Besides the fact that the landowners at Cinnabar have written a dozen letters saying that they WANT public access to Cinnabar to remain open, the Forest Service has a history of land-grabbing, or stealing access from landowners through the court system in the rare case when the Forest Service wants public access through private property.
Keith Lannom, Payette National Forest Supervisor lies and blames the landowner at Cinnabar as being the primary reason for the Forest Service closing Sugar Creek Road.
The landowner, in his 12th response, calling Keith Lannom's assertions "false". Numerous emails have been sent to Forest Supervisor Keith Lannom asking him to stop blaming the landowner. Numerous emails have been sent to Forest Supervisor Keith Lannom asking him to look for ways to work WITH the landowner to restore public access. Krassel District Ranger Anthony Botello also blames the landowner at Cinnabar anytime a member of the public asks why he ordered the closure of Sugar Creek Road.
A year earlier, the landowner at Cinnabar sent Krassel District Ranger Anthony Botello a letter stating he "wanted the public" to "have access to Sugar Creek Road". However, Krassel District Ranger Anthony Botello continues to regurgitate the same old lies anytime the public asks why the Payette National Forest closed Sugar Creek Road without holding a single public comment period, violating NEPA and other federal laws in the process.
Keith Lannom blaming the landowner for the closure of Sugar Creek Road in his response to US Senator Mike Crapo on September 25th, 2017 after dozens of letters from the landowners stated they want Sugar Creek Road open to the public: is unprofessional, deliberately misleading and a calculated untruth. Furthermore, the Forest Service has a history of simply "taking" public easements.
THE FOREST SERVICE IS NOTORIOUS FOR SIMPLY TAKING PRIVATE LAND WHEN IT SUITS THEM
The U.S. Forest Service targets cooperative landowner in Montana.
https://www.perc.org/articles/arrogance-us-forest-service
The landowner had asked to move the trail away from his home for privacy, even offering to pay for it. However, the Forest Service wasn't happy with that offer, sued the landowner to retain ownership of the existing route, and won against the landowner in federal court.
Where it suits the Forest Service to retain access to their personal favorite camping spots, they have no problem fighting and winning for public access through private property.
When it suits Keith Lannom, Payette National Forest Supervisor to shift blame onto someone else, he says that he would love to grant the public access to a road in Cinnabar that has been a public right of way for over 100 years.....if only the big mean evil private property owners would let him.
Which is more childish than the time my son, an only child, blamed one of his stuffed animals for making a mess of his room. He was only three at the time. Keith Lannom is supposed to be an adult who takes responsibility for his words and actions.
Scott Amos
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ReplyDeleteSo, if I were to post a comment here stating that I don't agree with many of the questionable practices taking place on the Payette National Forest, Susan Dixon might write an email about me, calling me anti-government?
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that Susan Dixon doesn't have enough to do in a day. Maybe she should make herself useful...go out into the parking lot, and pull some weeds, or maybe wash some green rigs. Or maybe get paid by the hour to go the local gym. My guess is that a "Forest Environmental Coordinator" could benefit from a whole lot of time at the gym.
And Brian Harris is someone else without enough to do. Another one of Lannom's minions, doing his bidding. Most likely another person who could benefit from a healthy exercise regiment.
ReplyDeleteInstead of stalking US Citizens, exercising their rights to free speech, maybe Brian and Susan could do something different, and make an attempt to actually earn the money the taxpayers are giving them, for doing God knows what...though probably very little, in terms of usefulness.