Green River Lakes
Green River Lakes and Square Top Mountain. Photo taken Sunday, June 27.
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Free Firewood
The Forest Service will also be offering a free firewood use permit for this site. Approximately 300 trees have been cut, limbed, and decked outside of the campground. Much of this wood has been down for one season and is now cut into 8-foot sections and decked outside the campground. Firewood at this site is available for free with a valid free-use firewood permit, which can be obtained at the Pinedale District Office beginning on July 2.
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Green River Lakes Campground reopening
Free firewood!
by Bridger-Teton National Forest
June 29, 2010
PINEDALE – The Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has opened the Green River Lakes Trailhead and boat launch site and plans to open the Green River Lakes Campground starting Friday July 2. This entire site has been closed to allow removal of hazardous trees due to bark beetle infestation.
The Forest Service will also be offering a free firewood use permit for this site. Approximately 300 trees have been cut, limbed, and decked outside of the campground. Much of this wood has been down for one season and is now cut into 8-foot sections and decked outside the campground.
Firewood at this site is available for free with a valid free-use firewood permit, which can be obtained at the Pinedale District Office beginning on July 2. The Pinedale Ranger District Office is located next to Ridley’s Grocery Store and is open Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Cutting standing trees inside the Green River Lakes Recreation Site is prohibited. The free-use firewood permit is valid only for decked logs within this site.
Firewood cutters are reminded that all firewood removed from the National Forest requires a valid Forest Service firewood permit and each load is required to be properly tagged before the wood is removed from the Forest.
Although tree removal operations are designed to minimize impacts to developed sites, Forest visitors should expect to see signs of extensive tree falling operations at these sites for the next several years, including slash, tree stumps, skid trails, and open areas which previously contained dense overhead tree stands.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest, like most of the Intermountain West, has experienced widespread tree mortality due to bark beetle infestation. With a larger number of trees dead or dying due to heavy beetle infestation, Forest visitors should be cautious when camping or traveling within falling distance of dead trees, especially during high winds.
For more information, contact the Pinedale Ranger District at 307-367-4326.
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Photos by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
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