Togwotee Pass, Wyoming

[RMOD800]

There will be a public comment period for the proposed future use of this area. There will be comments heard from forest users concerning the potential restriction of snowmobile use of Two Ocean Mountain and areas north of the highway (Breccia Cliff Area). This is the final meeting and a decision will be made by the Forest Service.

All users, including riders that generally use Togwotee and may not ride in the more technical areas mentioned, are urged to attend the meeting. If you are not heard, don't plan on riding the area mentioned in the future.

The back country skiiers that are promoting this action, are well organized and have done a good job on commenting and lobbying the Forest Service. The snowmobile community has been way to complacent and need to organize to combat this attack on multi use of Federal Lands.

The meeting is at 6:00 p.m., February 13, at the Dubois High School (Wyoming). Hope you can attend to voice a united front against this injustice.

 

[snopromod]

This is a bunch of garbage! Only reason they (backcountry skiers and greenies) are organized is because they are a bunch of drop outs who don't have real jobs and have time to put together dumb letters and emails.. We the snowmobilers work hard to pay for our sport and support economies for other communities and don't have the time to travel 7hrs to a meeting on a Wednesday night to voice opinion! Of course they would host it in middle of the week, the greenies and skiers don't work so of course they will make it! *******s..

 

[RMOD800]

Thanks for the reply.....spread the word!

 

[RMOD800]

Shoshone National Forest Environmental Impact Statement link.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5379626.pdf

It is my understanding the forest service favors option "B" on pages 15 through 17. The coalition is trying to influence this alternative and add additional restricted use.

 

[RMOD800]

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/shoshone/home/?cid=stelprdb5199919


email: shoshone_forestplan@fs.fed.us (thats an underscore between shoshone and forest, the line covers it up)

or call: (307) 527-6241. Ask for the planning team

 

[polaris dude]

This is a bunch of garbage! Only reason they (backcountry skiers and greenies) are organized is because they are a bunch of drop outs who don't have real jobs and have time to put together dumb letters and emails.. We the snowmobilers work hard to pay for our sport and support economies for other communities and don't have the time to travel 7hrs to a meeting on a Wednesday night to voice opinion! Of course they would host it in middle of the week, the greenies and skiers don't work so of course they will make it! *******s..

I think it benefits sledders more. The locals are clearly going to be for snowmobiling(The businesses and those that sled). I doubt there will be many locals in favor of more skiers. On the other hand most skiers are from further away and would have to commute.

 

[snowgood]

response

sent my response to the communists of America. people have something to say about this!!!!! if we don't say anything now our kids will not be able to say anything at all later. 40 or 50 years from now this place is going to be a sh** hole country with no guns,( or the only ones that do have them are criminals and the government, oh wait there one in the same what am i saying) no right to access, no freedom of speech,and then in the end no right to vote. PLEASE JOIN A CLUB OR DONATE sg

 

[snopromod]

sent my response to the communists of America. people have something to say about this!!!!! if we don't say anything now our kids will not be able to say anything at all later. 40 or 50 years from now this place is going to be a sh** hole country with no guns,( or the only ones that do have them are criminals and the government, oh wait there one in the same what am i saying) no right to access, no freedom of speech,and then in the end no right to vote. PLEASE JOIN A CLUB OR DONATE sg

Well said! Im so sick of these people trying to shut our areas down, we definetly(snowmobilers/outdoor enthusiests) need to stand up to these devils!

 

[paulharris]

is this the area at togwotee with the famous huge rock cliffs that they are trying to close to snowmobiles?

Unreal how 99% of snowmobilers could care less about this stuff, there are roughly 2700 people viewing the performance & modified forums currently and 4 viewing the land use....those numbers say it all.

very simple....get involved now in numbers or its gone

 

[Dogmeat]

is this the area at togwotee with the famous huge rock cliffs that they are trying to close to snowmobiles?

Unreal how 99% of snowmobilers could care less about this stuff, there are roughly 2700 people viewing the performance & modified forums currently and 4 viewing the land use....those numbers say it all.

very simple....get involved now in numbers or its gone

Its disgusting, isn't it?

 

[snomoman]

where is all the support from the manufacturers,dealers,high profile riders???

 

[polaris dude]

is this the area at togwotee with the famous huge rock cliffs that they are trying to close to snowmobiles?

Unreal how 99% of snowmobilers could care less about this stuff, there are roughly 2700 people viewing the performance & modified forums currently and 4 viewing the land use....those numbers say it all.

very simple....get involved now in numbers or its gone

Yep, everyone needs to do their dam part!

 

[snowgood]

sled warriors

a new group that is trying to gather support as a hole industry. there info is on snowest here but bought a hat and probably get a pullover too hat is real sweat. that's sledwarriors sg

 

[M C]

Does anyone know outcome on the vote in this area??

 

[paulharris]

where is all the support from the manufacturers,dealers,high profile riders???

there is none, no one takes it seriously. ski doo is the only one i have seen with their million $ club program. i have not seen it this year, but they would donate $10 to the club of your choice if you turned a form into your local dealer.

 

[RMOD800]

the Forest Service is still in the final stages of their plan. The Rangers had toured the area before the meeting and became familiar with the area in question (Two Ocean Mountain only). Their thought process was that there's not a justifiable reason to restrict snowmobiles from this area. They are still in the decision making process and I would not be surprised if there is some sort of restriction based on the recent court decision in Colorado. We can only hope that they will not be influenced by special interest groups and ignore multi-use by all. We can't drop the ball and let this issue that we all face, become a mute point that all forget about. That is how WE WILL LOOSE the areas to the special interest groups. They have patience and funding. This alone makes the groups a danger to multi-use by all.