completely and prepared for sale in the future.
Switchback04- Your best bet for obtaining inormation would probably be IDL, or the IDFG. Infact if you pick up the current game regulations (I believe it is found on the last page) you will find I website and phone number where more information can be obtained. May have been the fishing regs that I was looking at, I'm not sure that the 08-09 regs are out yet.
Now I'm in no way in favor of closing our public land. But Private is Private and they can do what they want with it. Too many people move hear and become know it all's about everything and everywhere (thats how Switchback04 came off to me).Sorry I don't know you, I'm just saying thats why I reacted the way I did. I'm interested to know if I'm right though. I don't like tourists and I don't want my area and home booming with people as Mr. Miller does. It seems you have pretty grandeous plans for McCall. And to me you seem as if you think you are the greatest thing to happen to the grooming program, in awhile. When there are many that have worked much longer and devoted more time than you have, Doug. I was born and raised here and I absolutely hate seeing whats happening to the place. Its really gone downhill.
Edit: It was wrong for me to say that another sticker is required, I should have said another sticker will be required. The Point I was trying to make is that it is not Public land, in the general sense. (In my above post)
Doug again, you can refer to my above post for a thank you. But next time you better watch your mouth when you tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. Your Bull$hit don't fool me Doug!!!!
When I get another set of regs, I'll try and post a link for some info.
