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Slater Turner
District Ranger

I attend the community meeting on February 4, 2009 at the Paulina School. Several Paulina community member and friends of the community attended the meeting.

There were numerous issues that were brought up regarding reducing Rager Ranger Station to a work station. I will list the issues here. I have requested a copy of the issues that were written down during the meeting. I will update this list as more issues are brought to light.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions that I can answer or if you have issues you would like to see added to the list. E-Mail Jodie

Pros Cons
 

Employees

  • Extended driving time
  • Additional time to Project sites
  • Fatigued when driving
  • Risk of MVA while traveling 3 + hours/day
  • Risk of MVA from road conditions
  • Risk of MVA with Wildlife and Livestock
  • Risk of MVA driving into the sun in the AM and driving into the sun in the PM
  • Seasonal Employees unfamiliar with district
 

Projects

  • Monitoring issues due to travel time and distance
  • Organization issues to get key people to project sites
  • Crew to far from projects to monitor adverse weather conditions
 

Buildings

  • Vandalism
  • Deterioration
  • Loss of use
  • Loss of Capital Investment
 

Economics

  • Cost of Vehicles
  • Additional Maintenance of Vehicles
  • Additional Fuel Cost
  • Additional wages on all projects
 

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

  • Carbon Footprint
  • Additional use of Fuels
  • Contrary to Chief's Letter 6/19/08
 

Timber

  • Theft
  • Vandalism and Damages
  • Forest Abuse
  • Drug use
  • Squatting
 
 

Permitees & Ranches

  • Range Cons not readily available
  • Oversite and monitoring limited by distance
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Recreationalist, Hunters & Fishermen

  • No Information Center
  • Seasonal Personnel not as knowledgeable with area
  • No Timely Emergency Assistance i.e. Searching for lost, EMS Crew 

 

 

Community

  • Loss of Rager families to help support Paulina School enrollment
  • Loss of Rager Childcare program
  • Loss of Rager Community for local economy
  • Loss of Community members
 

Post Office

  • Loss of residential patrons
  • Loss of Forest Service revenue
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